Locking fuel door / cap

[Pyzik]

I just got my 2019 Ranger and I was looking around the whole thing and noticed a quirk.

You can lock the doors, glove box, tailgate, even the hole to lower the spare tire. However, you cannot lock the fuel door or the fuel filler spout. It honestly baffles me that Ford doesn't have a locking fuel door on any of their new model, or at least I believe they don't. I know people with older Hondas that have a locking fuel door by default.

Either way, I still love my new truck

 

[Josh B]

I suppose they leave it to the owner to choose whether or not to get a locking gas cap

 

[Snoranger]

I suppose they leave it to the owner to choose whether or not to get a locking gas cap

As someone who’s owned a bunch of new Fords... What’s a gas cap?

 

[Dirtman]

I suppose they leave it to the owner to choose whether or not to get a locking gas cap

Hard to lock something that doesn't exist...

 

[racsan]

I wondered if that had became a thing when I got a escape and it has no gas cap. ford could of at least made the fuel door latch and have a release lever inside. they cheap out on stupid stuff like that yet make 1/2 tons and rangers 6-lug wheels? last (that I knew) dodge still used 5 lugs on their half-tons, some have fairly big wheels too.

 

[r1ch999999]

I agree that the door should lock, but there is this.

Locking Fuel Plug | The Official Site for Ford Accessories

Turn tampering away - enhance your peace of mind with this precision-fit fuel plug. Easy on and off at the twist of a key. For Use with Capless Fuel Filler System. . Compatible with Edge 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and Escape Hybrid 2010, 2011, 2012 and Escape 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and Expedition...

accessories.ford.com

 

[Dirtman]

Leave it to ford to design a cap-less gas tank and then sell a cap for it...

 

[HenryMac]

What I dislike is the gas filler door design. You have to push it in, then it pops out. So when the truck is filthy dirty and covered with mag chloride, salt and road grit you get to push all that into the paint to get the gas door open.

Rant Over...

 

[HenryMac]

I agree that the door should lock, but there is this.

Locking Fuel Plug | The Official Site for Ford Accessories

Turn tampering away - enhance your peace of mind with this precision-fit fuel plug. Easy on and off at the twist of a key. For Use with Capless Fuel Filler System. . Compatible with Edge 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and Escape Hybrid 2010, 2011, 2012 and Escape 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and Expedition...

accessories.ford.com

Thanks for posting this.

 

[r1ch999999]

What I dislike is the gas filler door design. You have to push it in, then it pops out. So when the truck is filthy dirty and covered with mag chloride, salt and road grit you get to push all that into the paint to get the gas door open.

Rant Over...

I have seen a few Fords with a small vinyl square on the filler door.

 

[acsnowrider]

What I dislike is the gas filler door design. You have to push it in, then it pops out. So when the truck is filthy dirty and covered with mag chloride, salt and road grit you get to push all that into the paint to get the gas door open.

Rant Over...

I wish this door had a "locking/positive" latch on it--The dam thing blows open, as the truck finishes "auto wash" systems during the dry cycle. Fortunately, so far, it only happens at the very end of the washes, so no damage has taken place--but if it happens when the brushes/cleaning part of the wash is taking place, I suspect the door would be ripped off the body--

 

[Dirtman]

Dont take your truck through an automatic car wash perhaps.

 

[acsnowrider]

Not a option! Water very expensive here! Also, so "hard/ full of minerals, extremely difficult to finish the wash without spots-(not to bad now, but shortly, you can hardly rinse a car off before it drys!! hot around here!) -I have found most of the "self wash" places, do not have a operational "spot free rinse" option--I have a "spotless" system, using resin to convert the water to a "clean/mineral free" solution for cleaning my Black Allante for car shows and such, but the resin is expensive!--

 

[HenryMac]

Not a option! Water very expensive here! Also, so "hard/ full of minerals, extremely difficult to finish the wash without spots-(not to bad now, but shortly, you can hardly rinse a car off before it drys!! hot around here!) -I have found most of the "self wash" places, do not have a operational "spot free rinse" option--I have a "spotless" system, using resin to convert the water to a "clean/mineral free" solution for cleaning my Black Allante for car shows and such, but the resin is expensive!--

I grew up in Ohio.. not until we moved to Colorado in 2005 did I understand "Water Rights" and how, just washing your own car at home, may be against the law, depending on water rights on your property.

Luckily we have a couple self wash car wash locations here and the water is really good quality. I don't use the spot free rinse, but it's available.

 

[Dirtman]

Wow... I don't think I could live somewhere where its illegal to play with my own hose.