Driver's Door Leak

[Arolsma]

My driver's door doesn't seal properly in the upper rear corner. When I look over my shoulder, I can see light coming in from outside the cabin. My door seal looks fine though. After reading and watching different stuff, I have two ideas for solving the issue. First, I could roll the window down and then pull in on the upper corner of the door to try to bend it in ever so slightly; I saw a video where a guy said that car doors can bend out slightly over time, causing an improper seal. Second, I could try moving the striker plate on the door jamb in a tad bit to make the door close tighter. But the door seams to close totally fine, so I am I am reluctant to go messing with the striker plate. I do think the truck was in some sort of collision at some point because the driver's side fender and door don't have an even gap between them, so maybe that screwed the door up. But again, the door opens and closes just fine. Do either of my proposed solutions seem like they could fix my problem? Do you guys have other suggestions for how to fix the improper sealing? My truck is a 2010 Regular Cab. Thanks

 

[sgtsandman]

The door structure is a bit more robust on the Rangers than a lot of other vehicles of the same size, so tweaking the door may be difficult but I would try that first.

 

[Slug]

You can tweak the door by rolling the window down, placing a short length of 2x4 on the door sill toward the back of the jamb, and closing the door onto it. Then, GENTLY push on the upper part of the door where the gap is. Do this hard enough to tweak the upper part of the door, checking it as you go. You'll get a surprising amount of movement out of it. The idea is to coax it. You won't bend anything you shouldn't if you go easy. Body shops use this trick, and I've done it to my '99 with success. Doors DO flex just from use and age, so you can get them to go back where they used to be without too much drama