A Tesla's manual door releases can be tricky to find if you haven't read the owner's manual. Here's how to locate and activate them in the Tesla Model S, 3, X, and Y.
Numerous Tesla owners say they’ve been trapped inside their EVs after they lost power.::Numerous Tesla owners say they have been trapped inside their EVs after they lost power.Teslas come with manual door releases, but they can be hard to find
Clickbait article. The manual door releases are impossible to miss. Nearly everyone who has ridden in my car has tried to use the manual release first. I have to stop them and explain how to use the electronic release.
Teslas have problems but the door handles aren’t one of them.
Every single one of these cars that has a stupid electronic poppwe always has a manual override if the battery dies. It’s been like that for literally decades and I wouldn’t be surprised if it is mandated by law.
The manual door release can be tricky to find unless you’ve combed through your car’s owner’s manual.
Absolute horseshit. Practically every person who gets out of my car for the first time goes for the manual handle. I have to make a point to tell them to use the button.
came here to say this exact thing. I’m paranoid new people will pull the manual exit over the button, becauseit can potentially damage the frame.(which is dumb for other reasons).
Not even a Tesla or Elon guy but wow people just really enjoy shitting on these cars lol. That 20 year old car that drops the window doesn’t drop it when the battery is dead either. Flawed design man, Teslas are ass, Elon is Satan 🤷♂️
Teslas come with manual door releases, but they can be hard to find
This is misleading. The door releases are extremely hidden, and seem to be specifically designed to not be found by anyone who has not received special training to find and use them. Also, they are not the same on every model, and are sometimes not even the same on all versions of the same model.
Some releases are hidden inside of door panel molding, others are hidden inside speaker grills, some are hidden under floor mats and even then must be pulled a specific direction to function.
Tesla seems to be going out of their way to kill people by trapping them. It’s fucking bizarre.
I’ve had a lot more people accidentally open the door with the manual override than the normal door release because it’s a lot more obvious than the normal door release. There are a ton of reasons to criticize Tesla, this is not one of them IMO. This article reads like a lot of other anti-EV “news” articles.
It’s sort of amazing, these cars meet the safety regulations of the countries they are sold in. Or is it a case that no one has been this dumb before and they haven’t had to regulate for it?
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Are lots having this problem or just enough for this article?
People… There are manual door handles right where you expect them to be. Why isn’t this in the title hmmmmmmm?
You know why
Clickbait article. The manual door releases are impossible to miss. Nearly everyone who has ridden in my car has tried to use the manual release first. I have to stop them and explain how to use the electronic release.
Teslas have problems but the door handles aren’t one of them.
Every single one of these cars that has a stupid electronic poppwe always has a manual override if the battery dies. It’s been like that for literally decades and I wouldn’t be surprised if it is mandated by law.
These same people drive into lakes because the GPS said so.
Just when I start to think there’s alot of great information in the posts and comments on Lemmy, I read some like this.
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Absolute horseshit. Practically every person who gets out of my car for the first time goes for the manual handle. I have to make a point to tell them to use the button.
came here to say this exact thing. I’m paranoid new people will pull the manual exit over the button, becauseit can potentially damage the frame.(which is dumb for other reasons).
What? Do you mean that there’s a button to open the door in Teslas? Wasn’t that standardized? And it is hard to find? They must be retarded.
So the design is flawed. 20 year old cars can drop the window slightly when the door is opened, why can’t a semi-self-driving car do it?
sigh
It does. If there is no power or somebody swings the door open super fast it can damage/break the window. Generally it’s fine.
Not even a Tesla or Elon guy but wow people just really enjoy shitting on these cars lol. That 20 year old car that drops the window doesn’t drop it when the battery is dead either. Flawed design man, Teslas are ass, Elon is Satan 🤷♂️
Not when the battery is dead dipshit
This is misleading. The door releases are extremely hidden, and seem to be specifically designed to not be found by anyone who has not received special training to find and use them. Also, they are not the same on every model, and are sometimes not even the same on all versions of the same model.
Some releases are hidden inside of door panel molding, others are hidden inside speaker grills, some are hidden under floor mats and even then must be pulled a specific direction to function.
Tesla seems to be going out of their way to kill people by trapping them. It’s fucking bizarre.
I’ve had a lot more people accidentally open the door with the manual override than the normal door release because it’s a lot more obvious than the normal door release. There are a ton of reasons to criticize Tesla, this is not one of them IMO. This article reads like a lot of other anti-EV “news” articles.
It’s sort of amazing, these cars meet the safety regulations of the countries they are sold in. Or is it a case that no one has been this dumb before and they haven’t had to regulate for it?
Lots of cars have electronic door releases, and they all have manual handles as well. Tesla’s are not difficult to find or use.
I found a video of it happening
That’s gotta suck.