Battery died - now gas gauge and gas cluster reading zero?

[tuner culture]

got out from work today and car battery was dead, battery only 5 months old. Jumped the car but the gas gauge show emptyand gas reading in the center cluster show 0 miles and the gas tank icon shows in the cluster.

Any clue whats going on. I was thinking of unhooking the battery to see if it resets the gas settings in the morning, but not sure.

I just filled up yesterday full tank, so plenty of gas. I drove the car 8 miles and checked my parking spot at work and no signs of gas leak.

any help would be apprecaited

[Myst420]

Try disconnecting the battery for a few minutes and then re-connect it. I've had my gas gauge go screwy on me in the past and that took care of it.

[Charles.waite]

Check that all te fuses are intact. Could have blown a fuse.

Sounds like there could be a short in the system though given the battery drain.

[EURO_DOLL]

The same thing happened to me when I first brought home my last B6 a couple years ago. But the PO informed me that the battery was old and that it was going to need replacing soon. I didn't realize "soon" was 3 days later. Thing died in a snow storm! Someone helped me jump it and then I put in a brand new battery. After the install, I had this issue for a couple of days and it eventually reset itself.

I don't remember the exact number of miles or exact length of time that it took to fix itself, but it did take care of itself. GL

[A4OrlandoB6]

Pull the instrument cluster fuse and put it back it. good to go.

[A4SoftWalker]

The same thing happened to me when I first brought home my last B6 a couple years ago. But the PO informed me that the battery was old and that it was going to need replacing soon. I didn't realize "soon" was 3 days later. Thing died in a snow storm! Someone helped me jump it and then I put in a brand new battery. After the install, I had this issue for a couple of days and it eventually reset itself.

I don't remember the exact number of miles or exact length of time that it took to fix itself, but it did take care of itself. GL

^^^This^^^
My experience as well.

[A4Dit]

Fuses are not the problem. Pull the battery cables off and reattach. Give it a couple of cycles of on/off driving and it will reset itself. I've had this happen a couple of times.

[Albertk]

Try disconnecting the battery for a few minutes and then re-connect it. I've had my gas gauge go screwy on me in the past and that took care of it.

This. Fixed it for me when I had the same problem

[black2.7t]

yeah happened to me, dropped the car off at dealership for coil pack recall and had a full tank of gas got it back and it said it was empty lol you could imagine what was running through my head -.- (they told me they didnt disconnect anyhing that would cause that) just drive the car for alitle it will correct itself

[alimo20]

i just recently had this happen to me. although it was for no reason at all. my gas was near empty so i filled it up. gauge read empty after the fill up, so i just drove it around until it was near empty (estimating around 300mi/tank) and it fixed itself. must get stuck randomly.