It happened too many times that when I push the fuel door button and the door doesn't open. I had to use my index finger to lift the door up a bit and push the button again. This has been a pain. Anyone else having this problem?

 

Happened once to me. So now I push it a couple times before getting out. HAs worked every time.

 

I always push the button several times before I get out of the car.....and that still doesn't do it. I have to admit that my Civic's fuel door is more solid than this. I fear that I might break it if I have to keep lifting it.

 

bring it into the dealer then, maybe the spring or whatever needs to be adjusted.

I always press the button rapidly before getting out, always works.

 

I'm at 4000 miles and the fuel door works perfectly fine. You guys should be able to get this fixed under warranty.

 

Happens every few in my New Z. Just press the gas lid button like crazy before I refuel usually does the trick.

 

I had the same problem.

One day it wouldn't open at all and some b!tch behind me was waiting to use the pump. So I pushed the button a bit harder and the button mechanism slipped right through the hole in the dash. As it was hanging there I pushed the button again and the fuel door opened.

When I got home, I fiddled with the button and got it re-lodged in the dash. It seems to stick forward a bit more now and the fuel door has worked perfectly ever since.

Thanks to the b!tch waiting behind me to use the pump.

Elmer.

 

yeah the button is electronical not mechanical, the strength you push it with will not affect the force it lets go with... but Im sure you knew that and was just fustrated, in which case, I cant blame you.

 

I had that problem too. What I think is the trick is, you open ur car door, then turn off the ignition and then push the button. that always seems to work and I only need to do it once. or maybe i'm just luckY? who knows, hope that helps.

 

i've got the same problem...i feel like an *** when i push the button and then walk around to pump and see the damn door still closed...so now i just push it multiple times before i get out of the car and just hope for the best...

 

I've had this problem a few times. The first time I lubed it with WD-40 and that fixed the problem for quite a while. It started happening again so I took it to the dealer and they "adjusted" it, and when I got home I tried opening it (so I wouldn't look like an idiot at the pump), and it wouldn't budge. I had to lodge a piece of cardboard in the lid so it would pop when I hit the button and it was hard to open with my hand. I ended up spraying it with some WD-40 again and that loosened it up, but I think I will have to use something like some white lithium grease to keep it from happening again.

 

i JUST got my car on saturday. i went with the sales guy to top off the tank- it took 3 tries to get the door open. i thought it was a fluke. guess not.

 

I have had this happen to me many times also. It doesn't matter if I hit the button once or fifty times it still won't open sometimes. I thought it was just me but I think I will take it in to have it looked at now.

 

I always open the fuel door unintentionally trying to turn the VDC off

 

Thank you everyone for your feedback....at least now I know I'm not the only one experiencing this problem. Nissan has been designing cars for so many yrs and I can't believe they can't even get the d*mn fuel door right. I love the car but this is the kind of disappointment that I least expected.

 

Thank god someone else has done that also. I thought I was the only one.

 

I have a performance model. I've never turned ON the VDC since I own the car. I'm waiting for the rain.

 

Ummm...okay. VDC defaults on whenever you start your car. You have to push the button to turn it off. I dont know why you would want to drive with VDC off. It's not going to impact performance unless you're doing James Bond style moves, and if it does need to activate it saves your @$$ 90% of the time.

 

First of all, the VDC is NOT on by default. May be there is a way to do it but mine isn't. Quite a number of ppl on the forum mentioned about power loss if you have VDC on....haven't proven this myself. Lastly, I'm in California where the sky barely rains. You, my friend in Graham is gonna need the VDC on at all times to save your @$$.

 

This happened to me last night too. I believe its the long black plastic peice that is attached to the gas cap. Sometimes it will get caught on the slot where the gas cover latches on to causing the cover to seemingly stay shut when you push the open gas cover button..