# Fuel filler door **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [May 24, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-filler-door/30926 "2009-05-24T20:13:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nyc2az](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e47774/32.png) [@nyc2az](https://community.cartalk.com/u/nyc2az)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-filler-door/30926/1 "2009-05-24T20:13:55Z")
fuel filler door on my 2005 Honda Accord will not release, any suggestions??? Hurry, we are running out of gas!! ---
**Author:** ![87\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/f14d63/32.png) [@87\_Ranger](https://community.cartalk.com/u/87_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 8:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-filler-door/30926/2 "2009-05-24T20:35:40Z")
Pop the trunk and pull the emergency release. Now look at the fuse list in your owners manual, is the fuse for the filler door blown. ---
**Author:** ![nyc2az](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e47774/32.png) [@nyc2az](https://community.cartalk.com/u/nyc2az)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-filler-door/30926/3 "2009-05-24T21:22:27Z")
where in the trunk of the 2005 Accord is the emergency release? I checked the fuses and there doesnot seem to be one for the fuel door … is this a manual operation not “electric”? ---
**Author:** ![totallytempo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@totallytempo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/totallytempo)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-filler-door/30926/4 "2009-05-24T21:30:23Z")
HA! ---
**Author:** ![87\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/f14d63/32.png) [@87\_Ranger](https://community.cartalk.com/u/87_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-filler-door/30926/5 "2009-05-24T21:48:25Z")
Well, there “should” be a release cable inside the trunk opposite the fuel door. You might need to move or remove a trim panel to get to it. Does your owners manual say anything on this? Do you push a button (electric) or pull up on a floor mounted lever (cable operated)to open the fuel door? ---
**Author:** ![bscar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bscar/32/34_2.png) [@bscar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bscar)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-filler-door/30926/6 "2009-05-24T21:51:49Z")
> where in the trunk of the 2005 Accord is the emergency release? It should be near the door itself. I’ve checked my Civic, and I haven’t noticed anything to pull on to release my door, but they may have changed things in the last 11 years since my car was made ---
**Author:** ![grampy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a9adbd/32.png) [@grampy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/grampy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 11:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-filler-door/30926/7 "2009-05-24T23:12:22Z")
The door is mechanically operated. Try pusing in on the door while someone else pulls the release. I have seen several that are closed too hard,and the catch gets bent preventing the release. ---
**Author:** ![lenjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f475e1/32.png) [@lenjack](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lenjack)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-filler-door/30926/8 "2009-05-24T23:42:10Z")
Or pull out on it when someone else pulls the release. I’ve seen this on several Camrys, the fault being a broken spring in the door, easily replaced.