To be fair, "no information" is a terrible message for when the fuel is too low to read. I'd rather have a sensor that malfunctions and says that my fuel is dangerously low all the time, than a sensor that says it doesn't know when the fuel is dangerously low.
It doesn’t actually say “no info”, the customer is remembering it wrong. First off, the gauge itself will read empty. Then the remaining distance will keep dropping and counting down. When it hits “0” km remaining, it shows three bars. Also, a warning would have come up in the gauges and in the central display both when the vehicle had 8L remaining, which the customer can clear, and another that comes up at 50km range left that will remain permanently on until refueled. And will also prompt a pop up message asking if you want the sat nav to find the closest gas station. They had LOTS of warning. Did I mention the fuel gauge itself was reading empty?
I don't think the sensor malfunctioned. When I run down to E, my car will change the "Est. Range" display to - - - instead of a mileage.
The customer saw the display, well, stop displaying and said "huh. Better keep driving instead of getting gas."
You misread the OP. They said that the message should be more clear even if it would be a failure - which it isn't which makes it even worse.
Your display shouldn't say "..." it should say ZERO MILES or something more clear.
When a sensor breaks the message should be "get fuel, bro, cause I have no idea" and not "no idea what's going on".
And as in this case the sensor didn't even break...It's just bad design to have it say "sensor has no data".
Now the question if we want someone driving who is dependent on good design in this context is a different question all together.
I’m not sure they can say 0 miles remaining because that is almost never true. I’ve never actually had 0 miles remaining on any car when the tank reads empty. It’s just an estimation based on the fuel sensor
If you’re capable of driving a car in the first place, and acquired a license to do so, you should know how the fuel gauge works…this is literally not rocket science
Early '00s Jeep Grand Cherokee used to read 0 miles at the "Hey, pull into the gas station fuck head" step of the fuel gauge. Hell, I've had cars where I had to estimate range based on mileage because the gauge died.
If my fuel gauge says - - - and my odometer reads under 150 miles, something is wrong or someone stole my gas, I'm pulling into the first station I see.
It boggles my mind as a car nut that not everybody resets their trip meter when they fill up.
Its such an easy way to tell if your car isnt acting right, when you always get 500 to 550 out of a full tank and you havent cracked over 499 in a few weeks and nothing else has really changed its a dead giveaway.
Your display shouldn’t say “…” it should say ZERO MILES or something more clear.
There is the fuel gauge that shows empty and a warning light on the dash. The display shouldn't even factor into this. And I'm almost certain if it said "Your tank is empty, get gas!" it probably wouldn't fully prevent those occurrences.
Make it idiot proof, and the world will build a better idiot.
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