Gas Gauge Fluctuations

[Morpheus_P]

Well.. I was just sitting in my driveway with the Intrigue idling and I noticed my gas gauge fluctuating a quarter tank without the car even moving.. What do you think about that.. Kinda Intrigued!!

[atoyota4x4]

Mine started doing the same thing a few months ago. Just started all of a sudden. You could switch gears in mine and it would react to that. Have no idea why that was. Then, a few days later, its was back to normal. Then just the other day, its started again. I have seen multiple posts on here about the sending unit and what not. Sounded like a lot of trouble to replace. Its easier to just reset my trip mileage when I fill up and know that I can go about 350-375 on a tank before I fill up. I can live without a gas gauge for now. If you do fix it, let us know what you did, if you did it yourself and the cost to fix.

[dtownfb]

I've had problems withthe fuel guage ever since 65k miles (bought used at 61k; private owner). I use the trip odometer like atoyota. I have 119k on the vehicle. Since 95% of my driving is highway, i usually fill up at 400-425 miles. Typically it needs 15-17 gallons. No danger of running out of gas.

If you do have it fixed, please post.

[comptechbranden]

Originally Posted by Morpheus_P

Well.. I was just sitting in my driveway with the Intrigue idling and I noticed my gas gauge fluctuating a quarter tank without the car even moving.. What do you think about that.. Kinda Intrigued!!

Well, If your driveway is on an incline then I would assume the gas is shifting. I have noticed something like this and when I get out of the road it straitens out to its original reading. Maybe there is a bigger problem than I can see but I think your problem is the same as mine.