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      10-10-2011, 08:57 PM   #3
Pheonix
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Yes, it is normal but do not trust the fuel gage/indicator. I learned it the hard way (and felt like a fcuking idiot afterward). Basically, the idicator came on with about 20s miles left to empty. Then my car just died as i was driving around the corner. The whole dashboard lighted up, the scanner showed a whole bunch of error codes. The dealer could not figured out what wrong and concluded that i ran out of gas. They adviced me not to trust the indicator and said to always take the mileage to empty, divide in half then substract 10 just to be safe. I have never push my luck since then and always refill as early as slightly less than half emptied.
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