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willifire1

GLE fuel flap release malfunction

My 2018 Mercedes GLE with a gasoline engine has a fuel flap release malfunction The locking and unlocking is not working and there is an error stored I think it might be a defective linkage Has anyone else had this problem

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melinatiger1

That sounds frustrating I had something similar happen with my GLE The fuel door just wouldn't open I was worried I'd be stuck at the gas station It turned out to be a faulty lock actuator in the fuel filler area Did you check that

willifire1 (Author)

Could you elaborate on the specific symptoms you observed prior to identifying the faulty lock actuator Did you also experience any error messages or a degradation of other vehicle functions concurrently with the fuel flap malfunction

melinatiger1

Yeah pretty much the same deal The fuel door wouldn't budge and I think I saw a generic 'electrical fault' warning light up on the dash Nothing else seemed to be affected though Honestly I just took it to the shop because I didn't want to mess with it They replaced the actuator and it was fixed in a couple of hours Probably best to get it checked out

willifire1 (Author)

I appreciate you confirming that I shall schedule an appointment with my trusted workshop to address the issue Based on your experience I anticipate a similar resolution hopefully without further complications I received a quote for approximately 210€ which seems reasonable considering the potential labor and parts involved Thank you again for your valuable input

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