Is your gas lid broken? Mines is.
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Is your gas lid broken? Mines is.
Well, my fuel door "grabber is stuck." It's the little black plastic stem that goes back and fowarth when you press the remote gas lid. Well, on mines, it goes back into the little chamber to release the gas lid, but it doesn't pop back out on it's own. I have tried spraying penetrating oil onto it, but no luck. The only way to get it back out is to use a REALLY small screw driver to get it. I've started tearing up the trunk panels, but I couldn't get the "Rear hatch upper trim" off, so I called it quits for the day.
Now, do you guys think I need a WHOLE new assembly or do I just need to replace the spring so that the stem will pop back out on it's own?
Now, do you guys think I need a WHOLE new assembly or do I just need to replace the spring so that the stem will pop back out on it's own?
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Originally posted by gerrypark
you need a new stopper bracket. Mine happened the same way. Ray Crowe @ Malloy Mazda sells them for sround $20.
you need a new stopper bracket. Mine happened the same way. Ray Crowe @ Malloy Mazda sells them for sround $20.
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Mine did the same thing a few years ago. I wd-40'd it and it would help for a little while then start sticking again. The last time it happened the guy at the gas station put some kinda lube on it and I haven't had a problem since. Very embarrasing to be driving down the road checkin out the ladies then realize your fuel door was open, almost like having your zipper down.
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Originally posted by Palumbo1337
i fixed mine
pm me if you want
i fixed mine
pm me if you want
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mine sticks too, very badly when it's cold out. When it's warm, all I have to do is pull the lever almost to the point of the back hatch opening and kinda wiggle it til the catch pops out. In the cold... I usually have to wait like 8 hours til it pops out on its own. :P I've tried WD40, didn't help.
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That s what I did. I hit it with a little 220 grit sand paper and the some wd40 have not had the problem again it has been over a year...
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