At the weekend I noticed that the fuel filler flap on the Fabia vRS wasn't shutting home properly. At first I was about to call our independent VW/Audi/Skoda specialst Midland VW to order a replacement spring when I had a thought that it may be something I could fix myself. I knew that we had taken part of the boot liner out when changing the vRS rear bulbs and I wondered if the spring mechanism had become loose.
So before doing anything else I pulled back the boot carpet trim and had a look at the little cable which allows the flap to spring open and flush closed. It had in fact popped out of its housing and all it needed was pushing back into its plastic housing and the wires were hidden again and the flap now sits flush again.
If however this doesnt work, you will need to purchase a new retaining spring which is available from http://www.vagcat.com/ or your local dealer. The part number is 6Y6809857 .
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12 February 2008
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Thank you for your helpful instructions which I have just followed. Just experienced identical problem with my vRS and managed to fix it in a couple of minutes. Avoided a costly and inconvenient trip to local garage.
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