Hey,

I have a Mopar chrome fuel door on my 2008 QC. Recently the door seems really loose and it doesn't hold itself closed.

I took it off and noticed that the mechanism that makes the door stay closed is just a simple spring pushing against a piece of plastic. When you open or close the door this piece of plastic is supposed to push against the door to make it snap open or closed.

It seems that when you open the cover, the plastic pushes in, depressing the spring, but then doesn't pop back out. I can force the plastic back out again with a screw driver but it just keeps doing it. The spring looks fine. I wish I could take it apart to see what is causing it but I cannot get the door off the ring. I have sprayed the heck out of it with some lubricant/anti-oxidant but it doesn't help.

I was just wondering if anyone else has had this happen? How did you fix it?

Thanks

 

Well, forget it. The piece of garbage broke while I was trying to take the door apart. It looks like it is made of white metal. It turns out the problem with it was that dirt had gotten in around the small plastic piece and jammed it. My advice, don't but one of these!

 

I know mine looks like it is polished cast and cast metal is usually soft. Sorry to hear yours broke.