Originally Posted by Mike-in-Orange

Have you tried repeating the process that got you out of sync in the first place - ie locking the car with the fuel door still open? Sort of grasping at straws here because I find it a bit odd that this would even happen in the first place. Just as the doors are either locked or unlocked, I would think the fuel door would be the same regardless whether it was open or not when the locking mechanism engaged.