Fuel Reset

[Juman]

Hey Everyone today i was at the gas station and looked over and saw this button and pushed it what does that do?

 

[BigRondo]

Hey Everyone today i was at the gas station and looked over and saw this button and pushed it what does that do?

What button are you talking about?

 

[Juman]

There is just a button on the passenger side under the glove box and it says fuel reset.

 

[tmds3]

If you are in an accident it will shut off your fuel pump so that it does not keep pumping fuel and possibly start a fire. You just push the button to reset the fuel pump.

 

[Joe Dirt]

Yep- inertia switch. It has a spring inside. When the switch is jarred, as in an accident, it will release, and the button will pop up, preventing the fuel pump from running, so there isn't a massive fireball fed from fuel peing pumped into the engine compartment or onto the ground if the engine is still running after the accident. As tmds said, just push it to reset it (sometimes they go off if you hit a large Michigan pothole...