ND low fuel warning light

  1. My model of MX-5 is: ND 2.0 160ps
  2. I’m based near: Gloucester
  3. I’m looking for technical help or recommendations on: __

Have any other ND owners found the time from the fuel warning light coming on to there apparently being 0 miles range very short?

Fuel light came on when I was 6 miles from home.

The manual says 2 gallons are left at that point, so as I was averaging 35mpg, that should be approx 70 miles?

About a mile from home, The dash reports 0 miles range?!

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Yeh I have gone past on 1 occasion but didn’t run out of fuel,forgot to see how uncharted it too to fill
I guess it’s better that way instead of running out,don’t know if it can be programmed ?

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Thanks for the advice.

It’s a 45 litre tank, so I’ll see how much goes in when I fill it now.

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On the way to the garage to fill up the other day, the fuel light came on and stated I had 26 miles range.
Filled to the brim it took 33lt, I guess it lies about the range left.

As its about 12 miles to the garage as soon as it gets close to the 1/4 mark I fill up. That’s after covering between 160 to 200miles

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Plenty of chat about the amount of fuel left when the range reads 0, on the Miata forum, they seem to think a good 50 miles can be had after the range says 0, I have done 25+ miles after reading 0.

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When my fuel light came on last I drove till it showed 15miles left, then filled it up. It took 37 litres.

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Just filled up from supposedly 0 miles, it took 39 litres.
The tank is quoted at 45 litres, so I had 6 litres left.

Fuel light is very cautious then!