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Hey Gang, Recently I have noticed that when I fill up the tank, my fuel gauge will only go to about 7/8s of the way to 'F'. I've tried different gas stations/pumps but I can't seem to get the needle pinned at 'F' anymore. My assumption is the tank is full but the gauge is off (bad float maybe?). I'm assuming a trip to the dealer is in order? Thanks in advance. Jopopsy
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Replying to: kurtamaxxxguy (Jan 06, 2009 9:59 pm)
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Replying to: volkov (Jan 07, 2009 9:10 am) I've driven Lexuses with dashboard creaks, so no car is immune. My '83 Camry dashboard was a buzz fest until all joints I could get to were silicon-rubbered. The worst ever were Saturn ION's, which rattled and buzzed incessantly no matter what; Saturn admitted they built cheapo interiors. |
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No persistent rattles in our '09 F-XT, 4000 miles on the odo. Maybe we're lucky, (so far - knock on wood). Temps ranged from -35F to +100F, since we've owned it. We had, (and sold prior to getting the '09 F-XT) a VW Jetta that had a horribly annoying rattle behind the dashboard dimmer and left air vent. We had it into the dealer 3 times, and still was never quite fixed. It also leaked yellow goo out the doors for 8 straight years, whenever it got very hot out, but that's another story. Rattles can drive you crazy - I know your pain. |
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Replying to: jopopsy (Jan 07, 2009 5:06 am)
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Replying to: sgloon (Jan 07, 2009 10:33 pm)
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Replying to: sgloon (Jan 05, 2009 9:06 pm) The dealer says the smells (greasy through to cooking to verging on burning) are the cosmoline - the rustproofing that they put inside any metal parts. One of the people at the dealership said the smells could last 30K miles. EH!!!  To minimize, don't recirc the air in the cabin. Otherwise, you are stuck with it. The fog is the dash off-gassing (from the type of plastic that they used) and they say mine should be just about done doing that...And they cleaned all the windows for me. Including the moonroof!!! Yeah! They also "said" everything was non-toxic...but you'll never get me to believe that. 
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After the stupid overhead map light creaking started again, it now appears the noise is due to a wire used for the automatic dimming mirror. This 3-core flat ribbon runs form the mirror up inside a small removeable rectangular guide and then under the headliner. Moving this wire around would either set up a series of creaks when the vehicle went over dips or sometimes bumps, or silence the creaks. The creaks will vanish if the map light assembly is removed (removal takes pressure off the front of the headliner). My guess is the headliner flexes enough to rub against that wire, depending on where the wire is positioned. Also, anyone without this automirror won't have the wire, and my guess is won't have the creaks. |
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4-6 inches of snow in my area and 6-8 inches a bit further north. Can't wait to see how well the 4wd handles 
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Replying to: pharmd718 (Jan 09, 2009 8:39 am) 
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