Locking Fuel Flap Fault

Sparksy · Post by **Sparksy** » Thu Sep 07, 2023 10:55 am

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.

Schaef · Post by **Schaef** » Fri Sep 08, 2023 10:41 am

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

Sparksy · Post by **Sparksy** » 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.

Schaef · Post by **Schaef** » Fri Sep 08, 2023 3:24 pm

Sladester100 · Post by **Sladester100** » Fri Sep 08, 2023 11:41 pm

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?

F1SpaceMonkey · Post by **F1SpaceMonkey** » Thu Sep 14, 2023 5:59 am

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

MikeyH · Post by **MikeyH** » Thu Sep 14, 2023 1:31 pm

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

Sparksy · Post by **Sparksy** » Wed Sep 20, 2023 7:44 am

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

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