Durango 2WD V6-3.7L (2009)
Fuel Gauge: Description and Operation
Fuel Gauge - Description
DESCRIPTION
A fuel gauge is standard equipment on all instrument clusters. This gauge is part of the minor gauge set with the engine coolant temperature gauge
located on the left side of the instrument cluster, just left of the speedometer. This gauge consists of a movable gauge needle or pointer controlled by the
instrument cluster circuitry and a fixed 90 degree gauge scale on the cluster overlay that reads bottom-to-top from E (or Empty) to F (or Full). An
International Control and Display Symbol icon for Fuel is located on the cluster overlay, in the center of the gauge directly below the bottom end of the
scale. An arrowhead pointed to the left side of the vehicle is imprinted on the cluster overlay next to the Fuel icon on the gauge to provide the driver with
a reminder as to the location of the fuel filler access.
The fuel gauge graphics are black against a white field except for a single red graduation at the low end of the gauge scale, making them clearly visible
within the instrument cluster in daylight. When illuminated from behind by the panel lamps dimmer controlled cluster general illumination lighting with
the exterior lamps turned ON, the white gauge dial face appears blue-green with the black graphics silhouetted against the illuminated background and
the red graphics and the red gauge needle still appear red. Gauge illumination is provided by an integral electro-luminescent lamp that is serviced as a
unit with the instrument cluster.
The fuel gauge is serviced as a unit with the instrument cluster.
