Low fuel light?

[petrified.rabbit]

What are the odds that a 2009 Aveo, with 5500 miles has a low fuel light burned out?

It was on when i left for my test drive. That is the last time i saw it. I drove home the other night with only an 1/8 of a tank. I was about 60 miles form home.. Luckily i didn't run out of gas. but i have been wondering when the light should come on. It was below the E line, but not to the E, and the light never came on. It took 11.9 gallons to fill it.

so my question is, and i suppose this need to be an American car only cause according to my owners manual canada has different gauges, where is your fuel gauge needle when the light comes on? The book also said the light should come on with 1.6 or 1.7 gallons left in the tank, but that the tank was 12.something gallons (i forget now). So if i put almost 12 gallons in it, the light should have come on..

[aveodude]

The light is REALLY dim. I can only see mine when it is night or I use my hand as a shade.

[cyber3d]

on my 2008 when the light comes on I have only a mile or so before I run out. I need to adjust it some how.

[petrified.rabbit]

this was at 10 at night. i do remeber seeing it on the test drive, it was definitely not as bright as the rest of the gauges, but i think i would have seen it..?

Cyber3d, have you ever run out of gas because of it? i am curious if i have the same problem.

i dont think i want to try making an appointment with a dealer unless its empty and i have no where to go.. and with my schedule that is almost impossible.

[petrified.rabbit]

i will need to look again, maybe the number i found is without the "reserve" ? if it is 13.7 then the light wouldn't have come on just yet. because i only got it to @ 12.. so there would still be 1.7 in there..

that would mean the gauge needle is off then because it was almost touching the E with is like 4mm below the empty line.
i guess i will have to wait out this tank and then try to get the light to come again..

maybe this is why i think i am barely getting 300 miles to a tank, you you guys say you get more.. because i am not using that last two gallons..?

[Monzaveo]

I ran mine dry once, and it seems to be working as intended. It came on about 40 miles before I conked out.
When the light comes on and I refill it usually takes 10.4 gallons.
Looks like the 09's get a new larger gas tank- now its 12 gallons.
Earlier models were 11 Gal.
Your light should have still come on though.
They can check that with a scanner at the dealership I'm sure.

[mkt8891]

i remember reading in the manual for my 06, that its a 12 gallon tank, but i have never put in more then 10.

i've only had the fuel light come on once, and when i filled it up i put in 9.5 gallons, so that means that 2.5 gallons are still in the tank if the manual is right.

[Espresso]

As per the 2007 owners manual.. I have this & dont even have the car yet.

PAGE 174...

The low fuel warning light comes on when there is
approximately 1.7 gallons (6.0 liters) of fuel
remaining in the tank.

[AveoRob]

My low fuel light was on this morning in my 08 and it took 10.6 gallons. 323 miles. You are right tho...by the time that light comes on you are really low and need to get gas soon. Don't wait for the light.

[Scotland]

My 09s light has never come on and I run it nearly dry last night!