2003 Tundra Access Cab door tightness / adjustment

I’m pretty sure at least the driver’s side door shakes a lot when I am off on rough trails - very independent from the truck itself. (If I rest a finger at the place where the door and the roof meet, for example, while bumping along, the gap opens and closes more than I feel it should.)

Everything kinda wobbles when I close the doors, too.

Bugs the crap out of me.

Since I don’t have two Tundras to compare, I’m not sure if this is normal, but from what I can remember from riding in a buddy’s years ago mine are loose. His seem much more solid.

I don’t readily see a way to adjust much on the doors themselves. Searching this site I found this:

https://www.tundras.com/threads/dri...n-on-my-2002-toyot-tundra.50288/#post-1313744

So I’ll have a look at adjusting the lock at the striker…although I’m not sure what constitutes a “B pillar” on an access cab.

I’ll also just check all the bolts, as PHM indicates here:

https://www.tundras.com/threads/are-the-door-tensioners-adjustable.43256/#post-1109910

Anyhow, I couldn’t find anything about adjusting the doors, in general, other than that. For example, the hood has threaded rubber bumpers that you can unscrew to make the hood more firm. I thought I’d check for any other suggestions for the doors.

 

There are no threaded rubber bumpers on doors. The things to check are:

1. The door seal. Make sure it's all there and in good shape.
2. Make sure the hinges are not bent and loose at the pivot point. That the door is square to the opening.
3. Make sure the bolts are tight.
4. Adjust the striker so the door is snug with closed and still opens easily.

I never did an access cab so I don't know what else to check on those but these steps have worked for me.

 

I think flex is inherent due to the design of the Access Cab doors. Tightening bolts helps, but it seems the front doors could have used a more substantial hinge with hindsight. These are heavy doors. Every bolt on my doors was loose. Only ones I couldn’t tighten are the hinge bolts hiding behind the front corner quarter panels. You need a special curved handled open ended wrench to access those. Looks like Toyota has that tool listed as a SST (special service tool).