There isn't a fuel door release button on a 2001 or any Porsche Boxster. When the doors to the car are locked the fuel door also locks but when the doors are unlocked the fuel door will unlock. Open the fuel door and lock the doors and you can see how the mechanism works.
First you make sure the doors are unlocked. If they aren't the fuel door will be lock. If they are unlocked all you have to do is push down on the right side of the fuel door and it will swing open then untwist the fuel cap.
Open the door and pull the hood release.
In my 2003 Boxster S, the handle lifts up. The console pushes in.
The 2000 Boxter does not have a glove box.
There are 2 buttons on the driver side door sill. The front one is for the front trunk and the back one is for the rear trunk. As long as your battery is not dead, it will open.
It has a dead battery, gas will not help this condition. LOL. They is a manual release in the passenger door that will open the fuel door, but you still need a battery.
To replace the headlight bulb on a 1999 Porsche Boxster you will need to open the trunk and take out the screw of the spare tire compartment. Slide the entire headlight assembly out after loosening it with a hex socket wrench. Then, put a new bulb in place.
use a hammer
Push on the fuel door itself to open. There is NO remote fuel door release. Push on the fuel door itself to open. There is NO remote fuel door release.
dealers can do it - they have a way to get in from the engine compartment but won't share how it is done :(
i cant open my fuel door