Volkswagen 5C0 201 550 E, Fuel Tank Cap

I’ve had the normal fuel cap warning light, then engine warning light issue that plagues many an older VW owner. Looked up a replacement cap as this solves 95% of the issues, but the ones shown were completely different to my OEM installed cap. Even the VW part website show a different cap than was installed. The one I have is supposed to be for a different vehicle.Anyway, got tired of hunting through the web and online forums and took a chance on this one that looks correct. It works! Only issue I had and the only thing I can see that is different on this to mine is that this comes with a little push in grommet in the strap, whereas on my car there’s a little tab built onto the area around the fuel flat. Or rather there was, until I broke it off thinking it was the same as this with the little grommet and I tried to pull it out.Don’t do this and you’ll be fine… 🤨

Love the product. It was a direct fit for my VW GTI MK6. The main thing I like is that it had the "stem" included so that I could plug it into the stock hole to allow the cap to remain attached to the vehicle and not have to either hold the cap or find a place to put it while fueling up the vehicle.

I needed to take my car for a smog this year and my check engine light had been on. I remember being told that it was due to an evap code. Read a review here that said it helped them in a similar situation so I purchased it. Installation was easy. There are little pins on the stem that attach the cap to the car and that gave me a little trouble but I just used a pen to push it in and slide the old stem out. And ta-da, check engine light stayed off and the car passed smog with no problems. I would much rather try a $30 remedy first before I take in into a shop.

Cleared my check engine light and hasn’t created any new issues since I got it in September of 2024. Works, and feels, like how you expect a part from the dealership to function and feel, but at half the price.

I'm sure this is a fine gas cap. Looks to be well-built. But even though Amazon AND Volkswagen said it would fit our 2012 VW Jetta S 2.0L, it doesn't. It's simply too long to fit. I'd like to see somebody actually use it on a Jetta.I am returning it and will go buy one in person to make sure it's the right one. Sheesh, why does something SO simple have to be SO complicated?