gas gauge fluctuation

[HOslotcar]

My gas gauge fluctuates from e to 1/2 to f the 3/4 then 1/2 and is never constantly still. 2001 Monte SS

[edson4433]

Comes with age. We all become a little less acurate as we get older. I would be more concerned if you ran out of gas and it still said you had a 1/2 tank.

[16th hippy]

either a ground issue with sender, bad sender, or bad gauge in cluster are my first guesses.

[youngnwiaguy]

My car is doing this too, It just started doing it a few weeks ago. The problem with mine though is when I speed up, my gas gage goes up, when I slow down or are driving at a constant speed, the gas gage goes back to normal but takes a while. It is driving me nuts. I always reset my trip odometer everytime I get gas so I have an idea of how much gas I have but I knew I was getting low this morning and all the way to work it said I had 3/4 of a tank and then as I got closer, it went down and my low fuel light came on.

I logged in here to type up a question about this and found somone else has the same problem. Hope we can figure this out.

My Monte is a 2002 SS with 91K miles.

['97ventureowner]

A similar problem is currently being discussed in the Venture forum: http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...d.php?t=886127 . Check out post #8 for a possible solution from GM. It is a common issue on many GM vehicles manufactured prior to the 2007 model year. A lot of it has to due with sulfur that is in today's "modern" fuels and causes corrosion with the sending unit, disrupting electrical continuity.