Low fuel warning light
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Hmmm, we've had four cars built since the Gen 3 TL went out of production (1 German, 1 American, and 2 Japanese); not one of them have had the low fuel light and the fuel gauge so miscalculate the amount of fuel remaining, none of them were even close.
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Fair enough. That said, I don't think I'm going to give the Acura designers that much credit; I think it was one of those, "Oops! Well, good enough" scenarios.
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Just a couple more data points... when I went to test drive the car (08 TL Type S), the needle was all the way down and the light was on. I asked the owner if we should get gas... checked the distance to empty, which was 0. We made it to the gas station a couple miles away with no problem (and I dunno how long it had been on 0). And for my last fill up, it showed ~1/8 tank, and it popped at 12.001 gallons.
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A quick update...
I've gotten a few responses from my queries over on a Honda forum, one of them also directed me to check over on the honda-tech.com forum as well. After reading over several of the threads, it seems the Gen 7 Accords also have the issue of the low fuel light coming on and yet only being able to fill the tank with 13 to 13.5 gallons of fuel (one guy reported his low fuel light would come on and he'd only be able to put in 9 gallons).
Long story short, it looks like the whole early low fuel light is a fairly common issue for for the Gen 7 Accord as well as it's production line sibling the Gen 3 TL.
I've gotten a few responses from my queries over on a Honda forum, one of them also directed me to check over on the honda-tech.com forum as well. After reading over several of the threads, it seems the Gen 7 Accords also have the issue of the low fuel light coming on and yet only being able to fill the tank with 13 to 13.5 gallons of fuel (one guy reported his low fuel light would come on and he'd only be able to put in 9 gallons).
Long story short, it looks like the whole early low fuel light is a fairly common issue for for the Gen 7 Accord as well as it's production line sibling the Gen 3 TL.
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horseshoez (07-20-2017)
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If 17.1 gallons is the actual fuel tank size, then my TL does the same thing as all others. I got my gauge as close to 0 miles as I could. Here is the before shot:
Here is a "complete" fill-up. It only took 14.6 gallons.
Here is a "complete" fill-up. It only took 14.6 gallons.
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^^^^ oh that cute here is my in the rl (gas light not on yet).
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Originally Posted by wusty23jd
If 17.1 gallons is the actual fuel tank size, then my TL does the same thing as all others.
Who would have thunk that all our cars are designed the same
#52
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The conditional sentence was simply reinforcing horseshoez 's comments from his introduction, regarding tank size.
I don't really know why that's such a big deal?
I don't really know why that's such a big deal?
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^^^^ my best educated guess probably around 16.5 gallons when the light come on, I have to try and report back.
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- Stats for this last tank of gas in my 2006 TL 6MT:
- Total miles: 428.4
- Fillup to click: 14.263 gallons of gasoline
- Average MPG (OBC): 30
- Average MPG (Calc): 30.04
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Today I ran my "Distance to empty" to zero miles and then drove an additional 8 miles.
- Stats for this last tank of gas in my 2006 TL 6MT:
- Total miles: 428.4
- Fillup to click: 14.263 gallons of gasoline
- Average MPG (OBC): 30
- Average MPG (Calc): 30.04
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Oh I'm sure I can hit 500 with relative ease; I figure my forthcoming road trip from New Hampshire to western Michigan this October where the miles will be literally 100% highway should be able to snag at least one 500 mile tank even without running the tank past say the 15 gallon mark. As a point of reference, on my Honda Accord with the same size tank, the arrow on the fuel gauge doesn't hit "E" until I'm closer to the 16 gallon mark.