I got the light today and then filled up. Had 2.3 gallons left in the tank when the light came on. WTF gm.

 

at least you werent gonna run out anytime soon lol

 

rather it come on then not right? and yea mine came on once and i put 11 gallons in. so that sounds about right

 

I think they do it on purpose so that you can actually make it to a gas station before you run dry. I know on mine when my needle hits empty I can still go for like 50-75 km before I actually run out.

 

how big are the ss/sc

 

This is what somebody told me when her low fuel light came on.

"Thats ok I have 30 min before I run out of gas."

 

If you want to be stuck on the side of the road, ignore the light and run out.

 

Yea most companies do that. Its called "dummy-proofing it".

They know that there are going to be people that run it to Empty very often, so they let you think your at empty before you really are.

Pretty smart if you ask me.

 

 

yeah my buddy with an eclipse gsx was wondering why his tank has 4 gallons left and the needle is at E

 

There could be something screwed up with the gauge. A buddy of mine has two saturns same year range, and the one is on E and has a gallon left and the other is on E and has a quater tank left.

 

13.0 gallons

 

13.2

 

The light comes on when your estimated fuel range reads you have XX amount of Miles left based on your current fuel economy.

Mine flashes LOW FUEL on the DIC with less than 60KM remaining in my fuel range. Also when my gas gauge reads Empty, I usually still have 6Liters - 7Liters of fuel left.

13 Gallons = 49 Liters

 

low fuel means exactly what it says... LOW fuel. It would be stupid to have a no fuel light.

*engine dies*
"i think i just ran out of gas, oh yup, right there. the no fuel light just came on."

 

lmao

 

Just gotta know when your about to run out of gas! I found mine runs out of gas, when the needle is about 3/4 the way into the red circle, almost past the circle, but just touching the bottom edge

 

It comes on when you have 40 miles left.

 

I guess that'd be why I've never seen mine come on I always fill up with about 50-60 miles left worth of gas! Here I was thinking GM was too cheap to put a low gas light in or that people finally got smart enough to actually fill their tanks up with gas when it got too low...

*sigh* it's things like low gas lights required on every car that make me deeply concerned for people nowadays...