Originally Posted by n5926g

My 07 had a locking gas cap that the P/O evidently put on it.It was a PITA especially having to use your keys(paint scratch) to open it. I bought one of the "door" type from rockauto,and couldnt be happier.
Was initially kinda worried about the CEL coming on due to the new cap,but it has worked flawlessly.

Originally Posted by Evan92

You could have just left the gas cap key in the console or cupholder or whatever and just grabbed it when you needed to put gas in the truck. No need to carry it around with you.

Originally Posted by superrangerman2002

Says the kettle?

So if I drive 20K mi down the highway and don't have a problem.....that means there's no problem? But if someone drives six miles down a dirt road and does have a problem on a new truck with less than 500 mi, I should tell them they are full of it?

Yeah I can see the problem with the fuel door...It's a flimsy piece of plastic that doesn't create a good seal to the flimsy seal on the body. It moves with temperature variation, has a CTE, and isn't locked or drawn against the body. Wind currents from road speed can also make it move as wells as body flex. Oh, did I mention that every thing about the door / neck assembly doesn't allow for adjustment to bandaid said design short commings?

Please enlighten me on the proper adjustment that I should perform on this.

Roll of duct tape?

Please enlighten me also about the door being the only seal.....You must mean the seal on the trap door of the fuel neck. Yep there is a seal there.

I wonder what is going to happen to all of the dust on the trap door as I put the fuel nozzle into the tank? Better not spill fuel on the trap door as you pull out the nozzel. Good thing there is a fuel filter still....

I wouldn't be so ticked about this if I didn't have so much experince on the engineering end of recalls and the amount of money it wastes.

I find it very disapointing that alot engineering thought went into the filler neck (as much as I hate it, it appears to be sound minus the entry of dust particles.), and virtually none into the door it self.

If more thought was put into the whole assembly I would not have issue with from a design and real world function point of view.

Originally Posted by superrangerman2002

If my dealership elects to not replace my fuel neck, I will provide a writeup on how to do it yourself in the event that out of warranty trucks need this replacement, or for those that would like to do it.