At the end of May I ran out of gas in my '05 Mustang GT with 1/4 tank showing on the guage. My local dealer was great, diagnosed a Fuel Sender and replaced it. Last week driving down I-75 in Kentucky I ran out again with a hair under 1/2 tank showing on the guage. Just made it a mile to an exit and a gas station. Filled it up and it took 8 gallons. ?? almost a half tank right?? On the way back to Michigan a few days later I conducted an experiement (with a can of gas in the trunk), and ran out again, this time it took 8.5 gallons to fill.
Dealer ordered another Fuel Sensor, but called me back and said the Factory cancelled their order. The dealer is waiting for an answer on what could be wrong. So they have nothing to tell me. This dealer is great, a real credit to Ford, I kind of feel bad when I stand in front of them and they have no info to share with me. To me it sounds like the fuel pickup isn't reaching the bottom of the tank, but I'm just the driver.
The car has 8,200 miles on it, so it spends a lot of time in the garage under a cover. Love this car, built the last day of '05 production.
Sorry to get long winded. Anybody have any suggestions?