I was driving home in the rain and I had a 1/4 tank, then 2 miles from my house I see that my gas needle was going down rapidly.. And my DTE was at 66, then a few seconds later it was at 54, then 47, all the way down to 34 once I got home.. I know the gas gauges are tweeky, but this was just weird.. I'm not leaking or anything either. Anyone know what happened?? It's raining also, if that means anything..

 

It's an 04 btw

 

I don't think it is anything to get too worried about. I would just fill the gas tank and get on with life.

 

Don't worry about it, never trust the dte from the computer, its just the gas moving back and forth in the tank

 

Yeah the DTE is pretty glitchy. I went from 1/4 of a tank to nothing (something like 60kms to 15kms) in 2 minutes driving up a steep hill.

 

Yes????

 

One time my gas light came on when i got home. When i started it the next morning i had 1/4 tank left...

It happens. If you fill up and it continues to drop at that rate then be worried.

 

Like mentioned before me, gas in the tank splashes around giving a faulty reading. Also the road angle(elevation; incline or decline) will change what the fuel gauge reads.

 

Happens all the time

 

Your car is broken.

 

I think there's a thread about cleaning some part of the fuel pump that may help.

 

it's never truly accurate

 

It's an estimate, depending on how you're driving

 

This would never happen in an RSX.

 

DTE is somewhat inaccurate at times. It's no big deal man. Fill that sucker up and get on with life!

 

Whenever I park on an incline the needle will drop but once I get on a flat surface it'll level out. If the hill was steep enough that could easily be the cause.

don't worry!

 

Did you forget to put diesel in it?

 

I had this exact same problem! I had to reprogram my key fob, pump the gas 5X, turn on the high beams, 2X brake pumps, turn off the high beams, then filled the tank, and it fixed it.

 

Wow! You found the short method for correcting the gas gauge status error. If I only new I would have left off the step where you put the rear of the car on jack stands while holding the gas and brake pedal singing if I only had a brain.

 

I always just fill it when it gets to 1/4 for some reason. I did that before I even knew there were problems with the gas needle.