NHTSA is investigating Tesla on its electronic door handles

Who says that the press has died? Less than a week Bloomberg Publish a Cursed report About “dangerous doors” in Tesla, the US Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is now considering. On Tuesday, the organizer said Opening the investigation At the doors of the auto industry, electricly. The problem: They stop working if the low voltage battery fails in the car.

It will cover the NHTSA probe 2021 model yWhich covers an estimated 174290 cars. But the agency Proposal In a document that it can expand the investigation. This is logical: Each tin is ever made using electricity -powered door handles. Therefore, this may be very expensive otherwise A completely loved company.

Tesla uses the door handle design to flow for its cars. The 12 -volt battery operates the door to spread the handle and release the latch. It is one of Apple -like design details This helped the car maker to become a familiar name. But cars are not iPhone devices, and you cannot take Sleekness back seat to safety in the car space.

Tesla compounds have a mechanical backup system in the cabin that enables manually open doors in the event of energy loss. But the manual version site varies depending on the model and is often difficult to find. Even if you know his place, this will not help if he is a young child or a pet trap inside.

“Although Tesla vehicles have manual versions of the doors inside the cabin, in these cases, the child may not be able to access or run versions even if the car driver is familiar with them,” NHTSA wrote in the general summary document.

BloombergThe original report narrated some of the heinous stories of Tesla owners who deal with the failure of electronic doors. There was an out -of -service firefighter that struggled to storm the Y. Dotty model in 2023. The occupier was trapped in the passenger seat by air bags and was unable to reach the manual version. She lost precious seconds due to the design of the doors, she suffered from third -degree facial burns and had permanent damage to the lung from inhalation of smoke.

It is said that there is more. Last November, California, three university students trapped inside Cyberrtruck died after fire was caught. In the same month, five people died in the state of Wisconsin inside the S. The bodies group in the proposed front seat of the detectives that they may have fought to escape.

After that, this spring in Los Angeles, a basketball recruiter at Star College managed to escape only after the Cybertruck window was sent off when the fire caught fire. “I try to open the door and not open the door.” He said. It was placed in a medically impossible coma due to the inhalation of widespread smoke.

Bloomberg He discovered that NHTSA had received more than 140 complaints about Tesla’s pending doors since 2018. The organizer has been martyred with nine “failure reports” that led to the company’s investigation. In four cases, people resorted to breaking the window. NHTSA said: “The deviation in a vehicle is particularly concerned in emergency situations, such as when children are held in a hot vehicle,” NHTSA said.