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Old 08-12-2010, 09:01 AM   #1
Jabberwocky
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Drives: Yaris two door 2010
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The wind blows the Yaris door

We own a 2010 Yaris two door. These doors are very long and care must be taken to open the door in a parking lot to avoid dinging other people's cars.
The design of these doors is such that when you pull the little door handle and the door opens a bit, if there is a wind blowing from the back of the vehicle, the wind catches the door so fast before you can grab the door handle and whips it open, and smashes any vehicle unfortunate enough to be next to the door.
The handle grab is too far up on the door to allow a regular person to grab the door with enough force to stop the opening. This is horrible.
Several times the wind has grabbed our doors and flung them open, despite our efforts to stop this.
Yesterday, the driver door smashed into someone's vehicle, we left a note with our info, and called insurance, who will pay for the dent in that person's car. The same time, our Yaris passenger door opened and was flung out by the wind, and had there been a vehicle there, that would have also banged into a car. So both doors flew open at the same time. Horrors!
We think this is a terrible design flaw and if anyone agrees, let us know.
Today, we are going to Toyota to trade in this car, we do not want to be having doors fling open and causing damage to other people's vehicles.
It is bad enough that people ding other people's cars by being inconsiderate, we are not inconsiderate, and cannot keep the wind from blowing open the door without warning. Happens really fast. Anyone else have this problem?
We love the Yaris, but are thinking to get a four door, the door are shorter, and if they blow open won't reach another vehicle. Comments? Help?
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