Gas door locked. HELP!!!

[blefevre]

Alright, I am at work so I don't have time to search. I am an hour from home, very low on gas, and when I went to fill up the stupid gas filler door is stuck locked. I tired a lot of lock/unlock combos with zero luck.

My central locking has been really dumb lately, sometimes working, sometimes not.

Are there any tricks to get this open when central locking is dead? Is there a hidden safety lever?

I would love any help, I would prefer to actually make it home tonight with my car.

Thanks!

[xwill112x]

theres a small little pin that locks the gas door. you can slide it back to unlock with a knife.

[jlevie]

If you remove the right side panel in the trunk you can reach past the fender well and manually pull the locking pin back.

[RickSloan]

If you remove the right side panel in the trunk you can reach past the fender well and manually pull the locking pin back.

never knew this! i have this problem at least once a month when its cold out. and i always just use my keys or a knife to get in there. Lucky my paint is already crappy...

[blefevre]

If you remove the right side panel in the trunk you can reach past the fender well and manually pull the locking pin back.

Excellent! I went outside and this worked great. Thanks a ton!

Question: Can I take out the locking mechanism so it doesn't happen again? Or will I end up messing up central locking more. I don't want the locking gas door, might as well just take it out.

[87e30]

Excellent! I went outside and this worked great. Thanks a ton!

Question: Can I take out the locking mechanism so it doesn't happen again? Or will I end up messing up central locking more. I don't want the locking gas door, might as well just take it out.

If the central locking isn't working then your gas door isn't going to re-lock. It will just stay unlocked and you'll be fine.

[blefevre]

True, but currently it works on and off. What happened this time I am guessing is that it worked when I locked the car. Then it stopped working so the gas door was stuck locked. If it starts working again I could run into this problem again. Sure, it is very easy to pull back the trunk carpet to fix it, but I want to just take the locking mechanism out. I have all intentions in fixing central locking, so I don't want the system to be confused if the gas door lock isnt in place.

I just don't see the need in the gas door lock, UNLESS, it somehow ties the system together and it won't work without it. I guess I could just take it out and see what happens.

[jlevie]

Disconnect the locking solenoid from the gas filler door. I'd leave it connected to the locking system since I don't know if there'd be complications from disconnecting it.

[fartingfool]

Just unplug the wiring harness from the solenoid instead of messing around with it. Leave the solenoid attach to the car, unplug it, pull the pin lever back by hand, and leave it alone. I did exactly this and it had no adverse affects on the locking system.