The spring that pops the fuel door open could be faulty, and that it is not un-common for those vehicles. Try and have someone pull on the fuel door release and hold it in the open position, or try and use something to hold the fuel door release in the open position, and then try and open the fuel door yourself manually by pushing in at the hinged side of the fuel door while at the same time pulling out on the fuel door from the other side where it opens. If the fuel door opens then the spring that pops open the fuel door is faulty. If the release cable is actually broken then it can be accessed through the trunk.The spring that pops the fuel door open could be faulty, and that it is not un-common for those vehicles. Try and have someone pull on the fuel door release and hold it in the open position, or try and use something to hold the fuel door release in the open position, and then try and open the fuel door yourself manually by pushing in at the hinged side of the fuel door while at the same time pulling out on the fuel door from the other side where it opens. If the fuel door opens then the spring that pops open the fuel door is faulty. If the release cable is actually broken then it can be accessed through the trunk.
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Get somebody to pull up on your release and pry the door gently to open. Can you hear the cable moving back by your fuel door? If not your cable is broke and you have to go in the trunk and access the cable there.
This tip is for 1997-2004 Corvettes: This is something that will save you some hassle at a gas station if you ever have this problem. You probably already know there is a manual fuel door release cable you can pull if the push button in the console ever fails to open the fuel filler door. If not, it's under the carpet behind the driver's seat. Sounds easy enough, right? Well, while it's not exactly hard to do, in fact it's quite easy. On the other hand, if you are wearing a light colored shirt you are likely to get it dirty reaching under the carpet. The carpet isn't just lying there, the edges are covered by other trim pieces. If the switch ever fails to open the fuel filler door, you need to pull the carpet back and find the manual release cable to open the fuel filler door. This could be a problem if it's cold or raining, or as mentioned above, if you are not dressed for dusty work. One day while I was working in my garage, I decided to find my manual fuel door release cable since I had never actually seen it other than what I read in the owner's manual. I had to remove the inside liner of the driver's side rear storage compartment in order to be able to pull the carpet back and reveal the manual fuel door release cable. After finding it, I thought how much easier it would be to have an extension to that cable so if I ever needed to use this manual release I wouldn't need to remove two pieces of carpet. So what I did was attach a short piece of mono-filament fishing line to the cable, and just dropped the end in the driver's rear storage compartment. Then just replace the carpet and the liner to the rear storage compartment and forget about. This way if my switch ever fails to open the fuel filler door all I need to do is open the rear storage compartment door and give the line a tug to open the fuel filler door.
This is usually because the spring the pops it open is broken, have someone pry on the fuel door while ppulling the release inside, the spring clips onto the hinge if it's broken get a replacement from the toyota dealer
usually they are opened via cable. you'll have to trace the cable and replace it, if it's broke. Sometimes you just need to lubricate the lever where you activate the door.
The first thing to do is spray penetrating oil on the hinges and behind the fuel door. Then, check the cable connection at the release handle. Ifc it has become disconnected, reconnect. The handle may be damaged and may have to be replaced. Also, you may be able to open the fuel door by pulling the cable using a pair of pliers, or by slipping a thin blade of some kind behind it to push the release latch in. If you can get the door open, put as much oil as possible on the release mechanism plunger, and then work it into the mechanism by depressing the plunger repeatedly. If you are able to get the door open, the connection at the release handle is good, and the plunger seems to move freely, the release cable may have stretched, seized or broken, and may need to be replaced.
Try removing the plastic lever handle to see if it will let you push
the lever further towards the floor resulting in more tension on the
(hopefully not broken) cable.
Take a plastic knife like you would get at Wendy's (or anything you can think of that would work better) and wiggle it in the center of the right side of the fuel door. You're trying to depress a trigger and pop it open. Forcing can bend the inner latch but it can be bent back. After you get it open you'll need to do some adjusting or diagnose if the cable is broke. Even though it's the same lever, it's two cables.
Never heard of anything like that. But those latches are not as secure as most think, just take a flathead screwdriver, put a piece of cloth around it to protect your paint, and pry the door open, just when you think it's about to break something...pop, it opens just like that. I've done this quite a few times, only broke one so far. :-P
The spring that pops the fuel door open could be faulty, and that it is not un-common for those vehicles. Try and have someone pull on the fuel door release and hold it in the open position, or try and use something to hold the fuel door release in the open position, and then try and open the fuel door yourself manually by pushing in at the hinged side of the fuel door while at the same time pulling out on the fuel door from the other side where it opens. If the fuel door opens then the spring that pops open the fuel door is faulty. If the release cable is actually broken then it can be accessed through the trunk.
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