Vehicle door

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A car door is generally an opening to enter to the car (or their compartments or partition), often equipped with a hinged or sliding panel which can be moved to leave the opening accessible, or to close it more or less securely.

Contents 1 Brakes 2 Parts 3 Situations 4 Types 5 Number of doors 6 See also 7 References

[edit] Brakes

Car doors generally include a three-stage door brake.

[edit] Parts

• Car glass
• Door handles
• Door switch (simple on/off mechanism ; when the car door is open, the switch is off).
• Running board
• Passenger side dash mounted storage box.

[edit] Situations

• Front door
• Rear door
• Trunk or boot

[edit] Types

• Manual
• Electric (power opening and closing).

[edit] Number of doors

Cars are usually sold as "two-door" or "four-door" models, or in some places as "three-door" or "five-door" models. In the case of an odd number of doors, the number includes the trunk or boot door, so a three-door car has two front doors plus the trunk, and a five-door car has two front doors, two rear doors and the trunk.

[edit] See also

• Automobile
• sliding doors
• Butterfly doors
• Gull-wing door
• Scissor doors
• Suicide door
• List of cars with unusual door designs

[edit] References

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