Fuel Gauge problem

2003 Explorer XLT 4.0L 60K miles

My fuel gauge has quit working. A few weeks ago after filling up
the gauge took a few min. to go back up to full. This fill up it
pegged below empty then after a day or so it went back up to almost
1/4. However it has not moved since then, but I haven't drove much
either. The fuel seems to be pumping fine, or at least the truck runs
fine at any throttle level.
I checked the newsgroup but I didn't find any answers. Does
anyone have any experience with this?

I haven't posted on here for a while, it's good to see some of the
same ones still here!

Richard Grimes
'99 Explorer
'01 F150
'03 Explorer
'03 Ranger
all different colors and all sitting in the driveway!

"Richard" > wrote:

> My fuel gauge has quit working. A few weeks ago after
> filling up
> the gauge took a few min. to go back up to full. This
> fill up it
> pegged below empty then after a day or so it went back up
> to almost
> 1/4. However it has not moved since then, but I haven't
> drove much
> either. The fuel seems to be pumping fine, or at least
> the truck runs
> fine at any throttle level.
> I checked the newsgroup but I didn't find any answers.
> Does
> anyone have any experience with this?

This is not a definitive answer, but I had such a problem in
one of my Explorers (either '99 or '00) and it went away
right after I replaced the battery. My simple mind thinks a
weak battery didn't provide enough "juice" to bring the
needle up right away, but that the new one did. If you find
a better explanation/solution to your problem please post it
here for others.

On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:36:07 -0700, "CWLee"
> wrote:

>
>
>"Richard" > wrote:
>
>> My fuel gauge has quit working. A few weeks ago after
>> filling up
>> the gauge took a few min. to go back up to full. This
>> fill up it
>> pegged below empty then after a day or so it went back up
>> to almost
>> 1/4. However it has not moved since then, but I haven't
>> drove much
>> either. The fuel seems to be pumping fine, or at least
>> the truck runs
>> fine at any throttle level.
>> I checked the newsgroup but I didn't find any answers.
>> Does
>> anyone have any experience with this?
>
>This is not a definitive answer, but I had such a problem in
>one of my Explorers (either '99 or '00) and it went away
>right after I replaced the battery. My simple mind thinks a
>weak battery didn't provide enough "juice" to bring the
>needle up right away, but that the new one did. If you find
>a better explanation/solution to your problem please post it
>here for others.

More likely the changing of the battery reset the computer which
buffers the fuel gauge signal...

On Jun 9, 9:50*pm, Richard > wrote:
> 2003 Explorer XLT *4.0L * *60K miles
>
> * *My fuel gauge has quit working. *A few weeks ago after filling up
> the gauge took a few min. to go back up to full. *This fill up it
> pegged below empty then after a day or so it went back up to almost
> 1/4. * However it has not moved since then, but I haven't drove much
> either. *The fuel seems to be pumping fine, or at least the truck runs
> fine at any throttle level.
> * *I checked the newsgroup but I didn't find any answers. * Does
> anyone have any experience with this?
>
> * I haven't posted on here for a while, it's good to see some of the
> same ones still here!
>
> Richard Grimes
> '99 Explorer
> '01 F150
> '03 Explorer
> '03 Ranger
> all different colors and all sitting in the driveway!

Well, I know it is not "fixed" but it did start working again. Go
figure.....