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For 1990-2009 cars only

United States


Object Number: 1864971  Size: A2

Canada


Object Number: 1864975  Size: A2

The fuel gage, when the ignition is on, indicates how much fuel is left in the vehicle's fuel tank.

An arrow on the fuel gage indicates the side of the vehicle the fuel door is on.

The gage first indicates empty before the vehicle is out of fuel, and the fuel tank should be refueled soon.

Listed are four situations customers might experience with the fuel gage. None of these indicate a problem with the fuel gage:

    • At the gas station, the fuel pump shuts off before the gage reads full.
    • It takes a little more or less fuel to fill up than the fuel gage indicated. For example, the gage may have indicated the tank was half full, but it actually took a little more or less than half the tank's capacity to fill the tank.
    •  The gage moves a little while turning a corner or speeding up.
    •  The gage does not go back to empty when the ignition is turned off.

If the vehicle has the DURAMAX Diesel engine, see the DURAMAX Diesel manual for more information.

Pickup Models, United States version shown


Object Number: 1824109  Size: A2

Van Models, United States version shown


Object Number: 1873148  Size: A2

When the ignition is on, the fuel gage shows approximately how much fuel the vehicle has left in the tank. The gage will first indicate E (empty) before the vehicle is out of fuel, but the vehicle's fuel tank should be filled soon.

An arrow on the fuel gage indicates the side of the vehicle the fuel door is on.

Listed are four situations customers may experience with the fuel gage:

    • At the gas station, the fuel pump shuts off before the gage reads F (full).
    • It takes a little more or less fuel to fill up than the fuel gage indicated. For example, the gage may have indicated the tank was half full, but it actually took a little more or less than half the tank's capacity to fill the tank.
    • The gage moves a little while turning a corner or speeding up.
    • The gage does not go back to E (empty) when the ignition is turned off.

None of these indicate a problem with the fuel gage.

For information on how to fill the fuel tank, see Filling the Tank.

The vehicle also has a fuel cooler. To clean, powerwash the bottom of the vehicle.