2002 Mercury Cougar digital gas gauge

2002 MERCURY COUGAR
185,000 MILES • V8 • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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RICKJAMES1
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every 5 seconds it drops a mile on the miles left on the gas gauge wut could this be ?

from when i filled it up to my house with is less then a block it went from 191 to 179 left for the gas mileage
Oct 24, 2010 at 6:14 PM
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BLUELIGHTNIN6
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the late model cougar (99 - 02) had this issue. the digital estimated mileage left was not very accurate and jumped around a lot. i wouldn't worry about it so long as the actual fuel gauge itself seems accurate.
Oct 24, 2010 at 6:17 PM