Drove into a gas station tried to fill up but the latch wouldn't open. So I tried to tap it, tried to use objects to ply it open without damaging the paint but none of that worked. Then another driver there suggested to open the interior of the trunk and play with the wiring. Eventually we found the wire tha opened the latch. I was lucky because my gas was running really low and I didn't even know if I could even drive it to the dealership without running out!

It cost $200 to replace the wiring, just like the other commentators described.

The cable release for the fuel door in my 2002 Honda Civic EX stopped working (naturally my gas gauge was on Empty when it happened). A mechanic friend of mine looked at it and after removing the cap from the release end of the cable (found inside the trunk, behind the carpeted paneling) he deduced that the cable didn't actually snap, but may have just been stretched causing it to cease working. (When we tested it by pressing the release without the cap on the mechanism worked fine, but ceased working when we placed the cap back on it). I'm working on getting a replacement installed now.