Had a doh! moment this morning and my driver door caught the garage wall as I was backing out. Long and stupid story. As far as visible damage, there is a very small dent on the very bottom right corner of the door and chipped paint. It's not a big deal, and I can touch it up easily. What bothers me is that now the door closes improperly. When slowly closing the door, I begin feeling some resistance when almost closed, and I need to give it I good shove to close it. When I open the door, it really pops open. I see 0 signs damage or bending on the hinges and door check. Window rolls down fine. The gaps all around the door look close to perfect--possible the door sits a mm or less lower than the rear door, but it could've been that way before. Pretty imperceptible.

My question is what could be causing this resistance. Is it the door check behind the panel. Any help is really appreciated. Thanks!


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I would look at the hinges. I had a similar thing happen to the rear door on my Tundra. The door looked fine but was hard to close and was slightly out of alignment as indicated by the uneven gap around the door when closed. I replaced the hinges and fixed it. Adjusting things was a pain. Toyota must have a fixture to hold the door in alignment. I used the door on the other side as an example and made gage blocks to check the gaps.