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Re: Fuel guage - What have I done?
First off, I don't know what exactly causes this to happen except to say when power is removed from the car (i.e. battery change) this happens. Anyway, when I had my 1997 Chevrolet Malibu, the same thing happened when I replaced the battery. On the Malibu, however, I was able to bend a paper clip and slid part of it though the little hole where the trip reset button was. Then, I used the clip to rotate the needle back to where it was supposed to be. After I did that, all was well. The tricky thing is with Alero is that no hole exists in the cluster to do something like that. The reset button is in-dash and sealed.
I did have my battery replaced under warranty by the dealer, but the gauge was normal afterwards. I would call the service dept. at a dealership and see if they have a quick fix. If it happens when power is removed, they must have an easy solution.
- Jeremy
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