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Step back, take a deep breath and ask it nicely.... worked when mine did it once (I had just driven about 120 miles before I discovered it though) never found out what it was it just wouldn't click into place just gave the impression it had. I put it down to Italian temprament!
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Rudy, nothing offensive there mate I was simply saying with these Italian mistresses you need to panda to them and ask them nicely to work....
The filler flap is just one of those quirks! I have no idea why one time it willl work another it won't the same is true of the seats, mirrors NIT... I've even had the fuel cap give every impression of being secure but the car fulling with fuel smell on cornering and accelerating! I thought I'd got a broken fuel line and was afraid of the impending garage expense only to discover the cap had somehow got massaligned. I wouldn't expect you have a major problem maybe just pop the button a few times after spraying the latch with a PTFE lube. You can work it manually from the manual tether in the battery compartment.
The filler flap is just one of those quirks! I have no idea why one time it willl work another it won't the same is true of the seats, mirrors NIT... I've even had the fuel cap give every impression of being secure but the car fulling with fuel smell on cornering and accelerating! I thought I'd got a broken fuel line and was afraid of the impending garage expense only to discover the cap had somehow got massaligned. I wouldn't expect you have a major problem maybe just pop the button a few times after spraying the latch with a PTFE lube. You can work it manually from the manual tether in the battery compartment.
TheBeagler
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Isn't it the case that only the release mechanism is electronic but closing it should br purely manual so not sure why.it would click back into place. I might have to keep a roll of duct tape in the car.
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It's all part of the "character". On my 1 year old GTS sometimes the parking sensors work and sometimes there's a light on the dash telling me they don't, sometimes when I flip the front seat forward to let a passenger in it goes back to where it should be, other times it doesn't stop until my nose is on the windscreen, some times the SPORT button does nothing, sometimes the sat nav/radio reboots for no apparent reason....
I still love it though
I still love it though
Andyk
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Jujst think its psrt of car ownership....Happened to my wifes BMW a few years back.......But if thats the worst that has happened so far you are doing well.........
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When you press the release button is there still the ping clunk?
If not you might have a stuck release button and what is happening is power is going to the release and the latch is permanently being powered open. Try and turn the battery isolator on and off and see if you can hear the release catch operating.
Worth a try.
Failing that, try rubbing olive oil and garlic on her rear end, it's worked for me in the past with misbehaving Italian women!
If not you might have a stuck release button and what is happening is power is going to the release and the latch is permanently being powered open. Try and turn the battery isolator on and off and see if you can hear the release catch operating.
Worth a try.
Failing that, try rubbing olive oil and garlic on her rear end, it's worked for me in the past with misbehaving Italian women!
GREAT SUCCESS!! You guys are so right...some oil lub spray onto the hook end inside the fuel hole, wait for half a day, let her rest a bit, praying miracle happens! Start the car, turn the car off. Keep press the glove box fuel tank release button around 5-10 times, push it the tail ends with my finger a few times....boom! Back on clicking again! Now I learn something new everyday...i know how to handle it next time. Yes, I will keep a roll of duct tape in the car from now....just in case! Yeah..happy day.
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Certainly advisable to do both Dem , one in the glove box and inside the flap , do the boot switch aswell , no harm in it
regards loz
Andyk
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Always good to keep the flaps well lubed....It can be a bugger if they are dry Dem....