# 1998 Nissan Frontier - Floppy fuel door **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** nissan\ **Created:** [November 9, 2022, 7:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-nissan-frontier-floppy-fuel-door/187338 "2022-11-09T19:59:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KimGreen30](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58f4c7/32.png) [@KimGreen30](https://community.cartalk.com/u/KimGreen30)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 7:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-nissan-frontier-floppy-fuel-door/187338/1 "2022-11-09T19:59:32Z")
fuel door flopping,doesnt stay flush with body ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-nissan-frontier-floppy-fuel-door/187338/2 "2022-11-09T20:14:32Z")
Hinge or latch problem. Any good body shop should be able to repair. ---
**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-nissan-frontier-floppy-fuel-door/187338/3 "2022-11-09T21:34:37Z")
most likely the spring failed and needs to be replaced. here is a cheap temporary way to keep it closed until it is repaired correctly [https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=how+to+fix+fuel+door+latch+on+a+1998+Nissan+Frontier&&view=detail&mid=DF6F6FBAFC0AD7627904DF6F6FBAFC0AD7627904&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dhow%2Bto%2Bfix%2Bfuel%2Bdoor%2Blatch%2Bon%2Ba%2B1998%2BNissan%2BFrontier%26go%3DSearch%26qs%3Dds%26form%3DQBVR](https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=how+to+fix+fuel+door+latch+on+a+1998+Nissan+Frontier&&view=detail&mid=DF6F6FBAFC0AD7627904DF6F6FBAFC0AD7627904&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dhow%2Bto%2Bfix%2Bfuel%2Bdoor%2Blatch%2Bon%2Ba%2B1998%2BNissan%2BFrontier%26go%3DSearch%26qs%3Dds%26form%3DQBVR) ---
**Author:** ![KimGreen30](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58f4c7/32.png) [@KimGreen30](https://community.cartalk.com/u/KimGreen30)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 11:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-nissan-frontier-floppy-fuel-door/187338/4 "2022-11-09T23:29:01Z")
But where to get spring, I’ve had no luck. ---
**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 12:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-nissan-frontier-floppy-fuel-door/187338/5 "2022-11-10T00:11:31Z")
Being your vehicle is so old your best bet is to go to an auto salvage yard. you will probably have to buy the whole fuel door. you can call around to auto salvage yards and ask if they have it. you may get lucky and find one in your vehicles color. if a particular salvage yard does not have it, they can usually look on their computer at other salvage yards and find one for you. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 12:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-nissan-frontier-floppy-fuel-door/187338/6 "2022-11-10T00:38:16Z")
@KimGreen30 Just put ( 1998 Nissan Frontier fuel door spring ) in Google and you will see that the spring can be found . You may have to call to make sure they have the correct one. It took less then a minute to see several places that might have one.