Gas Warning - How many miles left?
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You have a running tally of how many miles you can go with the amount of gas you have left. It depends on your average mpg as well. When the warning light comes on, just check the "distance to empty" (or whatever it's called on the display). I have mine set so it's at the top of every screen
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That only works until it counts down to 25 miles. Then it just says "Low".
Thanks General, that answers my question.
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There is a chime when the gas light comes on, which is right around the same time that the range indicator changes from 25 miles to Low.
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The Pacifica does a great job of letting you know when it's time to find gas. It doesn't hit you with panic mode, but eases you into it.
I had about an eighth of a tank so I decided to test it today...never straying too far from a station. I drove around until I had one light bar left on the gauge. The range readout said about 65-70 miles at that point. I kept going around my circuit of about six miles with gas stations every few miles or so. When the range readout got to about 50 miles, the amber gas light came on and it chimed an audible warning. I kept going. When the range got to about 35 miles, the last lightbar turned bright red. At that point, I chickened out and pulled into the station after driving about two or three miles further. I know the tank specs say it holds 19 gallons and I was curious how much it would take. I packed in 17.5 gallons so there should have been 1.5 gallons left to bone dry. That would be almost consistent with my indicated range of 35 miles on the dash computer when the final warning light lit up red. I didn't go far enough for mine to say "Low" but I'm guessing that would be when there is about one gallon left.
By the way, my mileage on that tank averaged 26 MPG on the nose which was mixed driving at about 40 percent city/60 percent hwy driving. My trip computer had 455.1 total miles and it took 17.5 gallons to fill it. My gas mileage computer read 26.5 MPG so it overestimated by .5 MPG.
Normally, I drive pretty conservatively but on this tank I did a couple wide open throttle runs (smoked the tires too!) to show off a bit for my buddy who thinks vans are slow. He was laughing like a kid on a roller coaster all the way til I let off the throttle, lol.
I have been closely checking my mileage every tank and the worst I've gotten has been 25 MPG in mixed driving. Best was 31.6 MPG on an all highway trip of 240 miles. On that trip the computer overestimated by about .6 MPG so it's pretty accurate compared to my other cars.
Where I live is flat with long stretches between lights. I do live in the city so I'm completely happy with my mileage.
So, we have
1) The gauge readout - one bar = about 65-70 miles left
2) Range readout counts down
3) Amber low fuel warning light with chime at about 50 miles left
4) Last gauge bar lights up bright red at 35 miles left
5) Range readout finally switches to read "Low" at about 25 miles left with about one gallon remaining
No excuse to be surprised and run out unless you pull a Kramer (Seinfeld). lol!
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These don't exist on the upper trim levels. The fuel gauge is on the color LCD, so there aren't any bars.
Just reopening an old thread because I'm curious... So when the fuel gauge reads "low" that's about one gallon left?
Also, why does my gauge read 463 miles when I just filled it up (no battery) but I only got 255 miles on my last tank of gas?
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Also, why does my gauge read 463 miles when I just filled it up (no battery) but I only got 255 miles on my last tank of gas?
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Model Year:
2018
Gas / Hybrid:
gas
Trim:
Touring L Plus
The distance remaining changes with the current average consumption. If you drive more in town, the total distance you get will be lower than if you are doing highway driving. So if the last miles you were driving on gas were highway, but earlier driving was city, that could account for the lower total miles on the last tank, and the predicted higher number for the current tank.
I think it will be the reverse. You will get much higher MPG in town than on highway with the hybrid. If it takes that into account in these calculations I'm not so sure about, but I think it does
I had a "first time" experience courtesy of the PACHY. At the end of a trip I was in the "low fuel" warning light range, and just went home. I charged it overnight, then the next day went to fill up the tank and came back home. I think this is the first time in my life I was almost out of gas, but used no gas to get to and from the gas station.
Is there a way to turn this on or off because mine has no audible alarm?
I don't think there is a way to turn off the low gas alarm so you might want to have it checked if you get to where it says low fuel without a chime. My van did make the chime sound once it reached about 25 miles left and each time I started it after that until I refueled. I don't normally wait until the gas is low to refuel, but sometimes it happens. I originally asked about the chime when my van was new.
Welcome to the forum. You can download more extensive owner's manuals from the Mopar website if desired. If you put your van info in the signature line of account settings it will show up at the bottom of your posts and will help us answer your questions easier in the future. Build date is on the driver's door.
That's a really good question. I had out of gas situation last night (first time in my life) because it stopped working in my 2020 Pacifica -- In addition to no audible alarm (I had it working until yesterday), I had no any warnings/indicators on the display at all! It was just usual "low fuel" until its totally gone and car stopped on the rural road at 2AM in the middle of nowhere. Looks like another huge bug in their software in addition to all other U-Connect related problems. Now a separate gas can filled up with gas is a new part of my car.
Gonna go to service again.
Welcome to the forum.
If you put your van info in the signature line of account settings it will show up at the bottom of your posts and will help us answer your questions easier in the future.
I suspect hybrids make estimating fuel mileage trickier, but for a gas van it can be easier to plan ahead.
I think that even if there isn't a chime, apparently "low fuel" in your van means you should get gas (or plug in a hybrid if that is an option) as soon as possible. Carrying a gas can in a van isn't a great option, but of course being stranded isn't either (if you can't figure out when to get gas).
For a gas van, you can do some simple math to see when it makes sense to get gas rather than waiting until the van says that it is near empty.
I understand that people are busy and don't want to waste time at the gas station unnecessarily, but if you will be travelling at night or long distances between gas stations, it makes sense to plan ahead for fuel if possible.
talk about getting range anxiety now! Victoria day long weekend I took my Pacifica Hybrid on its first long road trip. when i left Hope, there was a sign warning to check your fuel gauge because the next station was 120km away. the dash showed 1/4 tank and said i could travel 180km. i knew it was an estimate because it doesn't anticipate hills or weather (cold as i climbed up the mtn). i guess w/ a 60km cushion i should be fine.
after going over the mtn and heading down to the valley the dash still showed about 60km. i get to a light, did a u-turn and the dash suddenly showed zero km! i was about 4km from the gas station so i started thinking i'd need to walk it.
i kept driving and it made it the 4km.
talk about getting range anxiety now. never letting the tank drop below 1/4 tank from now on, lesson learnt!
after going over the mtn and heading down to the valley the dash still showed about 60km. i get to a light, did a u-turn and the dash suddenly showed zero km! i was about 4km from the gas station so i started thinking i'd need to walk it.
i kept driving and it made it the 4km.
talk about getting range anxiety now. never letting the tank drop below 1/4 tank from now on, lesson learnt!
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It didn't show zero. It switches from the countdown to "Low" at about 30 miles/48km. The van still can go at least that far. I wish it would count all the way to zero.
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