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cracked drivers door armrest

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by larswest, Jan 18, 2011.

  1. larswest

    larswest Junior Member

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    Resting my elbow on the door armrest of my 2007 Prius I felt a crack. The plastic underneath the cloth had cracked, I know they tried to make the Prius as light as possible but this is obviously a design fault. I am worried that the fabric will tear will further use. I read the post about about taking the door panel off and that is probably what I will try to do and then reinforce the area that cracked. I now have 74000 miles on the car, I imagine that this problem must be happening with a lot of the genII
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    #1 larswest, Jan 18, 2011
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  3. Danny Hamilton

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    I'm approaching 90,000 miles. The door arm rest on mine cracked in the same way a while back. I don't remember when, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was somewhere around 70,000 miles. So far it hasn't torn through the fabric, if it does I'll look into replacing it.
     
    #3 Danny Hamilton, Jan 18, 2011
  4. caymandiver75

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    Mine just cracked. :(
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    #4 caymandiver75, May 23, 2012
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    due to dirt and grime I tried to replace mine, toyota makes some great cars but they tend to not make avail parts that you need replacing w/o replacing a whole bunch of good parts, that door panels is around $680 + tax, its been so long since I priced one out I can't remember for certain, you can't buy just the armrest which is what we'd all like to replace just the drivers one for around $20. Its the same with the door actuators, you can't replace the $9 parts, you have to buy a whole new locking mechanism, $380 + 45 minutes of labor.
     
    #5 cnschult, May 23, 2012
  6. caymandiver75

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    During my driver side mirror replacement yesterday I fixed the crack on my door armrest. With the door panel off I took about 6 inches of Gorilla Tape and placed it over the crack. It actually feels better than new now! No longer do I feel a hard elbow rest or a cracked elbow rest on the door armrest. Now it feels rather good with some cushion to it.
     
    #6 caymandiver75, Jul 26, 2012
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