vteck2005

I have a sort of serious problem. I went to the gas station to fill up my gas cause it was at little less then half. But when i went to go open the gas tank door it didn't work. At first i thought it was frozen, so i took it home and left it in the garage i tried hot water, de-icing spary, but neither worked.

What do i do? I need gas!

CraigW

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Is this a 7th generation ??

Do a search for the fuel door fix thread. A company is selling a fix if the cable breaks near the opening lever. (drivers side)

The door can be opened from the trunk but be careful not to break anything in the process. ( I hear it easy to break the release plunger)

Dmowerz34

i have a 7thgen ****ing solenoid went out on me you have to replace the whole switch back

dalaw

your spring might have broke off like on my mom's camry. push and hold on to the fuel door release lever and have a second person try to pry open the door with a flat head screw driver. If that doesnt work, then it could be the cable or solenoid like what others are saying.

vteck2005

Yeah it is a seventh gen and i think this is probably what happened.

I tried out this method and didn't work - i managed to open up the gas door from the trunk and the plug there doesn't work when the lever is pushed down. How do i know that the problem is the cable (the plastic clip) and not the solenoid (what is the solenoid? lol)

CraigW

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Did you find the link to the kit ?? It has a video that explains installation procedure for the kit. Once you remove the door sill cover... if the break was there it should be in plain site.

Release plunger may be a better term. The part near the door that moves in to release door. Solenoids operate by electric.

hondoer27

Mine has been broke for months I just dont have time to fix it. so everytime I fill up I get in the trunk and yank the cord.

vteck2005

Yeah i checked out the video - i'll open up the sills and covers and check it out.

Right now i only manually opened the fuel door, it got too cold to stay outside so i didn't put the pin back. I just wedged a peice of card board between the fuel door and car body - it'll do for now, until it gets a litter better outside.

_unclejuice

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post the link for the fix

CraigW

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http://www.fueldoorfix.com/

_unclejuice

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simple enough. have many people on here used the product?

vteck2005

Hey i just wanted to follow up. I fixed the fuel door a CHEAP way, lol. Instead of buying that clip on piece from the website (Great idea - but to expensive for something like that) i used plastic tie wraps to fasten the two pieces together - works great now.

Thanks,

DDragon7

Nice, so I assume that it was the part that was by the release lever that broke.

But its hard to see how the ziptie would work.

RHCP0801

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yea i used that fuel door fix thing and it worked good

Fueldoorfix

Glad to hear that our product work for you

TRIZ

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is it just sedans that have this problem.. anyone had this with a coupe?

Fueldoorfix

The cable breaks on Coupes as well.our product fixes all 7 Gen Civics Sedans and Coupes.

LT2004ever

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glad mine hasn't so far, i'd be ticked!

RHCP0801

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yea, mine broke on my coupe but that fueldoorfix thing did the job, although the directions on there site are for a sedan and on a coupe you cant take off the bottom molding by the door, just have to squeeze your hands in do it like that....kind of a pain in the *** but yeah

TRIZ

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Actually I watched the video, and in the vid, they removed the panel behind the seat, or right next to the back of the seat... did they arelly have to take that off? It looked like the spot on the cable they fixed was right next to the 'lock box' on the ground.

Another- how do you open your door from your trunk? anyone have a pic of that?

RHCP0801

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in a sedan yeah, you cant do that in a coupe which makes it hard...ill get a pic up in a few mins of the piece in the trunk for you

RHCP0801

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its on the left side of the trunk behind that metal flap where the foam piece is

TRIZ

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oh werds, I guess I never looked that far back behind the liner. nice.

your door jams are dirty btw! I shouldnt be talking, my whole car is dirty, at least to me... a cat walked on it with muddy feet

btw, good job on the fast pics. +

RHCP0801

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well my whole car is dirty, all the ice just melted from the 4+ inches of ice and snow we had...ill wash it sometime this week, first time its been over like 30 degrees lol


your welcome

studebaker1960

I live in the Washington DC area and drove a few miles over the Virginia line to vist a mall and get less expensive gas - well, the darned fuel door would not open. Lucky for me I had 1/2 a tank. Even the Rockville, Maryland Honda person had not seen the problem - but he did help me open the door through the trunk (really hard to do). I found this site and viisted www.fueldoorfix.com and paid the $20. The small piece of plastic arrived fast in the mail. I watched the video and removed the panels. Those panels are hard to remove - but I did it. I snapped the plastic on the cable and - presto! My fuel door opened! What a great product. The Honda guy had told me the parts cost for the whole cable was at least $160 plus labor of course. So I think the product is a bargain. I really feel for people who are really low on gas late at night etc and pull into a station and have this problem.

RHCP0801

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really hard to open through the trunk? ummm no its actually very easy and takes about 10 seconds

tuningmycivic

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^^ man, did somebody pay you to type all that crap out?

RHCP0801

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i bet you he works for them and just posted that bullshit, cause its there only post

gearbox

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http://fueldoorfix.com/

Fueldoorfix

I can assure you he does not work for us! He is just a happy customer !

We have never paid anyone to post here and I do take some offense to these kind of false accusations.