Numerous Tesla owners say they've been trapped inside their EVs after they lost power. Here's how to manually open a Tesla door if you get stuck inside.
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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

  • ThePacEnglish
    413·
    10 months ago

    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.

    • SirQuackTheDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
      82·
      10 months ago

      I have to make a point to tell them to use the button.

      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?

      • ThePacEnglish
        6·
        10 months ago

        20 year old cars can drop the window slightly when the door is opened

        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.

        • daed@lemmy.worldEnglish
          91·
          10 months ago

          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 🤷‍♂️

    • set_secret@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      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).

    • Asudox@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      10 months ago

      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 removed.