1997 Caravan fuel empty warning stuck on

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Some O - 28 Jun 2006 05:26 GMT

A friend of mine has this problem with his Caravan.
Any ideas much appreciated.
How to turn off the alert beep is the most important first desire.

> As was mentioned, my 1997 Dodge Caravan has a problem as follows. The gas
> tank is full and the gas gauge needle is pointing at full. The empty tank
> warning light and alert beep come on together every two or three seconds
> (i.e., not continuously) while the car is in motion. Pretty sure the tank is
> full.
> If you have any idea what the problem is, please let me know.
> Thanks in advance.

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damnnickname - 28 Jun 2006 11:30 GMT

The problem is the fuel tank sending unit is bad.There is no way to turn
the beep off, it is programed into the BCM. The fix, Remove fuel tank.
fuel pump and repalce the sending unit. My advise is if there is high
mileage on this vehicle to go ahead and replace the complete fuel pump
assembly if your planing on keeping this.

Glenn Beasley
Chrysler Tech

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Ted Mittelstaedt - 04 Jul 2006 08:19 GMT

> The problem is the fuel tank sending unit is bad.There is no way to turn
> the beep off, it is programed into the BCM. The fix, Remove fuel tank.
> fuel pump and repalce the sending unit. My advise is if there is high
> mileage on this vehicle to go ahead and replace the complete fuel pump
> assembly if your planing on keeping this.

Just make sure when you drive it into the service place that you try to
run the tank down to empty before taking it in.

Ted

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