Front passenger door is inset / not level with the A-pillar

[Butterscotch]

MattTX - that looks like crap. Might be the camera angle or the weatherstripping like GBLLC mentioned. It should match your driver side exactly.

Does you door shut solidly when you barely push it past the stops? It should. Other Mavericks on the dealers lot will. Mine does. Nice solid thunk. One of the only thunks your car should make!

If that is indeed a gap - not sure what the dealer can do. Maybe have the strongest Tech try to bend it back into proper position?

For something like that they would send it over to the body shop since they have the expertise.

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[MattTX]

I' m not so sure your '24 XLT came with a SIBL. IIRC, that year the XLT (Lux) came with the modular bed liner. So maybe it was actually sprayed in by the dealer for whatever reason. Might want to start researching it by scrutinizing your window sticker as a start.

You're right, it's not listed on there. I hadn't really looked at the window sticker that closely since I only just recently got it from Carfax. I made all the arrangements to buy through text messages since the dealership was about 400 miles away and they had already removed the sticker when I went to pick up the truck.

 

[Catrikerider]

My driver’s door is wonky. Opens with a bit of a ”pop”, and sometimes you have to close it twice to get it to latch. After examining the rest of the body, I’ve decided that this thing wasn’t assembled to Rolls Royce fit and finish standards. Or Subaru fit and finish standards.

 

[Fcnrwy]

When I first started dating my wife back in the early-80s, one of her friends had a Pacer. I remember the extreme discomfort of the rear seat, and the heat generated by its terrarium build.

"Chevrolet Vega. There's a name I haven't heard in a long, long time." And its corollary, "This isn't the car you're looking for."

When the Pacers existed. Around here (Milwaukee-area) some 30 miles or so from their birthplace. We referred to them NOT as Pacers, But AS....
"People Terrariums"...

Jerry

 

[MavStangVa]

My driver’s door is wonky. Opens with a bit of a ”pop”, and sometimes you have to close it twice to get it to latch. After examining the rest of the body, I’ve decided that this thing wasn’t assembled to Rolls Royce fit and finish standards. Or Subaru fit and finish standards.

I would have that door looked at by the dealer. No way that is normal. That is why you have a warranty. My doors fit and close fine.

 

[Catrikerider]

I would have that door looked at by the dealer. No way that is normal. That is why you have a warranty. My doors fit and close fine.

Yeah, I probably will at some point. I’m going to go down soon to make an appt regarding the RDU clunk and will see if they can look at it then. I don’t have time to be dropping the truck off for every little thing individually.

 

[Chops]

I would have that door looked at by the dealer. No way that is normal. That is why you have a warranty. My doors fit and close fine.

Mine too. All 4 thunk solidly when barely pushed from the inner detent. Impressed me.

However, the fact that some don’t indicate a QC problem. Like Catrike - I find it a hassle to visit the dealer for warranty repairs. I think a warranty should go completely unused - even the extended one I purchased

 

[MavStangVa]

Mine too. All 4 thunk solidly when barely pushed from the inner detent. Impressed me.

However, the fact that some don’t indicate a QC problem. Like Catrike - I find it a hassle to visit the dealer for warranty repairs. I think a warranty should go completely unused - even the extended one I purchased

I would like to never use the warranty also. But 47 years in the manufacturing sector I know for a fact sh*t happens. That is why they give the warranty. I remember my Dad not wanting to buy a car with a 12 month warranty because as he said it meant they didn't think they built it correctly. He was partially correct and traded the car off after 13 months.

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