The past three months or so ive been having issues with my fuel gauge.
When its full it registers correctly but when its below 1/2 tank sometimes it desides not to register anything at all and stays at "E" If i turn the car off and start it once or twice again it will register right usually.

Anyone know what this problem is or how to fix it?

Dave

 

Could be the sender unit in the tank. Could be faulty, or dying.

Probably a cheap part but a sensitive one.

 

Bump... anyone else had this problem?

 

Ive had a similar problem with my 95 max.

My Fuel Guage read 1/4 tank. and my car died on me...
I could start it and drive for 1 mile and it would die again.....
I then called a Tow truck and brought it to my family mechanic.

He asked " you try puttin gas in it". i said well it has 1/4tank right!

Yeah, all it needed was gas... thats after a $60 tow bill.

I keep my tank full now.

 

I reset my trip odometer every time I fill the fuel tank, it's a good double check against the gas gauge. If the miles get unusually high relative to the gauge for particular driving conditions, just fill the tank. I fill it if it got to over 300 city miles or 400 highway miles.

Is there any way to check the sending unit against a multimeter to see if it's malfunctioning?