Tiguan (pq35) help....fuel door won't open; results 1 to 20 of 20 thread: help....fuel door won't open. thread tools. 2010 vw tiguan wolfsburg 4motion. 07-13-2010 02:09 pm #2. it happened to me for a fraction of a second, but it eventually opened after a few tries. good luck.. I have a 2010 vw tiguan and the fuel door will not open. i have tried several times locking and unlocking and still nothing. cannot open the gas fuel door. i used the open car button on both of my key fobs and its won't open. i need gas! 2012 tiguan passenger side rear door and back hatch won't unlock or open. all other doors respond to. How to troubleshoot a gas cap cover that won't open gas cap covers, or fuel doors, get stuck closed and won't open if there's a faulty internal spring or lever, lack of lubrication, or bent fuel door..
So now the fuel door doesn't lock anymore &, in hope that no thief figures it out, i open it with my finger nail.! maybe some day someone will come up with a locking gas cap... or better yet, vw replaces the flaky actuators with ones that work.... The fuel door not opening on a tiguan is common. the fuel door sticking makes refilling your tiguan tough. there are a few things you can try before having to replace the fuel door release. 2012 vw passat tdi fuel door issue ( stuck closed) the vw dealer told my mom that they would not fix the fuel door on her 2012 vw passat tdi with 16000 miles on it. top 5 failures.
