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

  • @[email protected]English
    -42•2 years ago

    The manual door release is so hard to find that most time, passengers not knowing Tesla cars use them.

    If you can’t find the door release, maybe you are too dumb to drive a 2 tons car with other humans.

    • @[email protected]English
      36•2 years ago

      Model X: If the power drops out, you can open the rear doors using a mechanical release found behind the speaker grille, which you need to remove from the vehicle’s door, the manual adds.

      Ah yes, if I can’t get out of a car, my first thought would be to dismantle the speaker grille.

        • @redwall_hpEnglish
          8•2 years ago

          The Model Y has it hidden too: the back (you know, where small children are likely to be) has its manual release under the floor mat. And the exterior door handles need power to pop out, obviously, since they’re flush with the door normally. So if you have power out, and there are kids in the back with extreme heat or a fire or something, good fucking luck.

      • @sweetdudeEnglish
        -8•1 year ago

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        • @vmmattyEnglish
          12•2 years ago

          The issue is not the front doors but rather the rear doors. I own a Model Y and the manual rear door release is hidden to the point where it may as well not exist. There is a 0% chance someone unfamiliar with a Tesla would know to look there especially in an emergency.

          I generally really like the Model Y but this is one thing that is always in the back of my mind.

        • @DaroradEnglish
          6•2 years ago

          Model X: If the power drops out, you can open the rear doors using a mechanical release found behind the speaker grille, which you need to remove from the vehicle’s door, the manual adds.

          Fair that you absolutely should research, but having to disassemble my door to get to the manual release isn’t something I’d think to look up. It’d just be luck if I happened to come across that in research.

        • @UFO64English
          2•2 years ago

          Same here. The normal button is the hidden feature that I have to teach passengers to use.

    • lemmyvoreEnglish
      24•2 years ago

      The release on the front doors doesn’t look like a release —but at least you can use it readily.

      The release on the back doors is hidden behind a hard to remove cover.

    • wagonerEnglish
      1•2 years ago

      I have found the opposite is true - the manual release is the first and only one people go for until you train them to use the button

    • @GarzakEnglish
      -26•2 years ago

      This is the anti musk circlejerk, I’ve seen countless articles like this being posted here, and the cohort of brainless haters always follow.

      I have a Tesla, not because I like musk (dude is human garbage), but because I like the car. Only a moron wouldn’t be able to find the manual door unlock. At this point this is either trolling or natural selection.

      • @ClentEnglish
        7•2 years ago

        Funny how projection works.

        No one is blaming musk directly.

        However, you are one-handedly performing a pro musk circle jerk.

        • Anduin1357English
          1•2 years ago

          You’re just bullying dissent, just shows how unreasonable your positions are.