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Newbie with a problem

Hello everyone.

After 24 hours with this amazing car, my Electric Red 330i manual has a problem. The fuel door won't open. I read the manual several times and followed the proceedure for unlocking the doors, it didn't open when I touched it. I think I tried everything, (soft touch, hard touch, different combinations of unlocking the doors, the emergency manual release and finally the SOS button) it won't open. I did a search on "fuel door" and didn't find anything. It is going to the dealer for the state inspection sticker tomorrow so hopefully they can fix it while I wait. Has this happened to others? If so, what ws the cause? Otherwise, I love the thing.

Thanks for any help you might be able to offer.

Bill

Reply » Newbie with a problem

Had a problem on an older car when i had locked the doors and tried to unlock the gas door. Then the lock never released until I managed to hold it in while again locking the car and then unlocking the car.

But get the dealer to fix it if that doesn't work.

Reply » Newbie with a problem

Update,

The door is fixed. Something called the fuel door spring buffer had to be replaced. This pushes the door out when you touch it. Anyway, it was a quick fix. I am just concerned that when this part fails, the emergency manual override doesn't open the door either.

Thanks for the response Commander.

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