Hi,

I stopped and gassed the Crossfire (2004) today, and somehow got the door/fuel door locking thing out of whack. I had opened the fuel door, then had to go inside to give them money, and I locked the car doors while I was gone. I came back and pumped gas, but the fuel door is now out of sync with the whole locking business. When I lock the door, if I hold the fuel door closed, it locks with the pin. But when I unlock the doors, the fuel door pops open as well instead of waiting for me to push on it.

The pin seems to work fine, but my locking the doors with the fuel door open changed the sequence. Anyone know what I have to do to get it right again?

Thanks

 

Did you by chance twist the little plastic lanyard? If it gets a twist in it, it interferes with closing the door.

 

Do you mean the lanyard for the fuel cap? That broke months ago.

 

OK. Next question:

did you try to close the fuel door with the cap in your pocket? Or anywhere NOT in place? Just to eliminate it as a source of trouble.

Does the fuel door fit properly? Is it crooked when latched?

 

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.

 

I only tried to close it after I'd filled and replaced the cap. The door fits properly.

 

I was just about to suggest the same.

 

Never knew that the fuel door was locked while doors were locked vice versa.....will have to check today.

 

Okay, mystery solved:-) I went and rechecked everything. It turns out that when I put the cap on, I'd left it in a position where the raised portion you grab with your fingers to put it on and take it off was vertical and that was interfering with whatever little detent mechanism keeps the door closed when you push it down. The interference was just enough to make the door pop open when I unlocked the car.

Thanks for the ideas, folks.

 

When you lock the car, there's a little pin that also locks the gas cover. If you have a roadster, it also locks the center console. There's no sequence - it's either locked or unlocked.