Some complications on our cars seem unimportant but can be bothersome, such as a window that no longer goes down. Others, whether or not they are not severe, will obstruct you from using your car in a normal way, such as having a flat tire or having the fuel cap of your Cadillac ATS stuck. You will not any longer be able to fill your tank and therefore eventually not be able to use your car. It is exactly for this motive that we have made this content page to enable you find a rapid answer to your fuel cap trouble so that you can use your car normally. To perform this, we will first try to understand why the fuel cap of your Cadillac ATS is blocked, and secondly, how to unblock it.

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Why is the fuel cap on my Cadillac ATS stuck?

So let’s begin our content page with the origins of your tank cap problem on Cadillac ATS. We will try to describe you the different triggers of a blockage of this one.

Fuel tank cap with locker stuck on my Cadillac ATS

If your car is equipped with a tank cap with lock you will be in the most tricky situation, because the locks of these caps can get gripped with time and stop you from accessing the entrance of your tank. It is as well possible that the lock of your tank has twisted and no longer responds to the key of your Cadillac ATS.

Conventional fuel cap stuck on my Cadillac ATS

Second cause, and the simplest, in the case of a classic tank cap that has no lock and is usually protected by a closed fuel door, if you have blocking complications on this kind of cap, it is mostly only caused by a cap that has not been closed in the axis and the thread of the latter is consequently blocked.
<2>How do I unlock the fuel cap on my Cadillac ATS?

Second part of our content page, we will try to give you the different possibilities to get rid of your fuel cap stuck on your Cadillac ATS and let you to put petrol in your car. If you encoutering a fuel trap blocked on your Cadillac ATS, do not hesitate to browse our content page on this subject to unlock it.

Use some anti-seize agent to unlock your fuel cap of your Cadillac ATS

First option and the one you should reflect on first. You have the opportunity to unseal your stuck fuel cap, to get this done you will need to use a WD40 anti-seize type product to lubricate the barrel of your cap. Don’t hesitate to put some in quantity and wait several minutes for it to take effect, and try once again to open the fuel cap of your Cadillac ATS. If it does not function, replicate the treatment and let it work longer.

Use the duplicate key to unlock the fuel tank lock of your Cadillac ATS

As a second option, you can try to use your spare key, which most of the time being much less utilized should more easily unlock the lock on the tank cap of your Cadillac ATS. This may seem obvious but in certain cases it all comes down to small details. In any case, if you have managed to open your tank, we recommend you to buy a new tank cap to avoid getting stuck in this condition again.

Shake the key while trying to open the tank of your Cadillac ATS

Finally, last alternative, you can try to play the key in the lock of the fuel cap of your Cadillac ATS to facilitate the opening of it. In reality, if the cylinder is a little seized up or broken, it will unlock easier by moving the key in different axes at the same time as you try to rotate it.

To get more tips on the Cadillac ATS, take a look at the Cadillac ATS category.