2010-2012 Prius major design flaw !

Additional weather stripping along the door channels? Another member did this to reduce wind noise. I noticed it too and it is very annoying.

 

Our 97 Camry did the same thing... in fact all my Toyota's have.

 

I've noticed it on my BP Five too.... annoying? Yes. Major design flaw? Hardly.

 

Anyone got a picture to show what your talking about? I don't drive my car in the rain but my wife will be driving her's next season rain or shine. If there is a mod to do I would like to see what needs fixing
tnx,
Mike

 

Yep, same here. 99 Camry, 2010 Camry, and 2011 Prius all get dirty door sills after driving in the rain. Our 98 Nissan Pathfinder and 2004 Quest also had this problem.

 

Dirty door sills? Oh, the humanity!

 

How! terrible! for! OP!

 

Some cars do this better than other by having two weather strips -- this keeps the inner ring around the door clean so you don't get dirty when you enter/exit. Years ago this was less of an issue because the doors were larger and the sill was higher and smaller. With the lower rail on some many cars growing they should have a second seal.

 

There are drain holes on the bottom of the doors to drain away water that runs down the windows and gets by the "felt" seal at the top edge of the door. If there are seals down at the bottom of the door, the water will get trapped there and not drain out.

 

Yeah, I'd like to know too. Unsure what's being described here.

 

Pic attached. This is really clean for mine, but you get the idea.

 

That's nothing compared to the dirty floor mat.

 

So is the complaint that rain causes that area to get dirty? If so, my 2000 Camry has this as well - I guess I kind of thought that all cars did. If that is the issue, take a wet rag to it and get over it. Chalk it up to stuff getting dirty sometimes.

 

I know right? A lot of cheese could be served with the whine in this thread.

 

Funny! "I drive my car in the rain and it gets dirty." Well Duh!

 

Many cars have this design as the door sills have become wider due to side impact protection. Some sills get dirtier than others. I wash the sills every time I wash the car.

 

I drive in the rain pretty constantly. I take my car to a car wash where they go over it, inside and out, including the sills. The only time I see the sills is when the doors are open and I'm getting in or out, and I'm not usually looking in that direction. If someone else sees my sills and thinks "ewwwww dirty!" then I have a few most unladylike phrases for them.

 

Hmm...judging from the picture, I'd be forced to say that almost every vehicle I have ever owned has evidently had this "Major Design Flaw". Guess I always just thought of it as "Life".

My expectations are not that the closed space between the door and the interior will remain pristine and clean. I don't consider that a visible part of the interior, even if it isn't a visible part of the exterior most of the time, therefore, I wouldn't expect Toyota to go to the trouble of adding weight, or designing protection to keep that area clean.

But I suppose you or anyone are free to be annoyed by this....My solution would be....a rag or sponge applied occasionally.