2 questions

[2002_LS_V8]

1. how do i turn on my auto wipers? i put them on INT and auto but they dont turn on by them self..:shifty:
2. when my computer shows 0 miles left to empty do i still have 50 miles to go or is the car about to die?

thanks!

 

[beaups]

I've found on my car when it gets to 0 you have a little over half a gallon left.

 

[SoonerLS]

1. If the control is on Auto or any of the INT settings, it should be in Auto mode (the INT settings control the sensitivity). To test it, turn the key on, close the door, stand in front of the car, and splash water on the windshield. The sensor is up high, near the rear view mirror, so get the water up there.

If the wipers don't come on in that test, there's something malfunctioning. Try taking some Bon Ami cleanser and cleaning the glass over the sensor; if you have Rain-X (or similar) on your windshield, make sure you don't put it on the glass over the sensor, because those agents interfere with the sensors.

2.I've heard of people going almost 20 miles when it says 0 MTE without running out of gas, but the only time my LS said it had 0 MTE, I filled it up (I had just gotten back from a long road trip). It turns out that I had less than a half a gallon of gas left in the tank when it hit 0, which would be around 10 miles, give or take a few.

 

[SoonerLS]

The RTFM answer:

Moisture sensitive wipers (if equipped)
When the windshield wiper control
is set to INT and the intermittent
position is AUTO, moisture sensitive
front wipers automatically activate
when moisture accumulates on the
windshield. When the ignition is
turned to Off and then back to Run
and the wiper setting has remained
in AUTO position, the wipers may
cycle one time.
The moisture sensitive wiper feature should be turned off before
entering a car wash.

 

[Opies_LS]

I've found on my car when it gets to 0 you have a little over half a gallon left.

Mine just says low fuel level when I get to about 75 miles left, how do you change it so it doesn't say that?

 

[SoonerLS]

Mine just says low fuel level when I get to about 75 miles left, how do you change it so it doesn't say that?

You can hit Reset, and that will clear it for (IIRC) 10 miles, then it'll come back. The only other way to make it go away is to put fuel in the tank.