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Low fuel indicator light

My 1996 pontiac grand am's low fuel indicator light doesn't work. i just got this car and it had low fuel according to the gas gage, so i decided to see if and when the low fuel light would come on. well it never did and i ended up running out of gas. how do i fix it? does it run off of a fuse i could change or what?

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It is probably the bulb that lights up if it was a fuse you would have something else not working you will have to remove the cluster and replace the bulb in the back

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