Have to have my fuel door replaced

2017 Sport, happened two times in the past two years every time around winter time... Annoying as hell... this time around the welds on the hinge faild when i was trying to bent it back into shape.... Now i need to get a new gas door and paint it and go through the hastle...kinda embarrassing for toyota.... also stealership wants 110$ for the door assembly.... crazy

 

Unfortunately the door distortion happened to me on my then 1.5 year old 2020. I almost made the mistake of strong arming it back into place after fuelling up. Researched the issue on here and found out it just needs regular lube on the hinge. I immediately went out and sprayed a lube on the hinge and it fell right back into place. Averted any long term damage. It then acted up again about 8 months later. This time it started to creak when I opened and closed the fuel door. Again, a shot of lube it stopped the creaking and opened and closed like butter.

I attribute it to, too many hand and drive thru car washes. By hand, I would specifically wash the fuel door inside and out. Also we had a real rainy fall coupled with a major atmospheric river of rain. Basically dried the hinge out and it started to bind. I was shocked that a less than 2 year old truck did this. Since then I’ve kept it lubed up.

Reminds me I better go out and lube it again. Rainy season started here.

 

As others have noted, I have learned alot reading through this forum and see how others addressed/fixed the issue. My 2010 has a "fuel door problem" (will not stay shut). I cleaned the hinge, silicone lubricated it and while it's not perfect the door/latch now stays closed. The metal tabs seemed to have come loose so on a warmer/dryer day, I'm going to see if the outer body piece (to the door) can be re aligned and tightened up.

 

My sport is 3 1/2 years old and still no issues with the gas door. It gets sprayed at every maintenance as it is part of hinges and door lubrication.

 

Now that’s just plain funny !!!