Hello everyone, i am new to this forum and this is going to be my first post. I have a 2004 honda civic, i bought it two weeks ago, and since i bought the car i have noticed that the bars in the fuel gauge goes up and down with inconsistency. For example, last night i had 7 bars when i turn off the car, this morning it drop down to 4 bars when i turn it on, i drove the car for 10 minutes and it when back up to 6 bars, and after another 12 miles of driving it when down to 5 bars. This is my first time driving a HCH and i have no experience with this type of vehicles. Has anyone else had this problem with your car?

Thank you very much for your help.

 

Do you happen to live in a hilly area? Inclines effect readouts a lot on Civics, including the HCH.

 

Well, my driveway is a little bit steep, but while while I'm driving sometimes the bars go up and down, but only one bar though.

 

With all due respect , are you sure you arent looking at the IMA readout.....good luck

 

jeje, no buddy, is the fuel gauge, i know the difference (IMA on right and Gas on left).

Thanks for the observation anyway.

 

..Well as you can see from my post Im new to it also....good luck

 

I've seen a good amount of it. What it is is that some of the Honda engines we've seen from that rough time period have glitches like that. The thing is, a lot of them are out of warranty by now. You most certainly aren't the only one.