Low fuel?! Ignore the speed limit and find gas! (fuel reserve icon issue)
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Well I got a funny story for you guys I came back from austin to philly on a trip I lived in the hills out side of williamsport pa. I knew I had very little gas left and I figured I can make it to the fuel plaza on the turnpike so I take off from the airport cruise through philly get on the turn pike and bam!!! My light comes on I got 35 miles left on the tank an im thinking I can make well I keep driving and again light comes on I got 10 miles left in the tank and I see I have 20 miles to the fuel station. Im sure you guys can feel whats going through my head right now. So I stomo on it and go for it my car tokd me I had zero miles left in the tank and there were no more notches I cruised about 15 miles like that and made it. Dont freak out when you think you have no gas the mini will suprise you.
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Well I got a funny story for you guys I came back from austin to philly on a trip I lived in the hills out side of williamsport pa. I knew I had very little gas left and I figured I can make it to the fuel plaza on the turnpike so I take off from the airport cruise through philly get on the turn pike and bam!!! My light comes on I got 35 miles left on the tank an im thinking I can make well I keep driving and again light comes on I got 10 miles left in the tank and I see I have 20 miles to the fuel station. Im sure you guys can feel whats going through my head right now. So I stomo on it and go for it my car tokd me I had zero miles left in the tank and there were no more notches I cruised about 15 miles like that and made it. Dont freak out when you think you have no gas the mini will suprise you.
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I have a 2012 and I experienced this same issue where I got the initial warning and cleared it but found it returned a few minutes later.
Here is why it happens:
I slowed down and drove more responsibly after clearing the warning. This caused my remaining miles to go from 35 up to 39-40 and the warning would only return when I stepped on it and the miles remaining dropped back below 35.
Mystery solved...You're welcome!
Here is why it happens:
I slowed down and drove more responsibly after clearing the warning. This caused my remaining miles to go from 35 up to 39-40 and the warning would only return when I stepped on it and the miles remaining dropped back below 35.
Mystery solved...You're welcome!
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Well I got a funny story for you guys I came back from austin to philly on a trip I lived in the hills out side of williamsport pa. I knew I had very little gas left and I figured I can make it to the fuel plaza on the turnpike so I take off from the airport cruise through philly get on the turn pike and bam!!! My light comes on I got 35 miles left on the tank an im thinking I can make well I keep driving and again light comes on I got 10 miles left in the tank and I see I have 20 miles to the fuel station. Im sure you guys can feel whats going through my head right now. So I stomo on it and go for it my car tokd me I had zero miles left in the tank and there were no more notches I cruised about 15 miles like that and made it. Dont freak out when you think you have no gas the mini will suprise you.
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To answer the original question, mine is a 2012 as well and I experience this too I think. When I hit ~60 miles left, the pips on the gauge turn color and the gas icon shows up, but I noticed on mine when it does this the speed is displayed just above the odometer (where it show miles to empty in your picture).
I should add that, in this case I have the opposite problem as you - I lose the distance to empty.
(* I'm not in North America which might account for the difference in behaviour)
Last edited by CN R60; 04-22-2014 at 11:00 PM.
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Same with my 2014* - the speed will be displayed on the line above the odometer with mine as well when there is something else occupying the square display where the speed would normally be shown. You don't have to wait for the low gas warning to verify this - you can toggle the DSC to DTC mode in which case "TRACTION" will be shown in the upper display, or turn off DSC altogether in which case it will show "DSC OFF". In either case the current speed should get shown on the line above the odometer.
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It's one of the very few things I HATE about my JCW CM. The tank on this thing is just too dam-n small for travelling any significant distances. It's absolutely stupid to be always hunting for gas stations. I would love to see 600-700km of highway cruising on a tank of gas when travelling at speed ........at a minimum.
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