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Four Passengers Die in Burning Tesla After Electronic Doors Seemingly Won't Open (futurism.com)

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This happened in Toronto on October 24th

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[-] raoul@lemmy.sdf.org 54 points 2 days ago

The Elon Musk-owned automaker has a troubling history of owners getting locked in their cars without power. Some of these cases may be down to user error, since most Teslas come with manual release levers.

Of course, let's blame the users 🙄

[+] GetOffMyLan@programming.dev -16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I don't want to be a dick but not using the mechanism to open them is user error.

But it does also sound like they aren't very well placed in some models. I feel like the manual release being the same as any car would make sense. As a fucking standard door handle.

I assume the no power locking is an anti theft thing. But if you're in the car already just provide a handle.

[-] ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml 26 points 2 days ago

Opening a Rear Door with No Power

You can open a rear door manually (if equipped) in the unlikely situation in which Model Y has no power:

Remove the mat from the bottom of the rear door pocket.

Press the red tab to remove the access door.

Pull the mechanical release cable forward.

Note

Not all Model Y vehicles are equipped with a manual release for the rear doors.

Opening the front doors seems easy enough in the user manual, but opening the back doors requires you to remove a hidden panel then pull a cable, but not all versions of the car even have that hidden panel. Assuming the one in this article did, the car owner would need to give a little safety briefing to every passenger if you want to expect them to know how to open the door. And I'm really not sure what you're expected to do if you have a kid in a carseat in the back.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

The backseat of a Model Y is like the world's worst escape room

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