When we looked our approved used RRS autobiography, the extras spec said it had soft close doors, but when the sale guy tried, it didn’t seem to have it, the doors shut easily, but didn’t seem any different to normal. To be honest I have never experienced this, and the guy seemed to think they can be deactivated, is this true?

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Mine has soft closed doors,,just close it onto the first catch & it should pull the door to close fully,if it doesn’t then it hasn’t got soft close doors.

Andy. Andy.
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I love the soft close doors, I just could never find the colour combinations and options I wanted when I was looking for a sport with the soft close doors.
Is it something that could be retrofitted easy or is it a massive job ?

Thanks.

Tom. Indus Silver / Santorini Black Roof MY16 Autobiography Dynamic Hybrid 354bhp. 22" Style 504 Alloys. Lunar Grey / Ebony Seats and Interior. Surround Cameras, Meridian Signature Reference sound system 1700watts, Adaptive cruise & Queue Assist, Blind spot closing vehicle , Adaptive Xenon Headlights, 4zone Climate, infra-red reflective glass, deployable side steps, and a few more extras .......

I’ve got the soft close Tom,when the wife & daughter close their doors they still slam them,I’m sick of telling them just to close softly but it makes no difference.They were fitted on the car when I bought it,I wouldn’t have them fitted as a extra if I was to purchase a new sport.

Andy Andy.
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2015 RRS AB Fuji.
2014 RRS SC Santorini
2016 VW Amarok
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2012 RRS Red Edition Fuji
2015 Nissan Navara
2012 RRS SE Santorini
2008 RRS White
2007 RRS Santorino

Waste of money for the doors to pull themselves in about an inch. Another chocolate teapot idea.

Tyrefitter wrote:

I’ve got the soft close Tom,when the wife & daughter close their doors they still slam them,I’m sick of telling them just to close softly but it makes no difference.They were fitted on the car when I bought it,I wouldn’t have them fitted as a extra if I was to purchase a new sport.

Andy

He, he same here always telling the Mrs just to pull the doors too and not slam them that's mine without soft close doors !!!
Suppose as you say the last inch for it to close is not worth it !

But it still looks good

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More than a gimmick IMO - I get off whilst driving my wife's car & someone hasn't closed the door fully - you get the chimes & flashing warning on the dash - no such issues on the Sport I do agree that I have to remind them that the doors don't need slamming  16MY Estoril Blue SVR.............
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Its not something I would spec but if a car had it as standard I would not disable it

Old thread resurrection does slamming soft close doors cause any potential damage

Slamming any physical structure into another introduces some damage eventually, however immaterial. I would say not having soft-close introduces more wear overal irrespective of how you intentionally use or mis-use that benefit. The soft-close feature only kicks in when a door is not slammed, though. A non-emotional thinking-person's luxury.  L405 P400e Autobiography (MY2020)... Silicon Silver / Espresso
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I have a current thread regarding a broken clip thats one of the the door card fixings. Its the one directly under the passenger door cubby. If you have something heavy in the cubby, such a a large water bottle etc, then slam the door, theres a lot of momentum for that small plastic clip to resist. Trying to educate not to slam doors or store big water bottles is a fruitless exercise in my case RRS HSE Dynamic SDV6 2014

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