• @[email protected]
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    583 months ago

    Some of these cases may be down to user error, since most Teslas come with manual release levers.

    “Teslas have a massive design flaw that doesn’t make opening the fucking doors obvious like it has been for 100 years”

    • @[email protected]
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      393 months ago

      Your car is on fire. The battery is burning so you have no fonctioning doors.

      In the panic of your flesh getting pretty hot, you gotta remember “use the manual release lever”.

      Yeah, no fucking shit that it happens.

      • @[email protected]
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        243 months ago

        In the panic of your flesh getting pretty hot, you gotta remember “use the manual release lever”.

        If you’re in the front seat.

        If you’re in the back seat you:

        1. Hope your model Y is equipped with a manual lever.
        2. Assuming you are still alive (see (1)) - Remove the mat from the bottom of the rear door pocket.
        3. Press the red tab to remove the access door.
        4. Pull the mechanical release cable forward.

        I hope your kids and passengers paid attention to the training video you had them watch.

          • @[email protected]
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            113 months ago

            Yeah - and as somebody reminded me in another thread it’s because you can damage the window by using it.

            It’s such a well-designed car.

              • @[email protected]
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                -23 months ago

                The reason it’s “hidden” is to prevent it from being used when the car is NOT on fire.

                It’s a well-designed car.

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          83 months ago

          It actually depends on the model, it may be under the seat, behind the speaker, in the door pocket. It’s insane.

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        153 months ago

        This is the whole reason we have strict building codes for door hardware. Locks have to be able to open in a single action, and room with a larger occupancy have to have panic devices that can open the door just from falling on them. The panic devices were invented after a major theater fire killed a bunch of people thanks to their stupidly-designed fancy locks that nobody could figure out how to open during the panic.