Amount of fuel in the tank?

[Fire-n-Gin]

I have a 2004 Armada LE and According to my manual, I should have a 28 gallon fuel capacity. It seems that I can only get about 20 gallons in it when totally empty (according to the gauge). Could my gas gauge be that far off or did someone stick a brick in my tank?
Thanks!

[NissanTech]

The disparity is to large to blame the gas, most likely there is a problem with the fuel gauge. There is a bulletin for a fuel gage problem, but the complain is different. 2004 Armada bulletin list: Knowledgebase - 2004 Armada - Nissanhelp.com Keyword Filter: "fuel"

[deeznuts]

empty doesn't always mean empty. your guage is fine. it is set up that way so you don't run out of gas.

[gt-leo]

I have a the same situation. But as I have observed the empty light goes on approximately 8 gallons left in your tank. The tank is so wide and that it can't measure anything below 8 gallons. I have driven atleast 30 miles with the low gas light on and could have gone more.

[Fire-n-Gin]

My frustration is having to stop and get gas every 300 miles when according to my gas mileage and fuel tank size, I should be good to go 500 miles on the highway. Do I get it looked at or just bank on my fuel economy (or lack of) and carry a spare can of gas for when I push it too hard?

[cpure]

I too have a similar problem. My gauge does not always read full when I fill up and the light comes on more then 100 miles before empty. When I get gas at about 400 miles I fill up usually around 24-25 galleons, which means I have another 3-4 galleons in the tank. I had it checked a few times but the dealership could not "duplicate" the problem or their computer did not read it was a problem....

[Fire-n-Gin]

Speaking of fuel...We just came back from our first cross-country journey with the Armada. How does 14.7 MPG sound? I thought it would do a little better than that on the highway... We also have a Pathfinder and it gets around 18 MPG and I thought it was bad.

[Rumplecat]

I recently went on a 1500 mile trip and I averaged 17.8 mpg.

[schneid]

My 2004 Armada is the same. I bought a ScanGauge II that nails it and provides other cool info.