02-04-2014, 04:11 PM | #29 |
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Doesn't it make you feel kind of (no offense)... dumb when it happens?
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02-04-2014, 04:17 PM | #30 | |
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It's on the same setting as the calculated fuel economy page. I forget if you page up or page down from fuel economy to get there.
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02-04-2014, 04:36 PM | #31 | |
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I've ran out of gas in my Aveo a few times also, not gonna beat myself up over it... |
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02-04-2014, 04:40 PM | #32 | |
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Are you saying there is a setting for your fuel range to override the 'low fuel level' warning and let it continue to say "X" amount of miles left? or are you just saying that there is a fuel range slide? <- this part i'm aware of, its the above part i wasn't aware of. |
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02-04-2014, 04:51 PM | #33 |
Your fuel pump is in the gas tank, running below 1/4 tank could cause premature failure of said pump….That is expensive to fix…
Having said that… good advice from the op
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02-04-2014, 04:56 PM | #34 | |
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I don't know what you're talking about re: any override. My DIC will show me range remaining in miles. the statement was made that it was stupid that the car won't tell you miles to empty. But it does...
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02-04-2014, 05:01 PM | #35 | |
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- wasn't arguing, i was just making sure i wasn't missing any features |
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02-04-2014, 05:08 PM | #36 | |
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I can't imagine coming out with a product (in general any product) that has a high rate of failure from a cause that is going to / has a high probability of happening. |
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02-04-2014, 05:40 PM | #37 | |
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02-04-2014, 06:06 PM | #38 |
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You aren't. There's no way to override it once it displays "low fuel range."
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02-04-2014, 06:09 PM | #39 |
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did the dealer charge you for checking things out?
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02-04-2014, 06:13 PM | #40 | |
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I'm still not buying into this 1/4 tank theory. I'm not trying to 'argue' i'm really just trying to get a page of research that shows this more than a 'quite a few people have had this issue' type response. Basically, i don't want to be forced convinced, i want to be taught. |
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02-04-2014, 06:20 PM | #41 |
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The "fuel range" or "miles to empty" display is virtually useless when you need it the most. Who cares when you have 327 miles to empty - I want to know how many miles I have left when I am nearing empty. It's not about how much much money it will cost, as some have commented about, it's about the inconvenience or time spent filling up - especially on road trips. On most of my previous cars that had a fuel range display you could drive it down to single digits.
As far as damaging the fuel pump if you let the tank get below 1/4 tank I would like to see definitive evidence this is really the case. I bet for each case someone can show where a fuel pump was damaged from low fuel I can find ten people that constantly run there fuel tanks down to 1/8 of a tank and lower consistantly and never have a furl pump issue. JMO |
02-04-2014, 06:52 PM | #42 | |
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I have ran out of gas one time in my life, back when I was 16. Learned my lesson after one time. It costs the same to run around on a full tank as it does an empty tank.
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