Fuel Door Release Cable: Service and Repair

Fuel Filler Door Remote Handle and Cable Removal and Installation

Removal
1. Open the luggage compartment.
2. Remove the luggage compartment wheelhouse trim panels and the luggage compartment rear trim panel. Refer to Fuel Filler Door Remote Handle and Cable Removal and Installation.




3. Disconnect the cable from the fuel filler door.




4. Remove the lower B-pillar seat belt bolt and the anchor.
5. Remove the screw and the fuel filler door remote cable handle cover.
6. Remove the screws and the fuel filler door remote cable handle.
7. Disconnect the cable from the handle.
8. Remove the driver's side seat and the rear seats.
9. Remove the left side front and rear rocker panels, the left side kick panel, and the left side lower B-pillar trim panel.
10. Reposition the floor carpet on the left side of the vehicle.




11. Remove the cable.

Installation
1. Feed the cable from the luggage compartment to the passenger compartment.
2. Install the floor carpet to its original position.
3. Install the left side front and rear rocker panels, the left side kick panel, and the left side lower B-pillar trim panel.
4. Install the driver's side seat and the rear seats.
5. Connect the cable to the handle.
6. Install the fuel filler door remote cable handle with the screws.

Tighten: Tighten the fuel filler door remote cable handle screws to 10 Nm (89 in. lbs.).




7. Install the fuel filler door remote cable handle cover with the screw.

Tighten: Tighten the fuel filler door remote cable handle cover screw to 3 Nm (27 in. lbs.).




8. Install the lower B-pillar seat belt anchor with the bolt.

Tighten: Tighten the lower B-pillar seat belt anchor bolt to 38 Nm (28 ft. lbs.).

9. Connect the cable to the fuel filler door.
10. Install the luggage compartment wheelhouse trim panels and the luggage compartment rear trim panel.




11. Close the luggage compartment.