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Our Odyssey was rear-ended on Memorial Day, and we just got it back from the body shop. They did a nice job on the repair, but I noticed that evening that the left-side power sliding door would not open, and would not stay unlocked. Knowing the interrelationship with the fuel filler door, I pulled the lever, and the fuel filler door would not open.
No offense to the professionals at the Body Shop, but I figured I'd put my 3 Engineering degrees to work diagnosing this electro-mechanical conundrum before returning the Ody to the body shop. I had visions of them pulling door motors and trying to replace fuel door lever cables...
Anyway, I figured out that the plunger that pushes the fuel filler door open and tells the Ody's brain when the fuel filler door is shut was not being pushed in. A piece on the door intended to bear against this plunger was missing. Without this piece, the plunger lacks the throw to open the door.
A Honda dealer is close by, and I picked up the part there for $1.98 plus tax. It popped right in, and all is once again right in Ody-ville.
I'm not blaming the body shop; the piece could have been knocked loose in the collision. The body shop had no reason to try to open the fuel filler door. Plus, my spending 2 bucks and fixing it myself was far preferable to returning the Ody to the body shop.
I've found some threads here on the left-side power sliding door and the fuel filler door, but I didn't see and with quite this issue. Many involved the switch or the sheet metal fuel filler door protrusion.
I hope this thread may help somone with a similar issue.
Pictures follow.
Door with piece missing (piece attachment hole on far left, plunger on far right):
Door with piece installed (far left):
Close-up of piece installed:
The part in the bag:
Regards All,
Mark
No offense to the professionals at the Body Shop, but I figured I'd put my 3 Engineering degrees to work diagnosing this electro-mechanical conundrum before returning the Ody to the body shop. I had visions of them pulling door motors and trying to replace fuel door lever cables...
Anyway, I figured out that the plunger that pushes the fuel filler door open and tells the Ody's brain when the fuel filler door is shut was not being pushed in. A piece on the door intended to bear against this plunger was missing. Without this piece, the plunger lacks the throw to open the door.
A Honda dealer is close by, and I picked up the part there for $1.98 plus tax. It popped right in, and all is once again right in Ody-ville.
I'm not blaming the body shop; the piece could have been knocked loose in the collision. The body shop had no reason to try to open the fuel filler door. Plus, my spending 2 bucks and fixing it myself was far preferable to returning the Ody to the body shop.
I've found some threads here on the left-side power sliding door and the fuel filler door, but I didn't see and with quite this issue. Many involved the switch or the sheet metal fuel filler door protrusion.
I hope this thread may help somone with a similar issue.
Pictures follow.
Door with piece missing (piece attachment hole on far left, plunger on far right):

Door with piece installed (far left):

Close-up of piece installed:

The part in the bag:

Regards All,
Mark