Hi there,

I went to the dealer to check out my new (or soon to be) Sport and noticed that the gas door is a touch-latch system, not locking. Is this a problem for anyone? If the car is armed does the alarm sound if the gas cap is opened? Why would LR not add a locking system... a solenoid is inexpensive, and at the very least, it should have been connected to the door locking system. Do the other markets (UK) have a locking gas door/cap? Does LR offer a locking cap as a dealer accessory?

Besides that, the Sport is an amazing truck!

Yes, it is just a push latch, but then it does still lock with the central locking. Well the UK ones do anyway. I'm sure they all do. Matt
-------------------------------------------
RRS ownership for 1 yr, then D3 for 2 yrs. Then cut back to old bangers and working my way back up through two Peugeots in 6 months. Now got Saab 9-5 2.3t and enjoying the performance!

Both LR3 and Range Rover Sport do not have a locking fuel filler door in North America. Yes, even a loaded Supercharged one. It does not lock with the doors. Some other markets do have the lock installed. (And no, the alarm does not sound if you pry open the door when it's locked.)

It seems the product managers didn't think it was necessary, with our "cheap" (relatively) $3 USD/gal fuel.

Yes, pretty stupid... but I guess every little item counts. In reality, is someone really wants to screw with your fuel... they can... even if the easily broken door is "locked."

grommet wrote:

Both LR3 and Range Rover Sport do not have a locking fuel filler door in North America. Yes, even a loaded Supercharged one. It does not lock with the doors. Some other markets do have the lock installed. (And no, the alarm does not sound if you pry open the door when it's locked.)

If you look closely, you can see where the locking solenoid "pin" should pop out of. I think the mechanism would need to be installed from behind the compartment and I don't think the wiring is there, either. But I didn't tear apart either vehicle.

I have no idea if any "software" would need to be changed to support it if somehow you wired to the "correct" location.

You would need to contact someone in a country/market that has the option to get the part(s).

I thought about doing this for 5 minutes, but wrote it off as not worth the cost/effort/risk.

Hi Danny

I believe the actuator part number is FSG500013 - UK price £14.10
There's also a clip that might be required - IPN500030 - UK price £0.12

The actuator is labelled "Actuator Assy, 433 MHz Door Lock Frequency" - whether this would work with a US spec alarm (which I guess isn't 433 MHz). It might be worth a look inside the boot (trunk!) behind the side panel on the fuel filler side (if possible) to see if there's a connector or provision for the actuator? Like this site? Buy some RRSPORT goodies to show your support!

North America generally uses 315 MHz for alarms, FYI.

Martin wrote:

I believe the actuator part number is FSG500013 - UK price £14.10
There's also a clip that might be required - IPN500030 - UK price £0.12

The actuator is labelled "Actuator Assy, 433 MHz Door Lock Frequency" - whether this would work with a US spec alarm (which I guess isn't 433 MHz). It might be worth a look inside the boot (trunk!) behind the side panel on the fuel filler side (if possible) to see if there's a connector or provision for the actuator?

I'll take some pictures tomorrow afternoon of mine if that helps. They'll be online this time tomorrow for you. L319 D4 HSE

1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF

1982 Series 3 SWB