GM Service Manual Online
For 1990-2009 cars only

United States


Object Number: 1852336  Size: A2

Canada


Object Number: 1852339  Size: A2

When the ignition is on, the fuel gage shows much fuel is left in the fuel tank. When the indicator nears empty, a message in the Driver Information Center (DIC) displays. The vehicle still has a little fuel left, but the vehicle should be fueled soon. An arrow on the fuel gage indicates the side of the vehicle the fuel door is on.

Here are four things that some owners ask about. These are normal and do not indicate a problem with the fuel gage:

    • At the service station, the gas pump shuts off before the gage reads full.
    • It takes a little more or less fuel to fill up than the gage indicated. For example, the gage may have indicated the fuel tank was half full, but it actually took a little more or less than half the fuel tank's capacity to fill it.
    • The indicator moves a little while turning a corner or speeding up.
    • The gage goes back to empty when the ignition is turned off.