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Well, it should, but it doesn't. That's exactly the problem.

When it is supposedly locked, you can spin it freely in the closing direction. When you try to spin it in the direction to open it, it will still offer some resistance, you know that tac-tac-tac-tac sound, but will keep spinning and eventually open.

The lock on my fuel tank cap stopped working, you can just unscrew it by hand when it's in the lock position. I don't know what could be wrong, or if this can the cap be fixed/replaced without changing the key.

The battery was just about to hit its fifth birthday, so on that side, I wasn't surprised. I was just surprised how suddenly it went from operational to dead, car batteries were previously dying on me much more gradually. That got me thinking what was different this time. And since I doubt I'll go back to my regular driving schedule before summer, I need to see how to best take care of the new battery.

I've been scarcely driving my Citigo, so my battery had started having difficulties starting the engine since November. Then in February after a spell of cold weather and about two weeks of non-moving, I turn the ignition key and nothing happens. It didn't even try to spin it up, I was sure it was something more serious, but when help on the road mechanic hooked on the battery boost, it started like nothing happened. So I took the car to the local garage asking for battery replacement, but the repairman said let's try to charge the old one first. After that I was determined to take a car for the spin every week, to avoid the same thing happening. First week car starts, second week car starts, third week - stone cold dead. I had the battery replaced. Now, I had my share of car battery problems through the years, I still vividly remember push-starting my father's Yugo, but this is the first time I've seen battery go from serviceable to dead in a week without an external cause, so I'm curious about some things. Does Citigo have some sort of battery reading that would tell it not to try to start if battery is bellow certain threshold? Has anyone encountered some bad circuitry that would drain the battery on Citigo? I've had on my Hyundai Getz a faulty open 5th door indicator that would slurp up my battery in a matter of days, made my life miserable for months until the cause was discovered. Finally, what is your preferred method of battery conservation during these days of lockout? Do you take it for a spin, how often, how long? Or do you prefer to run it in place?

Nope, never found the cause. Just stopped on its own.