Okay guys I have a question that I am stumped on here with...I just purchased my vehicle like a couple months ago. I was driving home and approximately 2 miles from my house on the highway. The gas light came on saying I had 27 miles left. I was like ok I will get off the next exit (less than half mile away) all of a sudden I felt the car pull and stall so I moved over and got into the side median just in time! It shut down! The way it felt was almost like a mechanical problem...check engine light was the first thing to come on. So I call roadside and had it brought to the dealer thinking it was mechanical. They put 5 gallons of gas and it was good to go. Well the same thing happened to my husband he thought he can get off the next exit (less than a mile)....Does anyone else have this problem? I never had a vehicle shut down the minute the gas light comes on. It’s suppose to give us time to get to a gas station.
2016 Mazda CX-9 fuel efficiency
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One of the car magazines had the same problem with their long term 2016:
www.caranddriver.com
Their car ran out of gas 3 times, once with 0 miles to empty, then 8, then 41. Turned out that the fuel sender in the tank needed to be replaced. Your problem sounds similar.
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Their car ran out of gas 3 times, once with 0 miles to empty, then 8, then 41. Turned out that the fuel sender in the tank needed to be replaced. Your problem sounds similar.
why isn’t it part of a recall...? They can fix it but it’s an out of pocket expense for me.
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File a vehicle complaint with the NHTSA (link here). I would get it fixed, or avoid letting the gas tank get too low (fill up every two weeks or something). I would think that if it was determined that a recall was necessary, you could get your money back.
Thank you! I will do that...I never let my tank go lower than quarter tank and that’s where it comes on saying I have 27 miles left. Now I don’t let it go below half tank. It’s just annoying.
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I have been very lucky so far with my 2016 cx-9. I have a tendency to wait until the fuel is very low, usually near 0 mile left sometimes 20 miles below 0, before refill the tank. What you guys mentioned about the potential fuel sender failure is really a wake up call to me. Thank you.
