Not sure if anyone else has had this problem yet, but after browsing the net a bit it seems I'm not alone.
A couple months ago my fuel door started acting "wonky". It was creaking and popping a bit, figured I'd throw some 3 in 1 oil on it at some point, but it fell by the wayside. Then one day it popped when opening and decided no longer to shut tight. You'd push it shut then annoyingly 5 or 10 seconds later it'd pop back open. Also, it began rubbing the portion of the bed that makes up the other half of the filler neck compartment.
Did some looking and sleuthing, prognosis: lower hinge gets dust and debris inside, it begins to corrode, it seizes up, then cracks the lower part of the hinge. I was able to oil mine profusely and get it functioning again without the metal failing completely, but some people have had the metal crack and actually break off.
Door in it's kinda sorta closed state:
![IMG_20130102_164741_259 [50%].jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/96/96616-0e9160fa8d52d243126e943502dce36c.jpg "IMG_20130102_164741_259 [50%].jpg")
Hard to see but the lower hinge is cracking:
![IMG_20130102_164750_237 [50%].jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/96/96617-d4635fc183a56a26c94efede24e8fbe2.jpg "IMG_20130102_164750_237 [50%].jpg")
Scuffed paint on the inner part from the now-misaligned door rubbing it:
![IMG_20130102_164757_411 [50%].jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/96/96618-5cbd7748e043d5f0aef9776cc2afd286.jpg "IMG_20130102_164757_411 [50%].jpg")
So that's it, just a PSA to oil your fuel door every couple oil changes. From what I've read it's about a $80 part and then painting to match if it fails completely. For all the crappy high mileage POS's I've owned, this is the first one I've ever had that the gas door gave me troubles. Just another one to add to the list of follies with the current generation Tacoma.
A couple months ago my fuel door started acting "wonky". It was creaking and popping a bit, figured I'd throw some 3 in 1 oil on it at some point, but it fell by the wayside. Then one day it popped when opening and decided no longer to shut tight. You'd push it shut then annoyingly 5 or 10 seconds later it'd pop back open. Also, it began rubbing the portion of the bed that makes up the other half of the filler neck compartment.
Did some looking and sleuthing, prognosis: lower hinge gets dust and debris inside, it begins to corrode, it seizes up, then cracks the lower part of the hinge. I was able to oil mine profusely and get it functioning again without the metal failing completely, but some people have had the metal crack and actually break off.
Door in it's kinda sorta closed state:
Hard to see but the lower hinge is cracking:
Scuffed paint on the inner part from the now-misaligned door rubbing it:
So that's it, just a PSA to oil your fuel door every couple oil changes. From what I've read it's about a $80 part and then painting to match if it fails completely. For all the crappy high mileage POS's I've owned, this is the first one I've ever had that the gas door gave me troubles. Just another one to add to the list of follies with the current generation Tacoma.
