Fuel cap won't open

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JamesE
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Fuel cap won't open

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Filled my car up the other day fuel cap opened fine I've come to give the car a clean today and the cap won't open now at all.
Any ideas?
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Re: Fuel cap won't open

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Lock and unlock again. It sometimes pops open.

It's likely the little actuator has broken though (I had the same last year).
It's only a £15 part but VW will charge another £50 to fit it.
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Re: Fuel cap won't open

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Kev wrote:Lock and unlock again. It sometimes pops open.

It's likely the little actuator has broken though (I had the same last year).
It's only a £15 part but VW will charge another £50 to fit it.
Cheers for that after unlocking and locking a few times it popped open
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