Fuel indicator of my Triber keeps blinking; engine refuses to start

I showed the video to one person; he said that rats may have eaten wires related to the petrol tank. As per him, he has to remove the petrol tank and get it fixed.

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I am facing am issue with my Renault Triber. The fuel level indicator keeps blinking and the engine refuses start (Check the attached gif). This is very strange. I showed the video to one person; he said that rats may have eaten wires related to the petrol tank. As per him, he has to remove the petrol tank and get it fixed. Is it true?

The car has completed 3rd service (2nd year service) in Oct 22. I have extended warranty. So if I gave him the car to fix the issue, will that create problem with warranty? Or should I call the Renault service center?

Please help.

Here's what BHPian vrprabhu had to say on the matter:

What does the user manual say about this?

When did you last fill fuel - any possibility of fuel contamination?

If the fuel pump primes (buzzing/whirring sound when the ignition is switched on, before cranking/starting) and the car doesn't start, it points to no fuel supply reaching the injectors.

A shot in the dark - try to disconnect the battery mains (so as to reset the ECM) and reconnect; if it was a wrong signal, may be it will disappear!

Error could also be the result of faulty sensor.

Here's what BHPian Jeroen had to say on the matter:

Have a good look at what vrprabhu wrote!

It might be rats, but there could be other causes too. Not sure why the tank would have to come out. It all depends where the rats, if it where rats, have bitten through. If accessible you can just splice it!

But all sorts of other reasons can cause this problem, in leuning a bad ground/mass connection.

Did you check the manual? Make sure this is not a legitimate error indication mentioned in the manual!

Good luck.

Jeroen.

Here's what BHPian DRIV3R had to say on the matter:

Yep, that is a rat bite, wiring to fuel pump to be checked. Can easily make out when you turn on ignition, the pump will not prime. (You hear no buzz).

Here's what BHPian TorqMaster had to say on the matter:

If the car is in warranty please do NOT go to a garage walla. Better to wait it out and go through warranty process.

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