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HOMESERVICE MANUALSHYUNDAI2011SANTA FE GLS, 3.5 G, AWDREPAIR AND DIAGNOSISEXTERNAL PAGESDIFFERENT VARIANT/TRIMSECTION 21 (ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEM DIAGNOSIS (2 OF 2) - G2.4 DOHC)DTC P0461: FUEL LEVEL SENSOR 'A' CIRCUIT RANGE PERFORMANCEGENERAL INFORMATIONDTC DETECTING CONDITION
2011 Hyundai Santa Fe GLS, 3.5 G, AWD

General Information: DTC Detecting Condition

2011 Hyundai Santa Fe GLS, 3.5 G, AWDSECTION DTC Detecting Condition
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DTC DETECTING CONDITION

Item Detecting Condition Possible Cause
DTC Strategy
  • Signal Stuck
  • Poor connection or damaged harness
  • Faulty Fuel Level Sender "A"
Enable Conditions
  • Cumulated Fuel Consumption > 30% (~ 20 liter of Tank capacity) -> can be cumulated over more than 1 Driving Cycles
  • No MIL illuminated for relevant DTCs
  • 11 < Battery voltage < 16
Threshold Value
  • Filtered FL signal change < 5 % after 30% calculated fuel consumption
Diagnostic Time
  • 20 liters fuel consumption
Mil On Condition
  • 2 * 30% Fuel Consumption
RENDER: 1.0x

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