Originally Posted by
Adam Grund
The consequence, in my opinion, should just be a check engine light. Can get cleared when refilled, or when any fault gets corrected. Low power mode is a dangerous action for a system that isn’t damaging to the drivetrain.
But to more directly answer your question- a good many probably. there are a lot of gasoline check engine lights illuminating the lands out there that not many are interested in fixing.
Click and Clack on Car Talk used to joke about black tape to fix the check engine light. My car tells me to change engine oil if resetting the computer is forgotten.
DEF is what allows us to use diesel without putting a lot of noxious gasses in the atmosphere. Some people do not care about such things.
Before a vehicle goes into low power mode is there a gauge or other warning that it is getting low?
It may be the only way some people will bother to keep an eye on the DEF tank level is if there is a draconian way to make them pay attention.
jtk
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