05 Explorer - Gas gauge not working
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Did schedule service. They told me 1 wk... Plus they are the closest Ford dealer and they're like 30 miles away... If they were closer I'd probably just drop in and hound them...
Just would like to know what's going on... It's my father's truck and I'm visiting till sunday. His idea of maintenance is to fill up the gas tank... I'd like to know the truck will get what it needs...
Oh well.... He's not worried, so I guess I won't worry. It feels like it has a very slight miss... which it shouldn't with 16k on it. He said the CEL was on before and went off. Intermitant missfire will do that. I'll bet the dealer says bad gas...
Thanks.
David
Just would like to know what's going on... It's my father's truck and I'm visiting till sunday. His idea of maintenance is to fill up the gas tank... I'd like to know the truck will get what it needs...
Oh well.... He's not worried, so I guess I won't worry. It feels like it has a very slight miss... which it shouldn't with 16k on it. He said the CEL was on before and went off. Intermitant missfire will do that. I'll bet the dealer says bad gas...
Thanks.
David
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sorry to bring up the burried thread but...my 05 is doing the same...my aunt gave the truck to me and filled it up previous to giving it to me. That night the gas gauge dropped to BELOW E mark and stayed there, it jumped back up when the gas level was below 3/4. This will trigger a CEL. However Ford did tell me it was "bad gas" and to use Chevron Techron(didn't help...).
When you fill the tank above 3/4's it will error, but below that my gauge works fine, and the CEL will go off. Must be a bad sender....and they did mention the dirty fuel card.
Is making a fuel tank gauge that difficult? Manufacturers have been making flawless gas tank gauges/sending units for decades and yet Ford needs to change the technology..making it all electronic..and now are adding even more TSB's and recalls that shouldn't be necessary in the first place! (IMO).
When you fill the tank above 3/4's it will error, but below that my gauge works fine, and the CEL will go off. Must be a bad sender....and they did mention the dirty fuel card.
Is making a fuel tank gauge that difficult? Manufacturers have been making flawless gas tank gauges/sending units for decades and yet Ford needs to change the technology..making it all electronic..and now are adding even more TSB's and recalls that shouldn't be necessary in the first place! (IMO).
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Dealer told my father the same thing. Use Chevron gas... He's still having the same problem. He's going to get them on the lemon law. He's just going to keep bringing it back for the same problem over and over and play dumb. Then after he's got 4 or 5 repair slips and the problem comes back...
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