Fuel reserve

[Michal_GTZ]

How many galons left when the reserve light occurs?

[BigMike]

about 20-25

[Jet Black]

about 20-25

I drive home from school all the time with my gas light on. My school is exactly 20 miles away. Ya I like living on the edge.

So basicly we have about 1 gallon left of gas. I think its that way for most cars right?

[devgrp]

I think its about 4 gallons left. Whenever my light is on, I go fill up right away, and its usually 12 gallons added when I top ot off.

[Marky]

This is a very good question I remember driveing when that light comes on, and if I dont go full up right away sometimes I am scared out of my mind.

[Michal_GTZ]

I think it's more than 1 gallon, but don't exactlly know how much...service manual says anything about it...?

[AntimonyER]

I ran out of gas one time, and I could only fill up 15 gallons. I dunno if there is a full gallon that is unusable or what, but when the light comes on, you have about 40 miles before you need to fuel if you have an I4. I dunno about a V6. The manual says you have 1.8 gallons left. While it may not make sense considering you may only need 12-13 gallons to fill, it is true, so don't push it (I tried, and lost)

[RED2KESV6]

In my experience, when the light first comes on there's about 3 gallons left. I've filled the tank at that point and couldn't add more than about 13 gallons.

[bergundy2k1]

I go for about two days when the light comes on, the most I have ever filled up with was 13.5 gallons. I think you have about more than 2 gallons, I could get a good 60 miles after the light comes on solid and does not go off. I am not talking about when it comes on and then you hit the brake and it goes out.

[krispy03]

i think its about equal to or less than 5 gallons

[midwestgalant]

i drove exactly 33 miles when my E light came on, i had extra gas in the trunk i just wanted to see how far i could go, that is when the light came on and stayed on bright not came on and went off or when it was just a dim light

[shortdogg2k05]

It all depends on how your fuel gauge is calibrated. My fuel gauge stays on full for a long as time. My light is not consistent on when it comes on. So your best bet is when the light comes on to find a gas station, b/c i doubt you want to walk to the nearest gas station.

[Lootrock]

Ours cars gas tank is supposed to be able to hold 16 gallons, but the light seems to come on after 11-12 gallons used

[jusmills]

not sure if there is a difference between 99-01 galants and 02+ galants but I have a 2000 and the book says the tank is 13.5 gallons (I would say its probably +/- 0.5 gallon though. At any rate, when my fuel light comes on I can get about 25-30 miles before I start worrying (ie the gauge drops below E) I would think that is right in the range of about 1 gallon of fuel left.

[Censee]

not that this has anything to do with the post,,but after i inserted my carbon fiber bezel,,,,and put it back together my fuel light comes on with a 1/4 tank left,,,,,,never use to do that...anyone else have that problem..because if i remember correctly the light is suppose to come on when its almost on E

[sabzi5858]

is it possible that you moved the fuel level needle so that where it says 1/4 now, it should actually be at E? the dummy light and gauge use 2 different senders generally, so that may be a possibility.