Locking gas door/cap?

[The Ghost]

This is a bit of a rant as someone tried to steal gas from my car overnight.

What reason would a nearly $60K car in this day and age not have a locking gas door? There’s no gas cap below the door either, so it would seem to me especially important that the door have a way to secure itself. Even with "Easy Fuel" technology, I don't love the idea of anyone being able to go and open the door.

Has anyone installed any kind of lock to remedy this?

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[BrownsReds]

This is a bit of a rant as someone tried to steal gas from my car overnight.

What reason would a nearly $60K car in this day and age not have a locking gas door? There’s no gas cap below the door either, so it would seem to me especially important that the door have a way to secure itself. Even with "Easy Fuel" technology, I don't love the idea of anyone being able to go and open the door.

Has anyone installed any kind of lock to remedy this?

Ford’s capless full filler deters gas theft two different ways. With Easy Fuel, a spring-loaded flapper door is held closed by latches that can only be released by a standard-size fuel nozzle. This eliminates the need for a fuel tank screw cap. When the proper nozzle is inserted into the filler neck of the system, the latches release, and the nozzle pushes the spring-loaded flapper door to the open position. When the nozzle is removed, the flapper door automatically is forced closed by the spring.

Easy Fuel has a unique mis-fueling inhibitor to reduce improper refueling and siphoning. The inhibitor consists of a fuel nozzle detector that guides the nozzle to the opening. If a nozzle or foreign tube of a different size – a diesel nozzle or plastic hose, for example – is placed in the filler neck of a gasoline-powered vehicle, the latches will not release.

 

[dusman59]

If gas was removed on your mustang I would check for any damage to the capless filler.

 

[roadpilot]

What reason would a nearly $60K car in this day and age not have a locking gas door?

I've bought/leased a dozen and a half new cars/trucks (mostly F/L/M) in the past ~20 years and NONE have had locking gas caps or doors. Not needed.

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