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Replying to: nsxwes (Dec 23, 2006 2:09 pm) sam71 |
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Just a quick note that my gas mileage is back to normal now which is an average of 27 to 28 mpg. Right after the 12 volt battery was replaced it was close to 20/21, a day or two later it was up to 22/23 and now after a week is back to normal. It appears that the engine computer has relearned properly  Wes |
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Replying to: nsxwes (Jan 04, 2007 8:17 pm) Just to be sure, he ran the comment past his Toyota contact who confirmed I shouldn't be having these issues. I didn't realize that the traction batteries actually started the engine...in fact I'm still suspicious. To start the HH when it died, I just put a battery charger on the 12V battery. It takes a good 5 minutes of charging before it starts the engine and there is a load on the charger when I try to start it. Perhaps there is a solenoid it's trying to engage?? In any case, I did have a radar detector installed in the car. I can neither confirm or deny the charger was left on the last time the car died (wife's car) so I just took it out all together. Other than that and a DVD player installed at time of purchase...it is pretty much stock. If it continues to die after sitting for a couple days I'll have to escalate the matter w/ Toyota. For now I'm going to think happy thoughts and hope the problem was just with a radar detector being left on. (Ok, no one wreck my dream...I know a radar detector has minimal draw - but this will be my "happy place" until it dies again )
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Replying to: hh_newbie (Jan 04, 2007 9:34 pm) These are good to have around just in case.
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Replying to: stuartbonia (Jan 07, 2007 4:25 pm) |
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We took delivery of our 2006 HH FWD in July 2005, and it's been a great vehicle - though it's now in the body shop with almost $7000 in front end damage thanks to a fool driver who made a left in front of my wife. Good news is the vehicle took the damage and she was uninjured - not even stiffness and pain the next day - in other words, the HH did its job. I suspect the stability control helped to keep the accident from being worse. Here's the new experience - we just returned from a week in Jackson WY where - to my surprise - the rental agency had all Toyotas. We were booked for a compact (Corolla) but there was a HH 4WDi there that looked lonely, and I figured it was worth a shot to see if they would give a deal, and for $15 extra a day we upgraded (the rates were the best in town to start with). Nothing like driving the vehicle you know. For those in forums asking about cold weather - it was -27 F several nights in Jackson (high about -4 to 0 F every day up to yesterday where the high was a balmy 10, all temperatures from the vehicle thermometer and consistent with the weather service). The HH started up each day, no problem, even after it sat probably 30 hours (we walked around town - quickly! - and adjusted to the air and altitude for a day before doing several days of cross-country skiing). In every way it performed as expected, including on snow packed and somewhat icy surfaces. The best (?) test was when a pack of wolves dashed into the road at dusk - stopped straight and true from 55 mph with no sense that it wouldn't perform. While not trying to push to the limit (just what we would have needed, another accident) I drove normally. I reset the mpg about the third day and for the rest of the week we averaged about 22 mpg according to the dash (it read 25 before resetting), not bad considering we were doing mostly small hops (5 minutes some, 20 minutes most of the others) in VERY cold weather, not ideal conditions at all for an HH (we usually get 26-27 at home in Philly these days). First startup of the day was no problem, ever (and most of the vehicles at the motel, especially the bigger SUVs and and 4X4s all had block heaters plugged in over night). A couple of notes - this was a 2007 HH non-limited but with the upgrade package (JBL speakers, sun roof, fog lights, etc.) plus 4WDi that in most respects was identical to our FWD 2006 without the package. The dash indicator has added the MPG average setting (useful but I've been keeping mileage notebooks for years so not that big a deal) and the headlights appeared (from my memory) slightly different, but little else. The JBL system sounded slightly muddier than the standard when listening to radio (we didn't bring along CDs) so other than it having a changer didn't really have anything over the standard, at least to my hearing. The strangest thing was adjusting to the extreme lag in the LCD displays on the dash and radio due to the cold. It was a pleasant surprise to be able to rent an HH, made the driving comfortable and secure. Sorry to return home to a (not to be mentioned but domestic) rental car until our HH is fixed. - John |
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Replying to: nsxwes (Jan 04, 2007 8:17 pm)
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Replying to: desertfox1 (Jan 30, 2007 11:54 am) $89.95  Will watch my MPG for the next month or so and see if it goes back up.
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Replying to: desertfox1 (Feb 01, 2007 1:34 pm) |
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Replying to: hh_newbie (Jan 02, 2007 9:41 am) I travel quite a bit for work, and while I'm gone my 06 HH AWD Limited sits in the driveway of my house under a carport to keep the leaves off of it. It's exposed to fairly mild weather (mountains of northern California). There's nobody to start it when I'm gone. I just came back after 17 days overseas, and the HH started perfectly the next morning, as it always has when I've left it. Apparently some of you have had other experiences, but I haven't had any troubles due to lack of use of the car. The battery isn't new--the car was delivered to me in March 2006 so it and the car are now 14 months and 20,000 miles down the line. |
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