Taking care of your vehicle is essential nowadays, in reality, if you do not do the minimal maintenance of it, or if you do not take under consideration signals of abnormality, you highly risk to see your car getting bad and end in a breakdown. This is precisely the subject we are going to focus on on this page, one of the symptoms that most perturbs drivers is the fuel indicator light on Opel Zafira 3. To try to help you analyze this light, first we will see what this fuel gauge light on Opel Zafira 3 corresponds to, then in a second what you can do if the fuel light turn on on Opel Zafira 3?.

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What does the fuel indicator light on Opel Zafira 3 signify?

We will first start our content by seeing the reason for the fuel indicator light on Opel Zafira 3. The purpose of this light is to keep you advised of the fuel level in your tank, and functions thanks to a gauge that when it passes a minimum level (the reserve) triggers the reserve light on your Opel Zafira 3. If you want to know how many kilometers you can do with the reserve of your Opel Zafira 3 do not be reluctant to consult our content which will provide you this info. The light will turn on when the engine of your car starts, in case you pass this famous reserve. It has no other special use. This system functions thanks to a float system that is set in the tank of your Opel Zafira 3.

How to handle it if the fuel light comes on on Opel Zafira 3?

And now we’re going to see what you can do if the fuel gauge indicator light turns on on your Opel Zafira 3. As we informed you just before, if the low fuel light turns on on your car it is almost certainly that you have no fuel in your tank and your priority should be to go to the gas pump to fill up. Surely, driving regularly on the reserve 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 loaded with foreign matter. Repeated driving on the fuel tank increases the risk that all these impurities will be sucked up by your petrol pump and enter your engine. It is therefore essential, moreover to the risk of fuel failure, not to drive regularly on low fuel with your Opel Zafira 3.

Second possibility, the fuel light on your Opel Zafira 3 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 trouble, you will need to verify the fuses in the passenger compartment of your Opel Zafira 3 and if they do not have a special trouble, take your vehicle to a specialist to inspect the complete float and fuel gauge system of your Opel Zafira 3. For a change of the fuel gauge you should count about 200 euros.

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