# Gas cap door

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/gas-cap-door/43995>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** explorer, ford\
**Created:** [February 6, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gas-cap-door/43995 "2010-02-06T23:10:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![tmaliszewski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@tmaliszewski](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tmaliszewski)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gas-cap-door/43995/1 "2010-02-06T23:10:32Z")

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The tension in the gas cap door in my 2001 Ford Explorer Sport has lost its spring loaded closure, so that it does not stay closed. Is there any fix.

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**Author:** ![mshugna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@mshugna](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mshugna)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 11:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gas-cap-door/43995/2 "2010-02-06T23:13:20Z")

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you probably can bend the latching mechanism to get it to catch …