fuel door problem

[The Rebel]

Originally Posted by Rezarecter

you can actually disconnect the solenoid, remove it, take it apart and take the ceramic disc capacitor and resistor out of it, they seem to be irrelevant, mine did the same thing and we took it all out, and it works like a dream now.

Yes "if" there was Power to the wire this application may work, but,
I want to know why there is no power to the wire. all fuses are good relay
can be heard when you click on the remote but the trunk will not budge...
I'll check to see if the Glove Box (valet) is creating this problem and post later. There is NO power to the wire to open the trunk...

[Hotroddur]

On my 95 the dash buttons that release the trunk and fuel door have quit working on two occasions. The problem was that they had been pushed too hard and when that happens they pop out of place, downward a slight amount. I have to take the plastic panel off which is just below the two buttons and snap the buttons back up into place. The screws that hold the panel on are at the bottom edge where it wraps under the dash. Seems odd that they don't work when the move so slightly out of place but they don't. The switch is displaced so slightly that most people would not realize it has moved, yet it is enough that it keeps the switches from working.

[Fashnhag]

I know it sounds dumb, but my fuel door won't pop open with the switch unless I hit it while the car is still in drive. I've gotten used to it, so when I pull up to the gas station, I hit the button before throwing it into park. I had the door fixed once. I don't know what they changed, but it only worked for a few weeks and this has worked since.
tiff janssen

[dmorlow]

Well, I tried the fix by Rezarecter and it didn't work. I might have done something wrong but I totally destroyed my solinoid. So I went to the dealer and bought a new one. Works absoultely perfect now.

[LesGrandsPieds]

Originally Posted by Hotroddur

On my 95 the dash buttons that release the trunk and fuel door have quit working on two occasions. The problem was that they had been pushed too hard and when that happens they pop out of place, downward a slight amount. I have to take the plastic panel off which is just below the two buttons and snap the buttons back up into place. The screws that hold the panel on are at the bottom edge where it wraps under the dash. Seems odd that they don't work when the move so slightly out of place but they don't. The switch is displaced so slightly that most people would not realize it has moved, yet it is enough that it keeps the switches from working.

That's exactly what happened to my '96, and I pulled the plastic piece out just as you described doing. I find it very strange though, mine didn't have any screws holding it in, it just had little tabs.
Still, I know exactly what you mean. On mine, I could tell that the buttons had moved because the indicators that say TRUNK and FUEL DOOR popped out of place as well. They seem to be connected to the same panel. Those little lighted indicators are actually supposed to be flush with the inside of the curved plastic piece.
Weird.

[dmorlow]

I don't believe that any of them have screws. You can take apart a lot of the Aurora without ever needing a screw driver. I kind of like that part of the car

Originally Posted by LesGrandsPieds

That's exactly what happened to my '96, and I pulled the plastic piece out just as you described doing. I find it very strange though, mine didn't have any screws holding it in, it just had little tabs.
Still, I know exactly what you mean. On mine, I could tell that the buttons had moved because the indicators that say TRUNK and FUEL DOOR popped out of place as well. They seem to be connected to the same panel. Those little lighted indicators are actually supposed to be flush with the inside of the curved plastic piece.
Weird.