Do you think I should take it into honda if it does not budge by 200 miles? Obviously something is wrong.

 

I would bring it to Honda and see what they say. My fuel gauge doesn't really move until 60-70 km but that's only like... 40ish miles.

 

On average, mine doesnt move till around 60-100miles. It drops to 3/4's or just at the F.
But its apparent you have a problem.

 

Mine starts moving at around 20 something miles....slowly moves from the REALLY full, to just full.

You probably have a real issue here.

 

The gauge should move after like 30-50 miles. 120 is way to high and is it dropping yet?? If it has dropped to the correct area then i wouldnt be worried since we get 300+ miles per tank anyway. But if it hasnt, you have a serious problem like everyone else has said.

 

As everybody has said above.....but do tell when (or if) it drops what does it drop to. This also happened on an aquaintance's Fit and then it went down way far. Mine drops in at around 30miles, my old Civic's '01 (7th gen) dropped in at around 60-80. And It seemed to greatly depend on how hard I was driving in both my Fit and my old Civic....
keep us posted.
and good luck...

 

Mine starts moving right away, no delay. I recomend taking it to Honda, have them check it out.

Tyler

 

So...umm...is it just me or is the gas gauge one of the few unimpoved technologies of the last 50yrs...errr whuh?

 

Hahaha... I bet it moved. Probably plummeted to like half tank.

 

haha going from full tank tohalf tank would suck....especially if it was instant needle drop

 

I guess it is working now. I went till 147 and its a little below full on a flat surface. Weird

 

Gas gauges in most new cars today seem to be one of the few things that haven't improved in accuracy in the past 10 years. Weird..

 

It's normal. If I top-off my tank, and I mean truly top it off, my fuel gauge doesn't move for over 100 miles.

HowStuffWorks.com is a great place to learn, well, to learn how stuff works. Here is their easy-to-understand explanation of fuel gauges.

Howstuffworks "How Fuel Gauges Work"

Hoping this will help someone. It helped me.

 

Thanks for the link...I love that site...
But ...ummm....seriously though...I always new they used a "floater" of some nature, but you mean to tell me in this age of "flying cars" (ooops we never did quite get there mybad ) I mean "autonomous vacuum cleaners" we cant find a better more mainstream technology?
For cryin out loud we have GPS!!! WE CAN LOCATE OUR GAS TANK FROM HUNDREDS OF MILES UP ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD...YET MY CAR (S) (and many others) CANT FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH LIQUID IS IN THE TANK UNDER MY A$$!!! I AM MORE ACCURATE WITH MY BLADDER!!!!! GET WITH THE PROGRAM ENGINEERS!!!

 

hahaha!!! so true!!

 

Maybe the Gas Fairy is sneakin' in after dark and replenishing your tank!