BHeart Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Hi The petrol flap on my Mk 7 Fiesta is becoming increasingly difficult to open when I want to fuel up. I need to continually press it up to ten or more times until is eventually opens and there will come a day when it won't open at all. I know that this has been brought up before but is there any advice or fix from Ford to resolve this issue? bheart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul taff Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 i HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MINE 61 PLATE FIESTA ZETEC. i TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER 6 WEEKS AGO , ALL THEY DONE WAS TO PUT GREASE AROUND THE RUBBER SEAL NO PROBLEMS SINCE , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNath Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 It's a known fault, had the same problem with mine. If you take it back to Ford their fix is to cut one of the plastic clips off May as well do it yourself :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzrahog Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 what he said but be persistent, my parents were on their third filler cap, before the dealer did this fix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamc260 Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 I've noticed in the cold I would press it in and it would just stick..... I'd have to push the flap a bit harder and it would pop open! Will see how it goes :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browner65 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Had the same issue today on a 1.4 titanium 2009 fiesta , a couple of firm taps with a screwdriver released it, lubrication will now follow, I'm suspecting they just get a bit stuck in cold damp weather , id suggest if Ford Franchises are charging £38 to fix then it must take then about 2 mins labour time !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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