Front door... abomination!

[K.I.T.T.]

It's a long while I wanted to post about this, but I always forget. Today a passenger wearing flip flops broke a pinky getting out of the car, because of this... abomination.

Sure it is to strengthen the frame in an accident, etc. but... it wasn't like this on the previous model. Am I the only one having this?

 

[Procal]

I'm certain you intended to include an image or video with your post, but I don't see one. However, I am assuming you are talking about this? In which case, I don't know how you would get a pinky broken by it, seeing as it is so far down on the door frame. Unless you meant a pinky toe, which would make more sense. Either way, I can't say I've run into any issues with it, and I see it as a net benefit in crash safety. I think I have even seen some other car manufacturers include it as well on newer models. I would personally toss it up to passenger error, like not paying attention, or something along those lines. Not ideal, but I think the benefits of it being there in the event of an accident outweigh the risk of something like that happening.

 

[K.I.T.T.]

Oh yes I meant to upload the file but didn't notice that it was rejected for being too large. You must be never parking in tight places or uphill, if you never caught it with your pinky... toe. With shoes it is bearable, but without it's very painful. It broke by hitting hard, because nobody would ever think about such thing being there in any other car... and it wasn't on my older 2022 M3.

 

[Procal]

Yeah, they added it for the 2024 model year. It is a new safety feature to prevent the door from intruding on the cabin during a side impact. In crash safety test, it proved to be very effective. I'm honestly grateful for it, but I can see how it might be intrusive if you are always parking in tight spaces. Like I said though, I personally haven't run into any issues with it, and it is honestly the first time I'm hearing or rather reading about it being an issue. I guess you could maybe try putting a rubber sleeve over it, but it would be difficult to find something that fits over it well enough that it doesn't prevent the door from closing.

 

[K.I.T.T.]

I can see the reason why they put it, but it could have been thicker, or the corners rounder. If you hit fast on the bone it's almost like a knife.