Hi, I have a 2012 G37 Journey Sedan.

I have been opening the rear doors more often now and notice that they are lighter and seem more hollow than the two front door. Everytime I close the door, it doesn't seem as study and heavy as the driver door. Does anyone else experience this too? Or is it just my car?

Thanks.

 

It's as simple as mass. The front doors are substantially bigger. Just look at the size of the kick plates and windows for reference.

Is this even a serious question?

 

Well, maybe the front doors have better insulation?

 

Actually the front doors also feel light and crappy to me...especially compared to BMW, Acura, and even a Hyundai Sonata. Just watch the lower part of the door flex when slamming shut. Overall I feel the car is put together fairly well, but the doors have always been surprisingly light and cheap feeling for a near-luxury car. Toyota suffers from this also....so I suspect its a Japanese thing.

 

I think the front doors are heavy for no good reason. Lighter door mean less weight. These are car's doors, not gun-safe cabinet door.

 

The front doors have 10" bose subwoofers, insulation, and larger front windows & door panels making them obviously heavier than the rear doors. If the rears, or any of the doors seem light or cheap, you can always remove the panels and apply dynamat or other type of sound deadening material to them. I've read it makes a night and day difference on the interior quietness of our cars.

 

The weight of the back doors seems perfect to me. It allows my son now that he is old enough to at least open and close the doors himself.

 

The previous gen c-class has even lighter rear doors. Heavier isn't necessarily better.

 

If you guys think your sedan front doors are heavy , try opening and closing the doors on the vert. I always get a good work out opening and closing them