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Low Fuel light comes on prematurely?
Yesterday driving home I had just a little under a quarter of a tank (according to the fuel guage, and the low fuel light comes on for a minute and then goes away. Normally it doesn't come on until it's below the last dash. Why come on so early; which one is right?
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Usually the guage is the incorrect one, reading too low. When I'm over empty, I still have 2.5 to 3 gallons left. And yes, my light comes on early too.
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It's normal for ALL SVXes.
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Lwin M. Maung (Member # 147) Current SVX: • NONE Previous SVXes: •1994 LE Barcelona Red 107k • 1992 LS-L Pearl White 143k • 1994 LSi Bordeaux Pearl 220k • 1992 LS-L Ebony Pearl 184k • 1992 LS-L Liquid Silver 145k • 1992 LS-L Liquid Silver 102k • 1992 LS-L Ebony Pearl 123k Other current cars:•2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee Black If at first you don't succeed, CHEAT!
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I used to have a Nissan Maxima which had a female voice tell me "Fuel level is low! DING! Fuel Level is low! DING!". Used to drive my wife crazy whenever she borrowed my car and I had let it down to less than 1/4 tank.
So the premature warning light is pretty benign.
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Yeah, but this is different; normally it would come on when have about 2-3 gallons left, but I'm guessing I've got about 5 or 6 left now. Driving to and from work today it didn't come on at all.
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Chances are your floater/device to measure your gas level was stuck when you hit a bump. It happens once in a blue moon. If it keeps happening, you need to do something about it. Just don't drill through the seats. If this is the only time it happened, don't worry about it.
Lwin
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Lwin M. Maung (Member # 147) Current SVX: • NONE Previous SVXes: •1994 LE Barcelona Red 107k • 1992 LS-L Pearl White 143k • 1994 LSi Bordeaux Pearl 220k • 1992 LS-L Ebony Pearl 184k • 1992 LS-L Liquid Silver 145k • 1992 LS-L Liquid Silver 102k • 1992 LS-L Ebony Pearl 123k Other current cars:•2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee Black If at first you don't succeed, CHEAT!
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