Low Fuel Strategy

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CAUTION: When 2.0 liters of useable fuel remain, the engine can be restarted and will run for 60 second intervals, until this fuel is consumed. Continuous attempts to restart the vehicle after this period will cause the system to be run dry and will potentially damage the High Pressure (HP) fuel pump.

The Powertrain Control Module (PCM) is programmed with a strategy which shuts the engine off before the fuel tank runs dry. This is to prevent fuel system damage by air being drawn into the HP fuel pump.

A low fuel warning is displayed on the Instrument Cluster (IC), to alert the driver, when the remaining fuel in the tank approximately 1/16 of useable fuel volume.

When a further 1.20 liters of fuel is consumed a misfire condition is induced, to again alert the driver to this condition. The misfire will continue until a further 0.8 liters of fuel has been consumed.

The engine will shut down when only 2.0 liters of useable and 0.5 liters of unuseable fuel remain in the fuel tank.

To reset the fuel strategy after engine shutdown, it is required that a minimum of 5 liters of fuel is added to the fuel tank, when the vehicle is on level ground.