Keeping an eye on your car is necessary nowadays, in actual fact, if you do not do the minimum service of it, or if you do not give some thought to signs of abnormality, you strongly risk to see your car getting bad and end in a breakdown. This is specifically the subject we are going to look at today, one of the indicators that most perturbs car owners is the fuel indicator light on Ford Ranger. To try to help you examine this light, first we will see what this fuel gauge light on Ford Ranger is meant to, then in a second what you can do if the fuel light turn on on Ford Ranger?.

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What does the fuel indicator light on Ford Ranger mean?

We will first commence our content by discovering the explanation for the fuel indicator light on Ford Ranger. The aim of this light is to keep you advised of the fuel level in your tank, and works thanks to a gauge that when it passes a minimum level (the reserve) signals the reserve light on your Ford Ranger. If you want to know how many kilometers you can do with the reserve of your Ford Ranger do not think twice to consult our content which gives you this information. The light will turn on when the engine of your car starts, in the event you pass this famous reserve. It has no other special usage. This system works thanks to a float system that is placed in the tank of your Ford Ranger.

How to proceed if the fuel light comes on on Ford Ranger?

And now we’re going to see what you can do if the fuel gauge indicator light turns on on your Ford Ranger. As we revealed to you before, if the low fuel light turns on on your car it is most probably that you have no fuel in your tank and your top priority should be to go to the gas pump to fill up. In actual fact, driving regularly on low fuel is not good for your engine, the tanks at the petrol stations are not always very clean and it is possible that the bottom of the tank is packed with impurities. Frequent driving on the fuel tank raises the risk that all these impurities will be sucked up by your petrol pump and enter your engine. It is therefore important, furthermore to the risk of fuel failure, not to drive regularly on low fuel with your Ford Ranger.

Second possibility, the fuel light on your Ford Ranger lights up when you have a full tank of fuel, in this case, it is a float or light that is at fault. To resolve this problem, you will need to examine the fuses in the passenger compartment of your Ford Ranger and if they do not have a special problem, take your car to a mechanic to examine the entire float and fuel gauge system of your Ford Ranger. For a change of the fuel gauge you should count about 200 euros.

If perhaps you have any further questions about the Ford Ranger, do not hesitate to consult our Ford Ranger category.