Talk:Car door

Door switch
Can anyone include information about car door switchs ?. Thanks in advance. --Altermike 17:43, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
 * http://www.henry-davis.com/GMC/DoorSwitch.htm

3-stage door brake?
What does this section mean: "Car doors generally include a three-stage door brake." What is a three-stage door brake? The word "brake" is linked to the article brake, which doesn't provide any information or pointers to information on "door brakes" (whatever they are). The section should be expanded to explain, or else deleted as uninformative. Herostratus (talk) 19:50, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Another door design?
I haven't found any more info on the subject, but here's a YouTube video: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=AAtkoje4-eM I think it should be included here. 88.193.206.74 (talk) 17:31, 21 May 2008 (UTC)


 * That particular door is on the Sliding door's page. DineshAdv (talk) 20:06, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

How about what I ran across: "These doors are also commonly named beetle-wing doors, switchblade doors or jackknife doors. These are doors that pop open and are then lifted straight up vertically." Maybe these should be included? - KitchM (talk) 04:17, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Euro door categorization
The section is wrong. The boot lid is only a door if it opens into the cabin (IE you could enter the vehicle and get further than the boot. A 5/3 door car is an estate/hatchback body 4 and 2 door cars are either saloon or coupé bodies. I'm going o attempt to fix it.(Morcus (talk) 18:06, 23 July 2008 (UTC))

I've Changed it but It really could do with being rewritten in a way that includes the whole world and not just north America and Europe, I'm pretty sure that india and the far east (Where Hatches are popular) use the the same system as Europe. I Believe the original mistake arose from an american seeing reference to a 5/3 door car (Probably a Notchback design like a Citreon C5 or a Skoda Octavia)and asumed all cars were named that way. It would be good if we could find a source confirming that (and personally I think its possible America and europe use the same system 'Officially' but the small number of hatches mean most don't realise.(Morcus (talk) 18:32, 23 July 2008 (UTC))

Is "vehicle door" the best title for this article?
This article really seems to focus on "automobile doors" whereas the term "vehicle" would include things like airplanes, boats, trains, etc. So I think either this article needs some more info on doors in those applications, or it should be renamed to "Automobile door". Thoughts? Dhollm (talk) 22:22, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I Agree that its wrong but think something on train/plane doors should be added rather than changing the name as there are alot of simillarities (A slamdoor on a train is very much the same as a car door, only it doesn't lock). How that should be integrated I'm nay sure, but perhaps someone who has an idea could start the ball rolling?(Morcus (talk) 14:09, 3 April 2009 (UTC))


 * Actually, it appears that the word automobile means something that moves under its own power. Airplaines, boats and trains do the same and could be called automobiles.  However, a "car" may most appropriately mean an automobile that is land-based, since it is based upon words, such as "cart", that indicate that.  Vehicles are usually meant to be land-based as well, whereas a boat or a plane is not a vehicle.  (I may be wrong about that.)  I might prefer the title "Car Doors", otherwise we might have to begin including all sorts of doors.  This would help eliminate "truck doors" as well. - KitchM (talk) 20:49, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Door Type Clarification
It is unclear how a door moves when it is described as vertical and/or upward. Also, is a scissor door actually a type of butterfly as is implied?

A butterfly's wing actually moves from the horizontal to the vertical in an upward arc, where they come together with their upper sides in contact with each other above their body. That sounds closer to the movement of a gull-wing door, which also swings upward from the roof line over the roof. While they tend to stop at the horizontal or just above, their movement arc could continue to be exactly like the butterfly's wings.

Finally, when mentioning movement, it might be well to state if the motion remains within one plane or another. - KitchM (talk) 21:23, 10 October 2009 (UTC) ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... The article does mention vehicle compartments, but not vehicle compartments built into vehicle doors. I think this is irresponsible; mentioning vehicle compartments in an article about vehicle doors without mentioning the possible presence of a compartment in the vehicle door itself. - Joshua Clement Broyles


 * You may wish to name your new section to keep things clear on this page. - KitchM (talk) 13:39, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

Requested move 23 February 2017

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: page moved to Car door. (non-admin closure) TonyBallioni (talk) 23:59, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

Vehicle door → Door (car) – This article talks about car doors and makes no mention of bus/train/plane doors, therefore the title "vehicle doors" is misleading. Parenthetical disambiguation is consistent with Hood (car) and Trunk (car). &mdash; Train2104 (t • c) 22:49, 23 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Shouldn't that be Door (vehicle) or Door (automobile)? - KitchM (talk) 01:25, 24 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Oppose Door (car) but support Car door per WP:NATURALDIS. Unlike e.g. trunk (car) where the said trunk is a totally different item from an elephant's trunk or the piece of luggage, a car door is merely a subset of door, i.e. a door of a car.  —  AjaxSmack   02:25, 24 February 2017 (UTC)


 * There is no car called a door but still support alternative Car door As AjaxSmack In ictu oculi (talk) 08:52, 24 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Support move to Car door as the best description of the current article contents. There is a bit of discussion of van doors, but not (as mentioned) airplanes, submarines etc. 64.105.98.115 (talk) 16:31, 24 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Oppose move to Car door. Should be Automobile door or left as Vehicle door, per WP:NATURALDIS.  Car is simply a poor word choice, and worse as a title. - KitchM (talk) 17:20, 24 February 2017 (UTC)
 * &#8203;"Automobile" is a chiefly North American term while "car" is used pretty much everywhere. The main article is at car so it seems odd that this article should use a regional variant.  Why is car a poor choice? —  AjaxSmack   23:13, 24 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Nominator comment: I have no problem with Car door but if that's the consensus, shouldn't Hood (car) be renamed to Car hood? &mdash; Train2104 (t • c) 16:14, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I would support such a move, but it would have to be proposed separately. Natural language is almost always preferable to parenthetical disambiguation. 64.105.98.115 (talk) 19:59, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
 * It could be moved but hood and trunk differ from door in that the former two are unique or significantly different uses of the term vis-à-vis others (e.g. hood (headgear), trunk (luggage)) and Wikpedia usually uses parentheticals to disambiguate these because (if?) they are usually called simply "hood" and "trunk". —  AjaxSmack  07:31, 26 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Will the proposal also add Motor vehicle door, thereby creating Car door and Motor vehicle door? - — Preceding unsigned comment added by KitchM (talk • contribs) 16:46, 26 February 2017 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Motor Vehicle Door
Should we add a Motor vehicle door section? - KitchM (talk) 02:34, 3 March 2017 (UTC)