deemas
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- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2016 Explorer XLT
Peculiar problem. So my fuel gauge was working fine for years on 2016 XLT (2.3L). I had my torque converter replaced under the recall 6 months ago cause it failed and coincidentally (or not) now a day after I picked up the vehicle, my fuel gauge dropped to 0. Now every single time, it reads full on fill up, gets to about half normally and then drops suddenly to empty. From 50% goes to yellow notification "3 miles left", then 0 and will keep driving for a while. Undoubtedly, I already ran out of gas once with this issue trying to wing it, but after I got a gallon in from a roadside assistance dude and drove to the nearby gas station, I was only able to put in another 10 gallons?!? I'm fairly certain I ran out of gas. Car wouldn't start/had some intermittent stutter like it's trying to start. Tried a few times as well. Started up after I got a gallon in so definitely out of gas.
As for additional 10 gallons, I triple checked the gas station pump nozzle and rotated it to make sure it wasn't some nozzle auto-shut off fluke, but I expected I should be able to get at least 16 gallons in.
1. How's it possible to run out of gas and only be able to pump in 10+1 gallons? Gauge was showing full when I was done pumping, although I don't really trust this gauge anymore. See #2. And this whole capacity thing - I know it sounds ridiculous.
2. What could be causing my gauge dropping from 50% to empty and I wonder if it's related to this "weird" tank capacity?
3. From what I read, there is no access panel under the back seats so I'll need to remove exhaust/driveshaft and lower the tank to get to the fuel pump/sender? Am I correct?
Thanks for any kind of intelligent input. I'm stumped.
As for additional 10 gallons, I triple checked the gas station pump nozzle and rotated it to make sure it wasn't some nozzle auto-shut off fluke, but I expected I should be able to get at least 16 gallons in.
1. How's it possible to run out of gas and only be able to pump in 10+1 gallons? Gauge was showing full when I was done pumping, although I don't really trust this gauge anymore. See #2. And this whole capacity thing - I know it sounds ridiculous.
2. What could be causing my gauge dropping from 50% to empty and I wonder if it's related to this "weird" tank capacity?
3. From what I read, there is no access panel under the back seats so I'll need to remove exhaust/driveshaft and lower the tank to get to the fuel pump/sender? Am I correct?
Thanks for any kind of intelligent input. I'm stumped.