Hyundai Ioniq 5 - How NOT To Close The Doors

[@Dreadpirateflappy]

I genuinely thought this video was a joke at first, but then I test drove one the other and realised this video is actually very helpful.

[@CarsJubilee]

Hahaha after seeing a few of my passengers try to pull the door closed using the opening handle I figured this would make for a fun video.

[@Dreadpirateflappy]

@@CarsJubilee I tested out the back after my test drive and did get a bit confused. maybe I should have actually watched your video first rather than dismissing it as a joke. :p Got mine coming Monday so been binge watching your videos for tips.

[@CarsJubilee]

@Dreadpirateflappy haha I get it, it's a pretty clever design but very backwards compared to every other car I've ever been in. Nice, congrats! Hope the videos help.

[@Dreadpirateflappy]

@@CarsJubilee Cheers dude. :)

[@erobertfie]

Very helpful. I have had the exact experience of not knowing how to close the door. Thanks for solving the mystery for me.

[@CarsJubilee]

You're welcome!

[@ChristianBorchgrevinkVigeland]

May I ask what you have put on the doors to protect them when opening?

[@CarsJubilee]

Here's the one I've been using: amzn.to/3Ulpwiw

[@deswsj2]

Hi, can i have the link of the transparent rubber protector part for your back door.

[@mrshorty4313]

had similar experience of passengers in my ioniq 5 (where they pull the internal door handle) - so now if someone new gets in I tell them from the outset where they can pull to close the door

[@CarsJubilee]

we may need a 'how to close the door' sign in our cars =)

[@richierich8292]

Another great topic to cover. As a new owner of an Ioniq 5 (BTW, Loving it!), I've seen this moment of uncertainty. It even got me at first,. The space between handle and door is quite vast. Look forward to this one!

[@CarsJubilee]

Glad to hear you've been enjoying your Ioniq 5! I agree there's so much empty space there, definitely confusing for a lot of people =)

[@richierich8292]

@@CarsJubilee As usual you break it down far more than what I expected. My one dimentional thinking only focused on the interior handle, not the exterior issues. I haven't seen it yet, but I'll need to keep a ruler in my car to smack anyones hand who uses the interior open handle to close the door, lol.. BTW Your seat review deserves a KZbin award. Ever consider being a professional seat reviewer? Keep up the good work making these great videos. I watch them all.. x5.

[@CarsJubilee]

Hahah I just had another person comment that their passenger tried to pinch and pull the armrest material to pull the door shut, we may need to put up signs in our cars. Thanks for the encouragement! I'm starting to realize how sensitive my body is to different seating so that could become my 'specialty' one day if I ever reach the point of becoming a car reviewer. Now I just need to get my hands on more cars haha.

[@metube9541]

Mine doesn’t have the auto pop out handles but really wish it did. I find myself pushing one end of the handle in and then grabbing the other end whilst still holding the key. It only a matter of time before the key damages the paint work. Even worse is the missus trying to get the handle out with rings and crap on every finger! 😡

[@CarsJubilee]

Oooh which market are you in? I'm very thankful for the pop out, these handles are not easy when they don't pop out!

[@metube9541]

In the UK. My friends car has them but it’s a year older and no longer fitted to the uk cars.

[@CarsJubilee]

Oooh very interesting

[@deepakvrao]

What's the door edge protector that you are using?

[@CarsJubilee]

amzn.to/46fhA9j This is what I've been using, has held up really well. Had a clear stick on one before that didn't hold up well and started yellowing.

[@Angusoksen]

Are the inside door opening handles also made out of plastic in the US? in Europe they are, and it feels so cheap! the worst feeling on a 50K $ car! My BMW i3 and even my 18 year old Volvo V50 had nice aluminium handles inside

[@CarsJubilee]

Ya unfortunately they are plastic, at least they are painted silver to match the rest of the interior. I guess Hyundai has traditionally always done plastic handles. The metal ones in my Volvo xc90 are quite nice though. Curious if they are plastic too with most competitors in this segment.

