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Hi,

Just a heads up my just out of warranty, 3.0i 2020, has a fault where the locking mechanism won’t allow the fuel flap to open. Have called out BMW assistance who were unable to pop it with a small airbag and there is no manual option.

Now with dealer, turns out there is a known issue mainly with electric vehicles, this is a first on a Z according to dealer and assistance guy. No spare parts available atm likely that it is a problem with the solenoid.

To top it all meant to start European road trip on Saturday!

Will keep you posted.

That sucks, always when you plan something this kind of stuff happens. Hope it's fixed quick.

Pleased to say Oxford BMW came up trumps and managed to fix it in a short time frame. The trip is on.

Sparksy wrote: ↑Fri Sep 08, 2023 2:46 pm Pleased to say Oxford BMW came up trumps and managed to fix it in a short time frame. The trip is on.

Did they identify a faulty cause or part specifically?

What was the fix? New solenoid?

This happen to anyone else: once i unlocked the car and at the same time the fuel flap opened too?

Not with a G29 as I don’t have one but happened on a Vauxhall Zafira, only 3 years old. The garage removed the solenoid, didn’t lock the cap anymore but the worry was gone

On the face of it they replaced the whole unit cost circa £350 on warranty.