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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / General Car Topics / November 2006side airbag blocking entrance
I drove a Jeep Grand Cherokee recently, and notice right away that the design of the front passenger door makes it difficult for a person to enter the vehicle. I almost knocked my head as I entered the vehicle, and I am a short person. I wonder if it is even worse for tall persons. Yesterday I drove a Nissan Murano, and I had the same problem. Perhaps it is a matter of getting used to, i.e. duck when you want to enter the vehicle. I wonder if this is common on new vehicles equipped with side airbag. The ones that I tried were all SUV. What about new regular cars? Does similar problem occur for Toyota, Honda, or European SUVs? What about the luxury SUVs, such as new Lexus RX, MB SUVs, BMW X3/5, Cayenne, Infiniti FX and Acura's RDX/MDX? Similar problems? >I drove a Jeep Grand Cherokee recently, and notice right away that the > design of the front passenger door makes it difficult for a person to [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Perhaps it is a matter of getting used to, i.e. duck when you want to > enter the vehicle. Nothing to do with the airbags. Everything to do with crappy design. I've banged my head a few times getting in a Cherokee long before side airbags. I'm sure you can get used to it, but a higher roofline would cure the problem at the cost of style. I have side airbags on my Hyundai and it is very easy to get in and out of. Can't speak about hte other cars as I have no interest in them and prefer to drive a standard car. In our 05 Avalon (& also the 02 befoe it) the side airbags are on the sides of the front seats and aren't a problem. There might be in these new "curtain" airbags but I've not seen them in any vehicle yet. Ron >I drove a Jeep Grand Cherokee recently, and notice right away that the > design of the front passenger door makes it difficult for a person to [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > the luxury SUVs, such as new Lexus RX, MB SUVs, BMW X3/5, Cayenne, > Infiniti FX and Acura's RDX/MDX? Similar problems? I just want to point out that the word "side airbag" that I referred to previously may not be 100% correct. I believe it was more properly called as the side curtain bag type, i.e. the one that they install along the side rim of the car's roof. > In our 05 Avalon (& also the 02 befoe it) the side airbags are on the sides > of the front seats and aren't a problem. There might be in these new [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > the luxury SUVs, such as new Lexus RX, MB SUVs, BMW X3/5, Cayenne, > > Infiniti FX and Acura's RDX/MDX? Similar problems? It may have more to do with the way you're entering the vehicle. I have 2 Nissan SUV (06 Murano & 00 Xterra) and a Toy van (92 Previa). I'm about 5'11'' and haven't banged my head on any of them. Once inside, there's adequate head clearance and I'm sitting comfortably upright. >I drove a Jeep Grand Cherokee recently, and notice right away that the > design of the front passenger door makes it difficult for a person to [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > the luxury SUVs, such as new Lexus RX, MB SUVs, BMW X3/5, Cayenne, > Infiniti FX and Acura's RDX/MDX? Similar problems? |
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