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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

This might seem like a dumb question but here goes: - I went to fill up with petrol yesterday only to find the fuel filler flap did not open. I locked and opened the car several times but had no joy. As I was virtually out of juice I rang Porsche Assistance. Unbeknown to me (and I'm surprised the dealer never told me this) there is a manual override inside the car. The chap at Porsche Assistance told me that this failure could be caused by a weak battery, however my battery reading is showing 14. Anyone else experienced this?

POST 2Original post

Never happened to me, but I was aware of the emergency pull inside the driver's door...RTFM? [ ]

POST 3Original post

Usually it's a plastic bush that jumps out, preventing it from locking - not unlocking. Maybe the actuator has packed up.

POST 4Original post

I was just about to say mine has developed the opposite problem. In this situation, does the bush just need refitting or will it have broken??

POST 5Original post

It is usually item no 3 in the photo. It hasn't happened to mine (yet) but I think the bush normally falls out and gets lost. The acuator pin then gets stuck the wrong side of the panel and won't come through the hole. There was a thread on here or the Boxster forum some while ago which might be worth searching for. (I'll leave that to you as I can't get much sense out of the search facility).

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