Gas door stuck! help!
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Gas door stuck! help!
The gas door on my '95 E320 is stuck. I can lock and unlock the car but the gas door does not open. I'm almost out of gas, please help! Worst case tonight I'm going to take a crown bar to it and break it off. Also I sprayed it with PBBlaster last night. help! 
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Have you tried unlocking your car through the trunk????
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haven't tried unlocking the trunk yet. Will do that tonight. Maybe it has something to do with the cold. It gets to 30 degrees at night in Boston these days. Also all my doors open fine including the trunk, it's just the gas door that's being a pain. Lastly when I unlock I can hear the gas lock doing something.
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Is it staying locked, or is the door physically stuck?
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haven't tried unlocking the trunk yet. Will do that tonight. Maybe it has something to do with the cold. It gets to 30 degrees at night in Boston these days. Also all my doors open fine including the trunk, it's just the gas door that's being a pain. Lastly when I unlock I can hear the gas lock doing something.
Try locking your car via trunk, wait a few seconds, then unlock again via trunk.
should help.
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The door is physically stuck, seems like the lock isn't totally unlocking. I'l try unlocking the car from the trunk. I called the dealership to ask if they knew something and this guy told me that there is a release in the trunk near the gas tank that should open the lid. Will try that tonight as well. Didn't know of this release in the trunk.
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Do not take a crowbar to your gas door thats just stupid and expensive to fix. Open your trunk and take out the liner in the passenger side corner behind the back seat. About 5 inches behind your gas door you will see the locking mechanism. There is a a pin that has a round red head(red on my ce) either way its about the size of a silver dollar, just pull it twoards you and the fuel door will be open. It is prob nothing more than a vaccum problem.
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Open your trunk and take out the liner in the passenger side corner behind the back seat. About 5 inches behind your gas door you will see the locking mechanism. There is a a pin that has a round red head(red on my ce) either way its about the size of a silver dollar, just pull it twoards you and the fuel door will be open. It is prob nothing more than a vaccum problem.
