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When you press the button, the window rolls down slightly before the door latch is opened. This prevents you from putting stress on the window when you push th
by guhidalg 5y ago
When you press the button, the window rolls down slightly before the door latch is opened. This prevents you from putting stress on the window when you push the door to open it.
When you use the handle, the door latch opens and the window rolls down slightly and there’s a larger period of time where you can push the door and put stress on the window. So the danger with using the handle is that you _might_ damage the windows if you aggressively open the door, but the button will not.
- freeone3000 5y agoThe 2020 Dodge Challenger had the same problem due to a similar door design. They solved it by causing the mechanical action of the door open lever to also roll down the window slightly, and electronically rolled up the window when the door was closed.
- userbinator 5y agoThat sounds like an example of overengineering/making things more complex for little gain.
- freeone3000 5y agoThe easy solution that literally every other car uses is to have a piece of frame on top of the window as a part of the door. But that doesn't have the same aesthetic!