A dumb little story...broken fuel door -_-

JARblue · 05-09-2014, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by JARblue

Check out this link for a diagram. By your description, I can't tell exactly what piece fell out. The "bumper" (78810D) maybe?

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Originally Posted by zaimer

Hard to tell by the diagram, but I think you are right about the part number. My fuel door no longer locks..I broke the locking pin off. It's a little plastic piece about the circumference of a pencil and maybe 3/4-1 inch in length?

Is it white plastic? Not sure the information I gave you earlier is correct. See the attached photo. I think the bumper is the upper rubber piece in the photo. The locking pin is the white piece below it. Locking the car causes the white pin to project out and keeps the fuel door locked.

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Originally Posted by black_sedan

hope you kept the plastic piece. I broke the same thing and have been meaning to super glue the plastic piece. Can anyone take a pic of the inside of their fuel door so I know which way to reglue it?

Here is a photo of my fuel door locking mechanism. I understand that you can access it from behind by remove a couple of panels inside the hatch.

zaimer · 05-09-2014, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by JARblue

Is it white plastic? Not sure the information I gave you earlier is correct. See the attached photo. I think the bumper is the upper rubber piece in the photo. The locking pin is the white piece below it. Locking the car causes the white pin to project out and keeps the fuel door locked.

Here is a photo of my fuel door locking mechanism. I understand that you can access it from behind by remove a couple of panels inside the hatch.

Yes, it is a white plastic. It is definitely the locking pin that broke off. I'll have to check it out sometime and see if I can take it apart. It almost looks like you are able to untwist the housing of the locking pin from the fuel door? I thought about trying to glue the piece back on...and see how long that lasts

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