Issues with Father Frost

[BirdDog]

Anyone else having issues with freezing temps and your Ranger? My pain points (besides a clunky tranny at start up) are mirrors and fuel door freezing shut. The mirror issue is minor since I can manually unfold the mirrors... not sure if this will hurt the mechanism in the long run. I've run into a couple emergency situations where im stuck in the cold and cannot open my fuel door. Really reduces my confience and piece-of-mind when driving in rural areas in the winter. I've tried pouring antifreeze over the door and prying with a credit card with no luck. The only success ive had is parking it in a neighbour's garage overnight to melt the ice in the fuel door actuator. Once above freezing, i have no issues. Pain in the butt.

Wondering if i have a falty actuator and if other people have dealt with this. Any tips or tricks you can share?

Ty!

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[WilliVooRG]

Anyone else having issues with freezing temps and your Ranger? My big pain points (besides a clunky tranny at start up) are mirrors and fuel door freezing shut. The mirror issue is minor since I can manually unfold the mirrors... not sure if this will hurt the mechanism in the long run. I've run into a couple emergency situations where im stuck in the cold and cannot open my fuel door. Really reduces my confience and piece-of-mind when driving in rural areas in the winter. I've tried pouring antifreeze over the door and prying with a credit card with no luck. The only success ive had is parking it in a neighbour's garage overnight to melt the ice in the fuel door actuator. Once above freezing, i have no issues. Pain in the butt.

Wondering if i have a falty actuator and if other people have dealt with this. Any tips or tricks you can share?

Ty!

I had same issue with the unfold mirror and the hand sensor open door when freeze temp but never had issues with fuel cap opening. so I just turn off the fold/unfold mirror for now and will turn it back on when temperature get warmer. I know it’s kind of pain but I still love the truck.