[@steffenjensen9350]

@@CarsJubilee My metal made handles are uncomfortably cold to touch i wintertime ! Heated handles anyone ;)

[@stenerline]

This is so true, and it's one of the last impressions people get of the car - when they get out of it, it's so cheap and flexible and completely different from anything else in the car

[@sardarkhan565]

I'm taxi driver with new hyundai ioniq 5 and having same problem with the passenger

[@CarsJubilee]

Haha might need some signs or play my video

[@H1Productions]

Constant touching of the matte paint will burnish it and there’s no way to get rid of that other than respraying. Think about how devices such as keyboards or game controllers develop shiny spots from constant handling, same concept here. I’d close it from the window trim.

[@CarsJubilee]

Ahh good point, guess I'm moving it up to the window trim then. Thanks!

[@not_the_pasta]

Matte paint should come with ppf. Seems like a flaw.

[@Dreadpirateflappy]

one of the many reasons I chose not to get Matte paint. I was offered it as a no cost option (UK) but have chosen cyber grey instead. Matte is like a supermodel. I love the looks but would never want to have one in my house

[@sokirsky8082]

after the matte surface becomes glossy in the places of contact....just polish the entire car and you have new looking glossy car

[@briangibson7704]

Glad I got the uk model type which does not have these pop out door handles.

[@CarsJubilee]

How have you liked the non pop out handles? I've been curious what it would be like on a daily basis if it didn't pop out (like Tesla model 3).

[@briangibson7704]

@@CarsJubilee They are fine. New passengers seem to accept them OK. A few times had to inform the handle opening procedure, then no issues opening nor closing the doors inside and outside.

[@CarsJubilee]

Ahh good to hear! A few of my passengers would have struggled big time without the pop out clue.

[@Alaorath]

RE: Exterior closing... I was taught by an auto-detailer friend to use an open palm on the edge of the door (on the Ioniq 5... near the piano-black). So I've been using this method on every car ever since. This accomplishes two things: 1. avoids fingerprints on the paint or piano black (which attract dust, and thus scratches) 2. reduces the force used to close the door, so it's near-impossible to slam And yes, EVERYONE gets confused on closing the doors from the inside... I say "pull the armrest" and that usually works, but my auntie tried pinching the material O.O

[@CarsJubilee]

While I'm cringing at the thought of the pinching, this is the exact kind of story I was hoping for/expecting haha Great points abut the fingerprints and slamming, looks like I'm closing it in roughly the right area then.

[@mariomanuel1305]

I feel like the big design misstep her on the interior is the door open latch or lever. Something you could squeeze on the ambient light side of the door “armrest/pull” would clean up that upper door panel and be intuitive as there would then be no where else to grab. 🤷‍♂️

[@CarsJubilee]

Ahh that's really interesting, never even crossed my mind about an electrical release button like in some other cars. That would have taken the interior to a whole new level of futuristic design + complete passenger confusion haha. Personally I don't mind the look of the interior door opener handle but I agree it would have looked really sleek without it.

[@raylab77]

Yes, first time passengers usually tries to close the door when inside with the door opener handle. I also have passengers to do this multiple times. It don’t help to tell them how to do it. Three weeks later they do it the wrong way again 🤷🏻

[@CarsJubilee]

Haha we might need a sign for our passengers, or have them watch this video :)

[@manfredbaer3297]

Well, how many doors have been lost be doing so?

[@CarsJubilee]

Haha so far none I hope! But I don't have new passengers in the back too often. I'd be curious how it's holding up in Ioniq 5s used as Uber/Lyft.

[@SFzip]

Thanks for the interesting insight.

[@CarsJubilee]

Happy to share, I was curious if it was just my passengers :)

[@coldstonecanc3rgang994]

I don't own an ioniq 5, but I do know the pain of other people mistreating my car. One friend of mine yanks the door handle until I unlock it, the other slams the door so hard it feels like the sheet metal is going to fly away. Solution, just yell at them. I ran out of options lmao.

[@CarsJubilee]

Hahah luckily mine were mostly one offs where they quickly got the hint on how to open or close for next time. I feel you on people mistreating your car though. That's why I have to put door edge guards on my doors :(

[@dominictoon7768]

I don't have the pop out door handles. Your plastic pieces behind the windows seem to be glossy. Mine are matt stipple finish and are the perfect place to push any door closed without leaving finger or palm marks.

