Fuel Gauge Disappointing
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Mountain Pass
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Also last night I noticed that after I filled up the DTE number it was 480 miles. That is actually right in my opinion 34 gal x 15 mpg is 510. So in my opinion that is pretty close and probably accurate but I noticed that it chews through the DTE calculation much faster then actual driving until I get to the end of the tank reading empty and 8 to 9 gallons left. I feel like like this is software problem. I am curious if this problem happens to trucks with physical gauge instead of digital. Mines a king ranch and has digital cluster. May help to narrow down if its a hardware or software.
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From: Western New York
Read that post too. I think it might be in programming and there might not be a fix at this time. Or the sending unit isn't long enough for the tank or the bend is wrong on the float arm. Enough complaints going back to the mother ship and maybe something will be figured out. Pain in the butt to pull the tank just to experiment.
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Yes.....Like Daveparks2 says above....after filling, the Miles to empty calculates correctly to reflect a 34 Gallon tank....I think more people are just not happy with the "hidden" reserve amount when actually putting diesel back in the tank. I can live with it I guess...as long as I truly have a 34 gallon tank and getting the miles until empty to prove it.
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Yes.....Like Daveparks2 says above....after filling, the Miles to empty calculates correctly to reflect a 34 Gallon tank....I think more people are just not happy with the "hidden" reserve amount when actually putting diesel back in the tank. I can live with it I guess...as long as I truly have a 34 gallon tank and getting the miles until empty to prove it.
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Careful. Ford may take a tip from Apple.
New MacBooks were not accurately displaying how much time was left on the battery so Apple decided to release a patch that removed the feature. I now see why they did it though.
New MacBooks were not accurately displaying how much time was left on the battery so Apple decided to release a patch that removed the feature. I now see why they did it though.
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From: GA
First tank(off of dealers fill which im sure was 1st click)
19 miles to empty , fuel reading turned yellow
Avg 14.4 mog took 46.28 gallons topped to the neck
I noticed under 100 miles dte strted dropping fast on i75
First tank hs 19 hrs and 7 idling hours. Next tank should be better indicator.
Dte reads 705 mte now
19 miles to empty , fuel reading turned yellow
Avg 14.4 mog took 46.28 gallons topped to the neck
I noticed under 100 miles dte strted dropping fast on i75
First tank hs 19 hrs and 7 idling hours. Next tank should be better indicator.
Dte reads 705 mte now
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Our MKC has a 16 gallon tank but leaves 4 gallons reserve when reading 0 MTE. Yes it reads correctly at full but the MTE becomes inaccurate as it counts down to MTY+4 gallons, or about 100 miles. The biggest complaint is the fuel system confiscates the Sat Nav and starts populating with gas stations and how many miles they are away and directions to reach the closest. Too much information not asked for. Please, tell me that when I reach 0 MTE the vehicle will stop, not by computer, but out of fuel.
YES...I can live with the way it is....but definitely would like to see truck empty or "almost" empty when it says: "0 miles until empty". That would make more sense Ford....FORD.....
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Ideally, yes. But there are 6.7L Fords idling all day long. Ford themselves tests for it. AK_SuperDuty works on trucks that go up to Pruhoe Bay...it is so cold they leave those trucks running all day long, and sometimes all night long. The DPW in my city has a fleet of 6.7's. They idle for hours at a time and very rarely make it up to highway speeds. Stationary regens can be performed. It is true that the DPF's will wear out sooner and the engine will see more wear...but these trucks will still last a very long time.
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Ideally, yes. But there are 6.7L Fords idling all day long. Ford themselves tests for it. AK_SuperDuty works on trucks that go up to Pruhoe Bay...it is so cold they leave those trucks running all day long, and sometimes all night long. The DPW in my city has a fleet of 6.7's. They idle for hours at a time and very rarely make it up to highway speeds. Stationary regens can be performed. It is true that the DPF's will wear out sooner and the engine will see more wear...but these trucks will still last a very long time.
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I have a 34 gallon tank and I'm experiencing the some thing that he OP is, 25-26 gallon fill ups from close to empty. It would be nice to know why though. Maybe they kept the same sender from the 26 gallon tanks?
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From: Ann Arbor MI
Its the same for me. I'm sure it's in fords programming of a way excessive reserve. I drove on zero DTE for 30 miles and still only put 28.5 gallons in