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
and who the fuck is getting into any car without knowing how to open it in case of an emergency lol.
I think most people assume car doors all operate reasonably similarly. I don't necessarily specifically check "how to open the door if I need to" when getting into a rental, an Uber, or a friend's new car.
Did you look at the link posted? I've never seen a door handle like that, and I'm not even sure I would realize it was a lever if I saw it. It looks like a static part of the door to me.
I do agree that I'd probably end up pulling on it after some searching, but it wouldn't be the first place I'd go.
I have never once in my life asked the driver of a vehicle how to open a door in case of emergency, because you should just be able to use the handle like any other fucking door.
What kind of absolute dipshit asks every driver they ride with where the hidden emergency door releases are on their car? That's never been a thing. Never. Because no one would imagine a door would be so poorly designed.
They could have at least put a label or symbol on it. I can totally understand if someone was looking for the emergency door handle and didn't see it because it blends in. If the normal handle is marked it's not unreasonable to presume the emergency handle would be too.
I was riding in the front of my old boss' model 3 and immediately just used the emergency unlock rather than the button. He said he didn't even know about that.
It definitely seemed like a pretty intuitive location.
Yeah that's more of a problem that people tend to use the emergency release because it's a physical handle and seems familiar. The manual used to even warn against using it (it didn't drop the side window, risking damage.. I think that was fixed a while ago though).