Folks,
I did a search and saw a reference to this but no solution offered.. I don't get to drive our Mo often, SWMBO ( She who must be obeyed) and the kids get it. Our drive way slants so the passenger side is lower when parked, level front to back. I get in tonight and the fuel gauge is at E and the DTE is **. My wife says, it's not empty it does that all the time. She had set the trip odometer after filling up and it was at 320. We usually get just under 400 miles on a tank with a fillup at 18-19 gallons.
So we start driving. Around a few corners, up a hill, then 2 miles down a flat road. The fuel guage is slowly climbing, DTE still **. We hit a bump ( or co-incidence I looked then) and the DTE jumps to 50, then up to 68 in a few more seconds.
First question.. has anyone else seen the fuel gauge act like this? Is there a baffle in the tank that will cause this or is this likely a sticky sensor?
Second question.. the DTE has been discussed and found not to be accurate. Is there an average amount of fuel left when the low fuel light comes on?
Thanks, SWMBO runs the gas low all the time and I would like to understand what guage to trust.
Chuck
I did a search and saw a reference to this but no solution offered.. I don't get to drive our Mo often, SWMBO ( She who must be obeyed) and the kids get it. Our drive way slants so the passenger side is lower when parked, level front to back. I get in tonight and the fuel gauge is at E and the DTE is **. My wife says, it's not empty it does that all the time. She had set the trip odometer after filling up and it was at 320. We usually get just under 400 miles on a tank with a fillup at 18-19 gallons.
So we start driving. Around a few corners, up a hill, then 2 miles down a flat road. The fuel guage is slowly climbing, DTE still **. We hit a bump ( or co-incidence I looked then) and the DTE jumps to 50, then up to 68 in a few more seconds.
First question.. has anyone else seen the fuel gauge act like this? Is there a baffle in the tank that will cause this or is this likely a sticky sensor?
Second question.. the DTE has been discussed and found not to be accurate. Is there an average amount of fuel left when the low fuel light comes on?
Thanks, SWMBO runs the gas low all the time and I would like to understand what guage to trust.
Chuck