qtf I just bought a G yesterday and Im trying to gas her up today and the damn door wont open. Im scared to pry it and open it with force because I know somethings gonna break....anyone know any tricks on how to get her open without breaking something?

 

make sure your doors are unlocked

 

LOL, I wondered the same when I was looking at the G... Didn't your sales person tell you?

 

Take the remote with you and press the unlock key like 4 or 5 times. Then a gently push on the gas panel will open the thing - kinda like the glass doors on TV cabinets.

Otherwise it's broken...

 

^ Pressing it only one time will do. If all else fails, there's a way getting to the gas lid by means of going through the trunk.

 

Yup, but, if you unlock it w/ your key fob after you get out of the car, open the tank soon, otherwise, the G35 autolocks itself after 30 seconds or so if no one opened a door, so your gas tank gets locked again.

 

i tried unlocking every single door and none worked. So I had to revert to good ol fashioned FORCE lol and i broke the lil white lock.

 

when you're at the dealer getting the white lock replaced, tell them that your gas door actuator is out. you'll want to get that fixed too.

btw, if this happens again, there is a manual release inside the trunk, just like LJN mentioned above. you don't need to break it.

 

I would have suggested taking it back to the dealer so they can fix it before doing that.

 

I had the same problem, the white lock froze in the lock position. dealer changed the lock and actuator.

 

I had the same issue when I bought mine, except in my case the lock wouldn't work so it actually remained unlocked at all times.

 

it happens all the time... well, you have to clean your "gass door lock" mechanism... it get dirty and it gets stuck all the time... get some simple green and itll be fine...
btw its the white lock mechanism on the left side when you ope the gas door.

 

dont pry the door open. if you are stuck without gas and a stuck motor/solenoid, pull the trunk liner aside, reach in and pull on this (you'll feel the notched tab)



you may need a phillips screw driver to get some of the cargo net latches loose, then you can easily reach this. You can unplug it so it doesnt relock before you can get back to the dealer to replace. With winter coming, its going to start happening alot again.

 

I just cursed at the cap and pressed it and it finally opened. It happens quite often, why doenst the cap have some type of release in the car, or is there something special i dont kno?

 

just clean the latch. it only take 2 mins.