Fuel door

[breacivic]

This forum really helped me with surging issue so trying another one.
For my 2016 civic turbo sometimes the fuel door can't be opened easily. It the kind where you push and it is supposed to spring open. Sometimes it works fine but other times I have to fiddle with it for up to Five minutes. Bad when close to empty And folks are waiting on you at costco

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[bhorn]

The vehicle must be unlocked for the fuel door to open. So for instance if you lock your car to go pre-pay for gas, when you come back you must first unlock the car, then the fuel door can be pressed to open it.

 

[breacivic]

The vehicle must be unlocked for the fuel door to open. So for instance if you lock your car to go pre-pay for gas, when you come back you must first unlock the car, then the fuel door can be pressed to open it.

Oh my goodness I had no idea. This is the best web site ever!

 

[crossont]

I kept getting aggravated with the guy pumping my gas because they could never open it... I would get out of the car and do it myself LOL the whole time I was really just unlocking the doors!!!

 

[Snoopyslr]

I kept getting aggravated with the guy pumping my gas because they could never open it... I would get out of the car and do it myself LOL the whole time I was really just unlocking the doors!!!

OMG that is hilarious! You could almost just keep pulling that one off as a joke.

 

[unr1]

I kept getting aggravated with the guy pumping my gas because they could never open it... I would get out of the car and do it myself LOL the whole time I was really just unlocking the doors!!!

NJ is stupid for not allowing self serve

Just sayin'

 

[Snoopyslr]

NJ is stupid for not allowing self serve

Just sayin'

It is very ridiculous. If the state wants to go ahead and pay for my car, then they can have incompetent morons put gas in my car. As long as I'm paying for something and I own it, I should have the right to say who touches it.

 

[unr1]

It is very ridiculous. If the state wants to go ahead and pay for my car, then they can have incompetent morons put gas in my car. As long as I'm paying for something and I own it, I should have the right to say who touches it.

Yes Sir

Also, it's frustrating to not be able to get gas at odd hours of the night unless you find a pump near a major road or the turnpike. Very inconvenient.

It's nice to sit in a warm car in the winter, though!

 

[crossont]

they have been debating it for years but I would absolutely support any decision made that would allow us to pump our own gas... after living in philly for a while I got used to pumping my own gas. I used to have a VW that required premium and I can remember multiple times where they put regular in after requesting premium, quite annoying!

 

[ZombieJerky]

Might be overlooked, so I'll just say it...

When you are closing it, if the car is locked it can be tougher to keep close. I'm not saying it can't be closed, but you have to push quite a bit harder. I usually touch the door handle to unlock my car so it is easier to close the cap again.

 

[windknot]

I found out it is alot easier to open and close the fuel door by pressing the right side of the door on the mid-line where the lock and unlock mechanism is located.

 

[xjoshuax89]

Might be overlooked, so I'll just say it...

When you are closing it, if the car is locked it can be tougher to keep close. I'm not saying it can't be closed, but you have to push quite a bit harder. I usually touch the door handle to unlock my car so it is easier to close the cap again.

Isn't what you are doing basically wearing down on that locking mechanism? Thus, if you keep on doing that for many times, you will wear it down to the point that it will no longer lock period?

 

[ZombieJerky]

Isn't what you are doing basically wearing down on that locking mechanism? Thus, if you keep on doing that for many times, you will wear it down to the point that it will no longer lock period?

Not so much because of the way the lock mechanism is designed. It is tapered with an edge that clicks into place after it gets so far, so it is somewhat designed to do that. The problem is you have to press pretty hard if it is locked vs not being locked.

 

[quixote]

Not so much because of the way the lock mechanism is designed. It is tapered with an edge that clicks into place after it gets so far, so it is somewhat designed to do that. The problem is you have to press pretty hard if it is locked vs not being locked.

You're supposed to unlock the lock to close it. Your lock automatically locked after some time while you're pumping. You should NEVER have to force it shut. Unlock the car and shut the gas door and it'll close just fine.

 

[ZombieJerky]

You're supposed to unlock the lock to close it. Your lock automatically locked after some time while you're pumping. You should NEVER have to force it shut. Unlock the car and shut the gas door and it'll close just fine.

That being the case, yeah, it took me a couple of fills to figure that out. It never was a force though, just a harder than normal push.

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