I feel like I’m going mad and I just need someone to confirm that I’m not.
Does the fuel filler flap (fuel door) on your Ibiza lock when the central locking is active? And/or does the fuel cap?
That’s all I need to know; full version below:
I bought an Ibiza (FR, 1.2 TSI, 2016 manufacture) last year. Love the car. Joy to drive. Two weeks ago, a friend noticed that the fuel filler flap wasn’t closed properly and he nudged it closed. Not long after, I noticed it open again, so I closed it again. And again. I also noticed that it didn’t matter whether the car was locked or unlocked, you can just open the flap and the cap either way. This was a problem, so I brought my service forward a month and asked them to look at that specifically.
The garage (Seat main dealer) today said that they noticed nothing unusual. The girl on the Services desk asked me to “monitor it” and isn’t even sure that they’re supposed to lock. That really doesn’t seem right to me, and I have a strong sense in my head that, firstly, it is supposed to lock, and secondly that they’re idiots.
Am I imagining things? Is my life up until now just a lie? Having to manually lock the cap with the actual key isn’t something I ever did before today, either on this car or my old Mk IV Polo. Will a mechanic look at me like I have three heads if I ask him to fix this, or is it something I can fix myself, or am I just mad?
Thanks in advance.
Does the fuel filler flap (fuel door) on your Ibiza lock when the central locking is active? And/or does the fuel cap?
That’s all I need to know; full version below:
I bought an Ibiza (FR, 1.2 TSI, 2016 manufacture) last year. Love the car. Joy to drive. Two weeks ago, a friend noticed that the fuel filler flap wasn’t closed properly and he nudged it closed. Not long after, I noticed it open again, so I closed it again. And again. I also noticed that it didn’t matter whether the car was locked or unlocked, you can just open the flap and the cap either way. This was a problem, so I brought my service forward a month and asked them to look at that specifically.
The garage (Seat main dealer) today said that they noticed nothing unusual. The girl on the Services desk asked me to “monitor it” and isn’t even sure that they’re supposed to lock. That really doesn’t seem right to me, and I have a strong sense in my head that, firstly, it is supposed to lock, and secondly that they’re idiots.
Am I imagining things? Is my life up until now just a lie? Having to manually lock the cap with the actual key isn’t something I ever did before today, either on this car or my old Mk IV Polo. Will a mechanic look at me like I have three heads if I ask him to fix this, or is it something I can fix myself, or am I just mad?
Thanks in advance.