malice

hey all,

When is the gas warning light suppose to come on, today the needle was almost touching the gas symbol on the guage, when i went to go start the car it wouldn't start the first time, the 2nd try it hessitated and then started. I went and put some gas in to be on the safe side, the needle was low that I'd assume the gas warning light should've came on way before, how do i know if the light is burnt out on the instrument pannel or maybe the sensor for the low gas warning is shot?

bebop.fey

i don't think mine comes on too! lol!

integgi

Mine does the same thing. My light doesnt come on anymore. I always get nervous when I dip under a 1/4 tank haha.

JORTS

yea mine doesnt come on but you ususally have about 20 miles after your needle reaches empty....thats the way i look at it and i have never ran out of gas

ItsDave

Mine came on when my needle wasjust getting below E

asianspec

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i always fill half way so all that shit on the bottom of the gas tank won't get into my car. so i never see the light

Ixtype-SxG

my gas light comes on before the needle is even close to empty idky

wilp99

mine didnt come on eather. we could be lookin at a common problem

i had the same thing happen to me.. well it was my fault cause i wanted to see when the light would come on and it never did. well me and my kids were walkin 2 blocks to get a gas can and some gas..

well i actually made them push while i drove for about a block then they got tired. just kidding?

subbuzz

my needle is below e before the light comes on.

herbalist

my light doesn't come on until i'm below E. last week i drove around locally maybe 50KM max with it on then i started to get worried so i put some gas in. i just made sure not to really floor it with the light on.

mcajka

mine doesnt come on either it may be a problem with are car just like the trannys

zhouz

i see my light every time, i usually have to put around 16 gallons in to fill it. atleast this way there isnt enough time for crap to accumulate at the bottom lol. the light starts off very dim and as you drain the tank more and more the light gets brighter.

kraftey

Really? That's interesting... I've never noticed that. Cool idea, I guess. My light usually never comes on, I fill up before that.

BigDaddyRohrs

I've never seen mine either.

teh CL

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i see mine all the time..comes on just before the E

Cocoa

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I never see mine either. I've tried driving it way below E, but was too scared to go on. Ended up putting in 15.6 gallons in that night.

UnPimPMYRyd3

I've seen mine only twice and it was at E. I usually get panicky before it even gets there. I try and have half a tank at all times. The only times I get close to the end was when I was testing mpg.

My mini dings when the it hits low plus the light. Btw, that's mini-van...heheheh

subbuzz

mine also goes dim/bright.if your low and restart the car it takes a few min to come on though.

Mach30SiR

Ok, so this is a common problem...what is the fix?

Mine doesn't come on either, i've tested it before and had to take the walk of shame also. I changed the light in the gauge cluster when i was doing the LED swap, and it hasn't helped.

How is this fixed? What controls the light would be our best place to start, where is the sensor? is it a float type sensor in the tank or is electric?

ajbent86

i agree, we need to find a fix for the problem, ive never seen mine and ive owned my car now for almost 3 years.

Mach30SiR

After i've thought about it - it has to be a float type, hence the reason the fuel quanity gauge fluctuates depending on slope ect. Besides is cheaper.

kramb

ya.. my gas light has never came on... and my needle does this thing... when it gets below 1/4 of a tank... it will go on E when I come to a stop sign or something... I instantly freak out... but when I start driving it may increase to the 1/4 mark... whigs me out.... so I figure when I get to 1/4 of a tank... tank that bitch up... or I might get paranoid

starboy2nv

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E = enuff

97BlackAckCL

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If you watch, when you tap your reserve tank, the needle goes from E up to a quarter tank, pretty cool if you ask me, the light is kinda misleading though. But I've gone ~50 miles with the light on and didn't sputter once

teh CL

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i went up to a cottage acouple weeks back and the light turned on as soon as i got off the highway and i still had abit of a drive left but i felt like pullin a Kramer and rode that light all the way through, and it lasted for a bit and part of the next day

woulda sucked if i got cuz i woulda been stuck in bum-fuck idaho with no gas station or sign of life in site..

zhouz

i just ran the gas light for 30 miles last night and when i went to put it only took 14.6 gallons. if its a 17 gallon tank then that means i had over 2 gallons left. at about 25mpg, thats more than 50 miles, no reason to panic over the light...

97BlackAckCL

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I thought it was 16

Blenz

My light flickers on as I run out of gas. It's gotta be some kind of floating sensor or something. I need to get myself a Helms.

bostonroads

moral of the story...stay outta idaho HAHA

Dicorp

mine does somethin similar too. It will slowly illuminate then fade 5 mins later, repeat that every 10 mins or. after about 20km, it will light up solid.

5-speed

2.2 has a 17.2-3 gallon tank, I wouldnt think it would be different for a 3.0. Even if I can run on an low fuel light for 90 miles, I like to keep it above 1/4 because the car has trouble starting if i park on a hill overnight and it has less than 1/4 of a tank.

starboy2nv

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im scared to run my car low on gas... the last shit i need is that shit cutting off in the middle of somewhere i DONT wanna be lol...

97BlackAckCL

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starboy2nv

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+ er

h2o-pr00f

My dad made me do that once when i was younger..

starboy2nv

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thats tough love for you.... lol