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[–] Pirky@lemmy.world 270 points 3 days ago (54 children)

When I first learned that Teslas (and almost all other EV's) have electronic only doors, I knew this kind of situation would happen.
I hope this gets laws enacted that force manufacturers to install mechanical latches on all of their vehicles. I know Teslas have manual overrides on their front doors, but the rear doors still have this issue.

[–] mephiska@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The model Y has mechanical emergency door openers in the front. Not in the rear. It complains about possibly breaking window trim when you use them.

They are not super obvious though and you’d have to know in an emergency.

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Yeah the releases in the 3 and Y aren’t too bad. Most people use them by mistake once or twice (and get the warning about window trim).

The X however is unforgivable. You have to pop off the speaker grills to get to them and then the door also weighs a lot and has to be manually lifted upwards.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago

You have to pop off the speaker grills

Oh yes, the obvious thing to do when trying to escape a fire.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

As if we didn't have enough reasons to hate musk

[–] Nyxon@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

No, on the X there is a lever just below the open door button on the front doors. I have seen multiple people use it instead of the button because the button in the front door is less obvious to them then the lever.

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I’m talking about the back doors. But yes. I incorrectly compared the front doors in the 3/Y with the back doors of the X.

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Same with the Model 3.

I have to disagree with them not being obvious however. Nearly every new person in my Model 3 goes to grab the emergency release immediately. I even added vinyl door open stickers next to the button to make it more obvious and it still happens almost every time.

[–] mephiska@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Yes I wasn’t clear. They aren’t obvious for rear seat passengers. They are in a reasonable and semi obvious place for front seat passengers. The very first time I was in a model y I pulled the emergency door pull thinking that was the handle.

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