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Tesla recalls 120,000 vehicles over potentially faulty doors that could open in a crash::Tesla is recalling Tesla Model S luxury sedans and Model X SUVs manufactured in 2022 and 2023 due to the vehicles’ failure to comply with U.S. government regulations.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Am much more scared about those that don't open when you get in a crash. Which is all of them in case of losing power.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They all have manual, non-motorized releases. All of them.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

No. Even the rear ones. The manual for some of them (some Model 3’s, for example) says that there are only manual release switches for the front, which is true, but some people confuse that for the rear not having a manual release at all. There’s a cable that you pull that’s under the liner in the rear doors. The higher-end models have dedicated buttons in the rear.

Edit: I checked YouTube to post a video of how the cable release works and found that some Model 3’s do not have the removable liner where the release cable is. They may not all have them which means that my answer is wrong in a few cases.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

A security feature should never be hidden away though. Someone getting a lift might not know it's there.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Totally agree this is like an escape room you didn’t sign up for. “Please solve the following clues to open door”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I agree wholeheartedly. That wasn’t what was asked or said, though. The statement was that the rear doors don’t have a release. They do. End of story.