Got down to about 12 miles to empty and my fuel gauge on dash went totally RED- thought that was pretty cool, an extra warning your baby needs more fuel

 

If you had MyColor set to red, wonder what color it would have turned to?

 

I got to try that out

 

hmm well i dont have my car to try this out yet unfortunately!! soooooo i will just wait and see

 

I believe it turns white, per the OM... B)

 

yea i think it either turns white or blue, i did it one time but it was a long time ago, i'll have to try it again

 

The owner's manual strongly warns against running out of fuel, as it takes the computer a while to get reorganised or something. It's in the manual somewhere.

 

This doesn't sound like the sort of thing to experiment with just to see what color it turns. If my wife starts driving ours regularly - I'm sure we will find out eventually! <_<

 

That makes me nervous to let the fuel guage go that low. My boyfriend is always taunting me about low he can go. We haven't run out of gas yet, but I know it's gonna happen one of these days.

 

I noticed that. Very cool option.............me like!!!

 

Yah but remember this if there were any contamenants in the fuel and you run it dry it will or may suck up that junk ? but is that not what the fuel filters are supposed to do ?

 

Its messed up when you lights are set to blue and then your fuel guage goes red....hard to focus on it, you get that 3D effect.

 

Only have about 180 miles on my car, dealer filled up when I got it Monday. On the way to work today I noticed it said 18 Miles to empty!! I was like huh! lol look at gauge and reads over 1/4 tank. Later I took a spin it was fine. I dunno brushed it off as system learning.

 

Most new cars have two fuel pumps, one located in the fuel tank. The gas helps to keep it cool, that is why most manuals recommend you don't go below 1/4 tank.

 

It's the fuel running through the pump that keeps it cool. Not the fuel surrounding it. Never read an owners manual that said not to drive with less then a 1/4 tank before.

 

You can run it down to 10 miles to empty and have the fuel gauge showing about almost even with empty, and the car still will have a gallon of gas or two. Ford tends to tolerance the gauges so theres always about 50 miles worth of gas still in them without having to worry. This is true for several Fords I have driven.

The color change is a nice reminder though.