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Question posted by Anonymous-90307 on December 23rd, 2012

There Is A Check Gage Light On What Is That

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Answer #1: Posted by numberonetruck on January 14th, 2013 9:39 AM
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the check gage light comes on for a few reasons the most common reason is because your low on fuel. its your fuel light pretty much

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