Tesla Door Safety Issues
Discussions focus on Tesla vehicles' electronic door handles requiring power to open, the lack of manual releases on rear doors, and safety concerns in emergencies or power failures, with suggestions for better mechanical overrides.
Activity Over Time
Top Contributors
Keywords
Sample Comments
Why don't the door handles just open the door?
teslas front doors have a mechanical latch that opens the doors. the rear doors are out of luck :(
At least Tesla does have a very easily accessible button to manually open the door
Why would you be caught in a car where the doors open like _this_ instead of like _this_?
Isn't there some mechanism to sense the torque feedback or something and stop the door closing?
You realize your Model 3 has a mechanical lever to open the doors if electronics fail? ( I own a Model 3 too )
Do these things seriously have door handles that require power to work?
I am confused by the fancy doors. The driver door seems to open as usual, no? Doesn't that mean that in a tight space I am no better off than with a regular door ?
Most automatic door cars have a manual release
"Only front doors are equippped with a manual door release"... whose stupid idea was this? Would it have been so hard to add this literal life-saving feature to the back doors?