Gas Gauge Fix "Update" ... NO cut carpet! (archive)

One year to the day that I bought my "///M coupe" (which was 5/12/99), the gas gauge gremlin finally got me. That is, after filling the tank, the gauge would read only 1/4 full; it slowly worked its way up to half full, but no more.

Knowing this was one of the bugs in our Coupes, I had kept two write-ups regarding a fix without the dealer remedy of cutting the carpet behind the passenger seat. One remedy was posted by "///Mike G" on 4/12/99, and the other by "Mike S" on 10/30/99. Here is what they said ...
* Mike G said:
"Remove fuse #31 while the car is off. Attempt to start the car while fuse #31 is pulled; it won't start. Replace fuse #31 and start her up ... VIOLA! Your fuel gauge should be back to normal."
* Miks S said:
"I found in my '00 M Coupe that pulling fuse 31 didn't prevent the car from starting, so I pulled all the (relating) dashboard fuses one at a time and started the car. I haven't had a problem with my fuel gauge since doing this. Hopefully it will work for you as well."

My '00 "///M coupe" also started fine with fuse #31 removed, just like Mike S mentioned. (Maybe there is a difference between the '99 and '00.) So I then pulled the instrument cluster fuse #23. Again, the car started fine without the fuse. Put the fuse back in and fuel gauge popped back to normal operation!

To summarize ... If pulling fuse #31 doesn't work for you, try #23. That's the one that did the fix for me.

FYI

Follow Ups:

What exactly was your sequence?... bzk 23:55 5/13/2000 (1)
- My sequence? Exactly as you listed ... (eom) D///Mill 00:27 5/15/2000 (0)

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