Does YOUR gas light come on?? - Honda Prelude Forum

prelude styl · 07-23-2003, 10:25 PM

I've owned 2 4th gens to date, and I have seen neither EVER have the 'low gas' indicator light on. To be honest, I've never in my life seen a 4th gen with teh gas light on. LoL. Am I just really unlucky and happened to get the 2 that had bad sensors, or is this a more common problem than I know of?

Also, for those who's lights DO come on, at what point are they supposed to come on? 1 bar?, when the last bar goes out..?

Haha, out of everything I know about preludes, it's something as stupid as this that makes me look ignorant

cantdrive55 · 07-23-2003, 10:27 PM

Mine comes on when I've got about 2 bars left. I've run it down to 0 bars before though when I was feeling saucy.

Porschify · 07-23-2003, 10:49 PM

ive had mine down to 1 or 2 bars and ive gotten no light...ever

dublued · 07-23-2003, 10:51 PM

1 to 0 bars is when mine comes on.... but sometimes it doesn't come on at all.

prelude2005 · 07-23-2003, 10:52 PM

The light is really touchy and it can dim in or out. Sometimes during the day you probably can't even see it but it is barely on. At night you can actually tell it come in and out slowly.

I usually get it about 1 to 0 bars.

prelude styl · 07-23-2003, 10:57 PM

I know for a fact mine has never come on... dim or bright. LoL, once I even ran out of gas to try and make the bastard come on.... nope. Guess it's not just me though, so that's good........ I guess.

willmbrk · 07-23-2003, 10:57 PM

Mine worked for the first few months, and then I ran out of gas.

prelude styl · 07-23-2003, 10:59 PM

Porschify, what year is your lude? Both mine have been 92's, maybe it's a 92 problem. But from the pics it looks like you have a 94+

sushi · 07-23-2003, 11:33 PM

Mine usually comes one with 2 bars left... i've had it come on with 3 left before. I always comes on though.

ExodusFX · 07-23-2003, 11:52 PM

Mine comes on at 2 bars. At 2 bars it'll come on and then fade off. Kind of a little reminder. When it gets down lower to around 1 bar, it stays on all the time.

brendon2k · 07-23-2003, 11:52 PM

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Originally posted by prelude styl
Porschify, what year is your lude? Both mine have been 92's, maybe it's a 92 problem. But from the pics it looks like you have a 94+

I have a 92. Mine comes on and off with 3 bars and usually stays on with 2 or less. I don't fear the light either. I think I have gone 15-20 miles with no bars of gas and I always run it down to one or zero.

SlowSi · 07-24-2003, 12:05 AM

Kinda OT: I still don't see how our tanks have a capacity of 15.9 gal. I usually run my lude down to no bars (with light on), fill up, and I only put in about 13 gallons 'o gas. With at least 2 gallons of gas left, I should be able to get another 40-50 miles before its completely dry, right? But I get less than 20 miles before I'm out.

Mattsy93vtec · 07-24-2003, 12:12 AM

you guys have no idea how much that damn gas light freaked me out when i first got my car...

i pray to god it never comes on, i hope the damn thing breaks soon

jsmooney · 07-24-2003, 12:46 AM

mine comes on.....that's when i get gas - either that or when there has been "no gas" for a while

puffxy · 07-24-2003, 01:10 AM

mine came on today.. with no bars..

jsmooney · 07-24-2003, 01:15 AM

how many gallons were left? i usually have about 4 gallons left when mine first comes on

JabroninWARRIOR · 07-24-2003, 01:48 AM

i got a 94 and it comes on when i got no bars left, it starts out dim and gets brighter the more i drive

jsmooney · 07-24-2003, 02:00 AM

mine comes on and goes off at random times when i have 2 bars left, then comes on and goes off more, the more i drive. sometimes it does not come on until i have absolutely no bars left

VTEC Shore Lude · 07-24-2003, 02:24 AM

mine goes on at 3 or 2 and comes and goes even when its at zero...this applys to my 92 and 93

VTEC Shore Lude · 07-24-2003, 02:26 AM

oh yeah also in my 92 when the gas light came on it would shut my amps off...so i usually never let it get that low....that was kinda weird. Dont have that problem with the 93 though