The fuel filler cover on my wife's 406 estate (T reg) does not open properly. When you lift the lever on floor adjacent to the driver's seat, it pulls back the locking pin, but the cover fails to spring open before the pin returns to the locking position. If you lift the lever and jam it in the up position, it's then possible to manually open the cover by pressing the front edge of it. Not elegant, but it works.
The dealer (Castles of Leicester) says that the whole cover assembly needs replacing (they would say that) and that the job will include spraying a cover to match the colour of the car. It strikes me that the problem is just that the spring that pops the cover open needs replacing.
Does anybody know if that's possible? Can the spring be ordered as a separate item?
Having recently replaced the broken door handle on our washing machine at a total cost of £5.99, I feel confident that I can rise to this challenge!
Many thanks,
Raymond