Ran out gas - gauge or sender?

[Dre]

Felt really stupid last Saturday when I ran out of gas on the tollway. H.E.L.P. was there to rescue me but non the less - how do you run out of gas when gauge still shows somewhere in the middle between empty and 1/4 tank and computer says 86 miles to empty? Is it possible that sender is bad?
I'm really pissed - I got used to the message "600 miles to empty" when I fill her up but running out? It's gonna hunt me for a while...
How about you? Did any of you experience the same?

 

[peterk9]

I don't know which might be a fault. It may depend upon what the Miles to Empty relies on for its calculation other than the previous estimate.

Peter

 

[Dre]

Miles to empty on these does not correspond to the actual values pretty much. I do go by the gauge though which in this case did not, does not work as it should. Chances are something was replaced throughout the years - might of been wrong sender at one point. Just speculating