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Old Apr 29, 2010 | 09:35 PM
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I have an 01 Z and was wondering if there is another way to open fuel door if the in-consel button does not work.I found the trunk wire to open it .Thanx in advance.
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Old Apr 29, 2010 | 09:53 PM
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The only ways I know of is the console button and the wire in the trunk.
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Old Apr 29, 2010 | 10:03 PM
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The only ways I know of is the console button and the wire in the trunk.
Where is the wire? I only see the 1 in the trunk for the trunk lid.
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Old Apr 29, 2010 | 10:11 PM
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The manual fuel door release cable

Above/next to the driver's wheel well.



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Old Apr 29, 2010 | 10:18 PM
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Jebus!

Because the pic was large enough that I couldn't view all of the page at once, I thought "Wow.....nice pics....clearly show the solution".

Didn't realize the responder was Patches.......again.....with the definitive solution!

Nicely done, Patches! You are a treasure.
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Old Apr 29, 2010 | 10:28 PM
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Thanx Patches and all posters .I am going out in the garage right now to look for it.
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Found it tucked away under a plastic Trim piece.Cool.Just tested the turn door lock key 3 times to open the trunk tip and that works great. found it in the stickey.
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Ha, would have been nice to have known about that when I did my shifter and forgot to plug in the console button and went to the gas station ON E. Made it home and back to the station luckily, only 5 miles round trip.
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Originally Posted by terrible1one3
Ha, would have been nice to have known about that when I did my shifter and forgot to plug in the console button and went to the gas station ON E. Made it home and back to the station luckily, only 5 miles round trip.
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