My truck has a locking fuel door. recently a guy at the filling station next pump over was curious if that was standard stock on the truck
i said yeah, i was not aware its not all that standard anymore

 

No fuel, no problem.

 

Ah HA so I'm not the only one asking this question! 🤪<--NOT

 

My 86 hilux has a locking gas cap and I hate it. It'll get a normal here soon, though I'm not sure stealing fuel from other people's cars is a big issue here in AZ. We're not CA yet!

Better than a locking cap is a hidden one, my daily 96' Caprice has it behind the license plate and nobody can ever find it.
I really wish automakers had stuck with a centralized fuel fill, because then it doesn't matter what side of the pump you use, both are available.

 

What year do you have? Vehicles have a blocker in the filler pipe so you can't steal gas out of the tank.

Duplicate thread here for your reading:

How secure are the fuel doors

Living in apartment complex I'm starting to worry if gas prices sky rocket as they predict so will the possibility of gas theft. How secure are the fuel doors on the hatches can someone easily pop it open? What measures can be taken to help deter theft?

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Just traded in my 2019 dirtymax because it kept breaking down, 3 times in 30k miles. I am 42 and owned toyotas since 1996, but wanted a diesel. Never again. So I got a 2022 Sequoia.

So there is a blocker in all the newer toyotas?

 

Just traded in my 2019 dirtymax because it kept breaking down, 3 times in 30k miles. I am 42 and owned toyotas since 1996, but wanted a diesel. Never again. So I got a 2022 Sequoia.

So there is a blocker in all the newer toyotas?

Yes, as far as I know, it's been standard practice for a long time. My 2002 Lexus had it. During summer 2020 with the pandemic going on, I was trying to pull unused gas out of my full Lexus gas tank to use for the lawnmower, since I wasn't driving anymore. I was blocked out.

But as the others have said. Thieves have other ways to get what they want, and that door thing is just a gimmick.

Better to just install some airbag suspension and drop the car on the ground when not in use haha.

 

It really doesn't matter what type of cap or fuel door you have, thieves will just punch a hole in the bottom of your fuel tank and catch it with a container, when that container is full they'll just slink back into the night and the rest of the fuel in your tank will be left to flow onto the ground. Don't waste your time trying to secure the fuel cap, use judgement on where you park, ie well lit travelled areas where thieves won't be able to get unfettered access to your vehicle, works the same with any other item often stolen from vehicles.

 

but not having a locking cap or door would not prevent some baddie from dumping some harmful foreign substance in there without your knowing it was tampered with?

 

People who engage in that sort of sabotage will rarely do so indiscriminately, it's targeted, and a locking cap is not going to stop them if they really want it. Anyway, you likely wouldn't know it's been tampered with regardless until you either went to fill up, or the damage was done and the vehicle had running issues. My point was that if they want your fuel, or they want access to your vehicle for any nefarious reason, the best way to guard against it is to make it more difficult for them to accomplish it without being seen doing it.

 

Lock the cap and door and they'll just punch the tank, drain it into a Home Depot bucket, and let the rest run down the street.

 

If it got that bad I would carry 5 gal cans in the trunk, just keep enough in the tank to drive where I wanted to go. Hypermile my ass off and get 60 MPG.

 

If they punched a hole in the bottom of a tank, then stuff a self tapping screw in the hole with a rubber or plastic washer.

 

I have a Gates 31780 locking gas cap for my 2014 and it works great! It is about $9 from Rockauto.

 

Now they drill hole in gas tank to steal gas