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Anyone lookibg for a locking gasoline fill neck locking cap? See the YouTube video attached.

 
That’s neat. Do they all have the same key?
 
Cool idea.

I may be missing something, but is the fuel filler door not locked when the truck is locked? I guess if not, this could give more peace of mind by adding an extra lock. Good option if that's what you need, though.
 
llando88 said:
Cool idea.

I may be missing something, but is the fuel filler door not locked when the truck is locked? I guess if not, this could give more peace of mind by adding an extra lock. Good option if that's what you need, though.
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No, the gas doors do not lock.
 
llando88 said:
Cool idea.

I may be missing something, but is the fuel filler door not locked when the truck is locked? I guess if not, this could give more peace of mind by adding an extra lock. Good option if that's what you need, though.
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No, the fuel filler door does not lock.

Edit: @6of36 You beat me to that by about 1.243 seconds :ROFLMAO:
 
llando88 said:
Cool idea.

I may be missing something, but is the fuel filler door not locked when the truck is locked? I guess if not, this could give more peace of mind by adding an extra lock. Good option if that's what you need, though.
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If the fuel door locked there would not be a need to hava a locking cap.
 
I have two other vehicles from 2012 and 2013 which have fuel door releases in the cab. One is a Jeep. Not sure why FCA did away with this feature. Doesn’t really bother me, as it’s just something else to break.
 
theblet said:
I have two other vehicles from 2012 and 2013 which have fuel door releases in the cab. One is a Jeep. Not sure why FCA did away with this feature. Doesn’t really bother me, as it’s just something else to break.
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Because of problems with the release. Breaking or freezing up in winter making it so you can't open the fuel door.
 
HSKR R/T said:
Because of problems with the release. Breaking or freezing up in winter making it so you can't open the fuel door.
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If that was actually happening it's because of a bad design. And designing that out of a vehicle instead of fixing it just makes me laugh. I've owned many cars with locking fuel doors over the past four decades, and none of them ever froze up in winter. The release breaking makes my point about a bad design.
 
mikeru82 said:
If that was actually happening it's because of a bad design. And designing that out of a vehicle instead of fixing it just makes me laugh. I've owned many cars with locking fuel doors over the past four decades, and none of them ever froze up in winter. The release breaking makes my point about a bad design.
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Our Kia has a cable operated release, but the Jeep has a remote servo motor style release. I would imagine the Jeep one breaking before the Kia. Hope neither of them ever do tho 🤞🏻
 
My previous auto had the servo motor locking gas door and the servo eventually failed in the locked position. There was no manual override or access from the trunk. After careful measurements from a friend who had the same car, I drilled thru the door and thru the pin of the servo to get the door open and fill up the car again. I'm more than happy not to have this on the new RAM...
 
5genJeff said:
My previous auto had the servo motor locking gas door and the servo eventually failed in the locked position. There was no manual override or access from the trunk. After careful measurements from a friend who had the same car, I drilled thru the door and thru the pin of the servo to get the door open and fill up the car again. I'm more than happy not to have this on the new RAM...
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That sucks! I hope Jeep grand cherokees have some kind of override
 
mikeru82 said:
If that was actually happening it's because of a bad design. And designing that out of a vehicle instead of fixing it just makes me laugh. I've owned many cars with locking fuel doors over the past four decades, and none of them ever froze up in winter. The release breaking makes my point about a bad design.
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My 20 year old A6 has never once had an issue with the (electronic) gas door lock.
 
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