[@CarsJubilee]

Ahhh that's a good point, my glossy part is a bit of a fingerprint magnet. Luckily my actual exterior paint is matte finish otherwise I'd probably have smudges all over my doors. Have you had any confused passengers trying to get in with the non pop out handles since they don't get that extra clue?

[@dominictoon7768]

@@CarsJubilee Passengers have no clue. Having to push the rear of the handle (with the single small square), quite firmly to unlock, then having to push the other end in to make the rear end of the handle come out, then grabbing the now out rear end and pulling to open the door is almost like a nightmare puzzle. Once you know its OK, but a newcomer has no chance. May work as a burglar deterrent! It was the first thing that the dealer showed us! I have oft wondered if, on the interior, there is a "proper" place to pull? But anywhere seems to work and I really like it.

[@CarsJubilee]

Haha so an adventure then for the new passengers it sounds like. And ya I've loved that interior pull being the entire arm rest, it just makes so much sense. Perhaps too much sense so that our passengers don't realize it.

[@Fred70115]

I expected some info on possible damage from closing an incorrect way. No such thing. So, the title is a bit misleading.

[@IvanAlpharetta]

haha this is hilarious; imagine if you did rideshare 10 times a day 😅

[@CarsJubilee]

Haha ya I imagine anyone doing rideshare with an ioniq 5 is going to spend lot of time explaining opening and closing the doors.

[@InternetDude]

Why do car companies feel the need to reinvent door handles just because the car is electric? Don’t fix what ain’t broke.

[@CarsJubilee]

I do feel like the car looks much better with these flush handles but agree that it may not have been necessary when regular handles work just fine.

[@steffenjensen9350]

Car manufacturer: “If it ain’t broke ,,,let’s make it more complicated and expensive” ;)

[@CarsJubilee]

Hahah while not much more functional, they are pretty cool to me

[@SuperDMK123]

i guess they reduce air friction in car and give more range

[@raypabs5374]

I love my ioniq5 But I absolutely hate those door handles sticking out. There are times when I go to the store and forget to lock the car, when that happens those handles stick out advertising to potential criminals that my car is open, come and get it. The key fob locking system also sucks. If the car is on or in ready mode, I go to the back of the car to connect the charger or get something in the trunk and try to unlock the car with my remote fob, it won't unlock; I have to go back to the driver's door panel to unlock all the doors manually, stupid design and very aggregating!

[@CarsJubilee]

Ahh I've run into some not so ideal programming as well. I sometimes approach the car from the passenger side (it unlocks) and then proceed to walk around the back of the car to get to the driver side and by the time I get to my driver door the car has locked itself. I wish they would allow us to customize these lock/unlock settings. For your use case of charging, sounds like your car is not set to 'all doors unlock' when in park? I came across that too originally but set to all unlock and it's taken care of that, but still some situations where the programming isn't ideal and I truly wish it had auto lock when walking away.

[@raypabs5374]

@@CarsJubilee yes, I tinkered with the lock settings but there are also many times that I do not want all the doors locked when shifting to park; I work and live inNYC, even the suburbs, I do not let my guard down. All I ask is for the car to not override my key fob. If I press lock or unlock, I want the car to respond, regardless if the car is in park mode.

[@CarsJubilee]

Gotcha, that makes sense. I probably shouldn't be using full unlock either but for convenience sake I've been using it. Would love to see them make it customizable in a future update but not holding out hope.

[@COSolar6419]

Number 1 I don’t plug in the charger when the car is in ready mode.

[@luismiguelgarciacanan5245]

Me gusta hiunday ioniq para wendy

[@steffenjensen9350]

Well, theese handles are terrible junk,,,- I miss the real ones from my Saab 9-5 ;)

[@CarsJubilee]

Haha sometimes it's nice, these are one of the few car door handles that you can open without your hands. You can use your elbow or wrist etc if you don't have a free hand (from the outside). And I like the concept of the entire arm rest being the grab handle.

[@vstyle2009]

Too much talkingwords that are not important to the conversation.