Q: fuel guage not working immediately after throddle body was replaced
I picked up car yesterday after they replaced the throddle body . Now the gas guage and mileage indicator is not working. The empty light is on and no reading on gas amount or miles left to empty. The miles to empty came on again for a few minuets and then went back to ---. The car is full of fuel
My car has 45000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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