Battery died.....fuel gauge shows empty

[fahrenheit955]

So my battery died yesterday. I got my friend to give me a jump and everything worked fine. I had to reset a few things such as the clock and power windows. But I was wondering if anyone else had the problem of the fuel gauge showing empty after the battery died. I know my tank couldn't be empty because I just recently filled up the car to a full tank!! Does anyone know if there is a way to reset this or get it back to normal?

[Condo]

From what I've read this is a common problem when the battery dies. It should go back to normal in a few days.

[pondside36]

Yes this happened to me, it will work fine just give it some time..

[gq9]

I went to the dealer, under warranty. Got a brand new cluster put in for free.

[n7plus1]

^lol, nice

[fahrenheit955]

Sounds good, I'll wait a week and see what happens...

[dahonam]

Yes, completely normal. Happened to me a while ago, showed empty, went to gas station and pumped like 2 gallons before the pump clicked off... wtf, kept pumping until it almost started to leak out, and then realized that maybe it was full... drove around for a couple of days and it slowly returned to normal...

[gq9]

If you are under warranty. I would get to the dealer asap. As they told me, its a one piece cluster. So they didn't tell me wait a week it will fix itself, they just changed the entire cluster. Awesome for the center display, which usually gets bad the pixels and shit after a while. I got a brand new one! lol

[fahrenheit955]

If you are under warranty. I would get to the dealer asap. As they told me, its a one piece cluster. So they didn't tell me wait a week it will fix itself, they just changed the entire cluster. Awesome for the center display, which usually gets bad the pixels and shit after a while. I got a brand new one! lol

Warranty expired 3 months ago. I called the dealer today and he said it could be the cluster. But then I reffered him to the owners manual where it said the clock , windows, and the engine management system resets after a battery dies. He then told me to just drive it for a week and everything will get back to normal. The weird thing is, no where in the manual does it say that!!!

[aLeXliu911]

it happened once to me, after fill up the fuel full, and it only shows half, so after 30 mins, it came back to full.

[AudiSeefu]

as others have said, it will fix itself. I actually disconnected my battery again when it happened to me and it fixed it right away.

[A4TUNE]

Yep happened to me as well. Woke up and the battery was dead, jumped it and the gauge showed empty. came on here and made a thread about it (wonder if you searched at all...) and I got the same responses. However I just bought a new battery and it worked fine.

[T0M3K]

Happened to me once, but I rather know how much fuel I have, so if you have VAG-com handy, play with instruments and "reset" it, worked for me.

[fahrenheit955]

Yep happened to me as well. Woke up and the battery was dead, jumped it and the gauge showed empty. came on here and made a thread about it (wonder if you searched at all...) and I got the same responses. However I just bought a new battery and it worked fine.

I actually did search. What is the name of your thread?

[k6gix]

damnnnn. just happened to me today...i was washing my car with the system pounding so i could here it. xenons on so it looked so fresh. hahahah. turn on the car its fukin dead. hopefully it goes bacl to normal like yall said. cheers to this thread!

[A4TUNE]

I actually did search. What is the name of your thread?

Here:

http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=136575

And here:

http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=135548

[drmarcj]

Same happened to me on Monday. It read empty till I topped up the tank. Then read half full, then slowly crept up to totally full over the next 10 minutes driving time.

Weird, but it was a total relief!

[slow&low]

So my battery died yesterday. I got my friend to give me a jump and everything worked fine. I had to reset a few things such as the clock and power windows. But I was wondering if anyone else had the problem of the fuel gauge showing empty after the battery died. I know my tank couldn't be empty because I just recently filled up the car to a full tank!! Does anyone know if there is a way to reset this or get it back to normal?

this has happened to me also. Very common, just pull the fuse for the guage cluster while the ignition is off, then plug back in and away you go. Nothing else is wrong , i promise.

[SinisterA4]

This just happened to me this morning. I went to start my car and it was dead. I jumped it and the fuel gauge didn't read. Now, I just changed my battery 2 months ago to something from Advanced Auto so any other suggestions on what could be wrong? Crappy battery?

[1point8teeNW]

This happened to me, but it was due to a dead "Cell" in my battery. Bought an Optima Red top and all is well.

[A403in Maine]

It happened to me just as described: It read empty till I topped up the tank. Then read half full, then slowly crept up to totally full over the next 10 minutes driving time.

[Casius]

Just happened to me last night, battery seems toast but wanted to test eh charging to make sure first, but ya, reading empty after a boost

[Dan[FN]6262]

when this happened to me, I just disconnected the battery for a couple mins and then hooked it back up. worked fine then.

[Bische]

lol

when this happened to me i opened the tank and wiggled the fuel level sensor, put it together and has worked good since

[Casius]

When you guys replaced your battery what kind did you use?

[A4OrlandoB6]

when this happens to me, I pull the instrument cluster fuse for split second and viola

[GTA]

This happened to me when I left the headlights on when I was fiddling with aiming the headlights and my battery died. I charged it up, and when I went to start it, the fuel guage reads empty. I also got the fuel warning chime and fuel pump indicator on my dash . I left it for a few days but it didn't reset back to normal. So I disconnectd the battery for a couple of minutes and it's back to normal operation. Electronic systems, gotta luv it...NOT!!! Easy fix though.