---
title: "Cadillac Fixed the Lyriq’s Undignified Charge Port Door"
date: "2025-07-29"
modified: "2025-07-29"
authors:
  - name: "Joel Feder"
    job_title: "Director of Content and Product"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/joel-feder"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/cadillac-fixed-the-lyriqs-undignified-charge-port-door"
categories:
  - "Cadillac News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "Electric Vehicle"
  - "luxury"
  - "suv/crossover"
---

# Cadillac Fixed the Lyriq’s Undignified Charge Port Door

![2026 Cadillac Lyriq V](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/untitled-0070_ff5a0b-e1753799322270.jpg>)
*\<em\>Joel Feder\</em\>*

[Cadillac](<https://www.thedrive.com/category/cadillac-news>) heard the feedback, and by feedback I mean online communities making fun of, regarding the Lyriq EV's charge port door mechanism. Seems the automaker took it personally.

The issue: When prompted to open the door would pop out and go boing. Now the automaker fixed the problem.

In Seattle, Washington at the launch of the [2026 Cadillac Lyr](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/low-slung-cadillac-lyriq-v-looks-like-the-cts-v-wagons-spiritual-successor>)[i](<https://www.thedrive.com/car-reviews/2026-cadillac-lyriq-v-first-drive-review-succeeding-where-mercedes-failed>)[q-V](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/low-slung-cadillac-lyriq-v-looks-like-the-cts-v-wagons-spiritual-successor>) I discovered the automaker's revised the charge port door mechanism to now be smooth.

The boing is gone and the movement is now butter smooth, albeit slow.

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Alex Doss, lead development engineer for the Lyriq-V, told *The Drive* the automaker changed the actual mechanism itself, not just software, to make the charge port door operation smoother.

The update was a running change that took place at the end of 2025 model year production, which means the last batch of 2025 Lyriqs have the updated charge port door mechanism. All 2026 and future Lyriqs will feature the updated mechanism.

Doss said previous Lyriqs, meaning earlier 2025s and older, cannot be updated as this isn't a software fix rather it's a hardware fix beneath the metal skin.

Now the charge port door on the Lyriq is as smooth as the rest of the gorgeous luxury EV.

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## Author
Overseeing what you see, read, touch, hear, and interact with from the vast lakes of Minnesota, Joel Feder shapes how The Drive looks and operates as the head of content and product initiatives. On a daily basis, Joel leads the newsroom and editorial staff playing point on both short-term coverage and long-term strategic plans. His mission is to help ensure The Drive shapes the future of automotive media by helping the team execute original reporting, breaking news, and exclusive opportunities. Regarded as an industry insider and recognized by colleagues, fellow journalists, and manufacturers as a point-person and leader in the industry, Joel owns and runs the largest automotive professionals group on Facebook in an effort to serve and help others. Joel serves as a juror for the World Car Awards. In addition, he is the board chair and chair of the governance and nominating committee for Move Forward MN, a local non-profit that helps at-risk youth with barrier-free mental health and housing services. While you’re reading this he’s either on his computer or iPhone chasing the latest news or drafting a story.

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