Q: Low fuel and coolant on dash when full
I have a problem where the dash will flash low fuel and low coolant for most of the time that I'm driving, even though they are full. They always appear together and while they are on the gas gague goes to empty. When the lights turn off, the dash reads inaccurate fuel levels until they turn back on. This makes me think its not individual sensors, but what do you think?
My car has 113000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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