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silledad - 20 Nov 2004 23:07 GMT

I have a 2002 ZX5.. It is about 3 days out of warranty. I filled up the
car and the fuel gauge dropped to empty and the fuel indicator light went on
and then the engine warning light went on. I made an appointment for Monday
at the dealer. Today the gauge went to full and the fuel gauge indicator
light went off but the engine warning light stayed on. I've read the posts
about faulty senders is this one? Are there any tech. service bulletins out
on this?

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Dave Gower - 20 Nov 2004 23:31 GMT

<... I've read the posts about faulty senders is this one?

Probably, although as far as I know 2002 Focuses are not supposed to have
this problem very often (mind you it can happen on any vehicle). Sorry about
your warrantee, but maybe if you talk to your dealer really nicely they'll
back-date it.

Just to be sure you might try using your trip odometer to monitor your
distance from the last fill to see if the problem is going to re-occur
often.

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silledad - 22 Nov 2004 23:21 GMT

The dealer replaced the fuel pump with the sender at no charge. I don't if
there was no charge due to it being so close to the warranty or because of
tsb or if it is part of the power train warranty but I'm not complaining.
Hope this fuel pump assembly lasts.

>I have a 2002 ZX5.. It is about 3 days out of warranty. I filled up the
>car and the fuel gauge dropped to empty and the fuel indicator light went
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>the posts about faulty senders is this one? Are there any tech. service
>bulletins out on this?

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Dave Gower - 23 Nov 2004 03:57 GMT

> The dealer replaced the fuel pump with the sender at no charge. I don't
> if there was no charge due to it being so close to the warranty or because
> of tsb or if it is part of the power train warranty but I'm not
> complaining. Hope this fuel pump assembly lasts.

Glad to hear it. Mine was replaced in 2001 and has been fine since.

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Tim \(Remove NOSPAM. - 28 Nov 2004 01:44 GMT

> The dealer replaced the fuel pump with the sender at no charge. I don't if
> there was no charge due to it being so close to the warranty or because of
> tsb or if it is part of the power train warranty but I'm not complaining.
> Hope this fuel pump assembly lasts.

The pump and sender is one integrated unit, so he didnt have much choice
really..

Tim..

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Mike2 - 24 Nov 2004 20:56 GMT

Did you find out why the engine warning light went on? Was there a fault
code logged?

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