2010 camry door misaligned
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From: Ray O on 4 Feb 2010 15:55 "Tegger" <invalid(a)invalid.inv> wrote in message news:Xns9D155DC8E84E9tegger(a)208.90.168.18... > "Ray O" <rokigawa(a)NOSPAMtristarassociates.com> wrote in > news:hkdhjp$i8u$1(a)news.eternal-september.org: > > >> >> Toyotas are supposed to come from the factory with the body panels >> properly aligned. The OP should take it back to the dealer for >> adjustment. > > > So Toyota /doesn't/ deliberately place the rear of the door slightly high > to allow for initial hinge wear? Then why does Honda do that? > > > -- > Tegger > We used to write at least 3 product reports per month, and most months, we had a specific subject or survey to write about. The only reason I know that Toyotas are supposed to come from the factory with the body panels properly aligned is that one of the product reports I had to write about was body panel alignment. We had to measure body panel alignment on a number of vehicles, including vehicles in dealer stock and 5 year old customer vehicles that were assembled in Japan, some were assembled in North America, and the others were competitor models. I only had to look at something like 20 vehicles so my personal sample size was small, but Toyota body panel alignment is pretty much unchanged after 5 years. I did notice that the doors on 5 year old Detroit 3 products with 2 door body styles sagged quite a bit more than Toyotas, but the doors on the Detroit 3 products were probably twice the size and weight. I don't know why Honda sets the door a little high but I cold probably adjust 1 mm in about 2 seconds. -- Ray O (correct punctuation to reply)
From: Wayne on 5 Feb 2010 19:40 Maybe a trick, but I think the trick is on me...The dealer wants to readjust the doors..Yea, I remember replacing door hinges years ago on... Forget it! I'll just live with it Again, shame on me >> news:4b6a1b7f$0$22543$607ed4bc(a)cv.net: >> >>> I picked my new 10 Camry 3 days ago. Both door are mis aligned where >>> you can see the gap larger on the top of the doors. >>> >>> I knew I should have look at it before I bought it >>> >>> Shame on me >> >> >> >> A common factory trick is to hang the doors a bit high at their rear >> edges. >> This compensates for eventual hinge wear, which brings the rear edges >> back >> down again. Honda does this too. >> >> This may be what you're seeing. >> >> >> >>>
From: Tegger on 5 Feb 2010 21:03
"Wayne" <Waynenospan(a)nospam.com> wrote in news:4b6cba73$0$22526$607ed4bc(a)cv.net: > Maybe a trick, but I think the trick is on me...The dealer wants to > readjust the doors..Yea, I remember replacing door hinges years ago > on... Forget it! > > I'll just live with it > > Again, shame on me Why "shame on me" when the dealer is going to get Toyota to pay for the work? You should be more ashamed for not taking advantage of FREE fixes to your car. No new car is guaranteed to be perfect. That's why all new cars come with warranties. You paid for that warranty in the purchase price of your new car. You knew that, no? -- Tegger |