Low Fuel Warning Lamp Symptom Diagnosis

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2004 Suzuki XL-7 and 2004 Suzuki Grand Vitara. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

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Confirm that fuel meter is in good condition before diagnosis.
When fuel level meter circuit is shorted to ground circuit, fuel level meter indicates empty and low fuel warning lamp comes ON even if fuel tank does not empty.
The low fuel warning lamp comes ON when the fuel level is lower than specification below.

Fig 1: Low Fuel Warning Light Operation

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Fig 2: Low Fuel Warning Lamp Symptom Diagnosis Chart

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