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Old Oct 13, 2010 | 09:46 PM
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Hi , Does anyone know when you get a low fuel alarm how many gallons of gas are left in the gas tank of a 2010 Dodge Grand caravan S E . the owners manual says nothing !! Thanks Duane
 
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Old Oct 13, 2010 | 10:16 PM
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The low fuel is a guide so when it does come on fill er up and compare what you put in to the capacity from the owners manual. Other than that , I have a 4.0L and I really don't want to take that chance.
 
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 07:55 AM
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Hi , the caravan is really well built , but has a guess what owners manual ! I test drove the 4.0 , but bought the 3.3 because of the 4.0's transmission problems ! the 6 speed is not a good investment . I loved the power of the 4.0 . thanks Duane
 
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 04:18 PM
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Well we have had a few problems ...... nothing major but here is a link for the online owners manual

https://www.techauthority.com/en-US/...ducttype=Owner Manuals - Online&ptCatId=3094

copy and paste the whole link above
and here is another great forum

http://forum.chryslerminivan.net/for...ns-2008-And-Up

We like our van as well overall
 
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Old Oct 14, 2010 | 10:47 PM
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There's really no way to know for 100% sure due to possible calibration variances between the gauge and the sending unit. However you calculate it, don't forget the quart or so that's always inside the fuel pump body.
 
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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 07:18 PM
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The best I can say is, when my2005 GC's Low Gas light comes on, and I get down to about "7 miles to empty" according to the computer, I still can't get quite 18 gallons into the 20 gallon tank. So we appear to have about a two gallon reserve? At 18 miles per gallon city, call it about a thirty mile reserve.

THEORETICALLY.......
 
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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 07:59 PM
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It's possible the tank sensor isn't reading properly.
 
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