# 2008 Honda Civic fuel gauge

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-honda-civic-fuel-gauge/117173>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** civic, honda\
**Created:** [May 10, 2018, 11:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-honda-civic-fuel-gauge/117173 "2018-05-10T23:46:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![DonLeventry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DonLeventry](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DonLeventry)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 11:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-honda-civic-fuel-gauge/117173/1 "2018-05-10T23:46:43Z")

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My fuel gauge started reading backwards by lighting up the empty squares instead of the full ones. Then after working correctly off and on it quit working altogether. The squares will light up and then go off when I first start it up.

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 12:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-honda-civic-fuel-gauge/117173/2 "2018-05-12T00:09:54Z")

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It sounds like a dash console problem, my guess. But first I’d do the test to rule out the gauge -sender unit as the culprit.

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**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 1:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-honda-civic-fuel-gauge/117173/3 "2018-05-12T13:42:18Z")

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+1 for George.