How many miles do you have after it says empty?

Generally speaking, you will be able to drive between 30 and 50 (0r more) miles even after the light comes on. Which means that even if the gas light comes on, it may not be time to panic yet.

What happens when your car says 0 miles to empty?

So after his car hits zero miles to empty, he resets the trip meter and starts going around the block waiting for the tank to completely go dry. One reason could be to avoid wrecking your fuel pump in case you make a habit of running your car on low fuel, as detailed in this article.

How to Reset Your MPG and trip distance?

Live MPG, Trip distance, Settings etc. To go into settings you press the button on the end of the stalk while settings is displayed. To reset your average mpg and the trip distance you press and hold the button in whilst on those screens. Thanks for your reply.

How to set miles to empty on Ford Focus?

Thanks for your comments. You have a switch on the left hand stalk that enables you to toggle through Miles to empty, average MPG. Live MPG, Trip distance, Settings etc. To go into settings you press the button on the end of the stalk while settings is displayed.

Can you reset the tank average fuel economy?

And yes you can NOT reset your ” tank average fuel economy” . But you can reset your ” average fuel economy” . You can see this on page 94 , the “2” button is available for average fuel economy and not available for the tank average fuel economy. So there you go Fshams , it took awhile to get an answer, but you probably figured this out already.

How do I Reset my mpg on my 05 focus?

To go into settings you press the button on the end of the stalk while settings is displayed. To reset your average mpg and the trip distance you press and hold the button in whilst on those screens. Thanks for your reply. That worked on my 05 Focus but my current car does not have that switch on the left hand stalk.

How many miles until empty do I have?

Not wanting to chance it, I stopped at a filling station and put in a gallon and a half, which should have been about 70 miles worth. After I paid for the gas and pulled back onto the highway, the miles-until-empty said 65 miles of fuel left.

How many miles until empty on the DTE meter?

In any case, you should know that the DTE meter doesn’t mean you’re bone dry either; I regularly go up to 50 miles beyond the “0 mi” reading, and others experimenting here have found that the limit is in the vicinity of 100 miles (2 gallons).