Who said the news is dead? Less than a week later Bloomberg publishing Damn report Regarding Tesla’s “hazardous door”, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is now studying it. On Tuesday, regulators said Started the investigation Enter the electric doors of the automaker. Problem: If the vehicle’s low voltage battery fails, they stop working.
NHTSA’s detectors will cover 2021 type yan estimated 174,290 cars. But agent suggestion In documents that can expand the investigation. This makes sense: Every Tesla that Tesla has ever made uses electric door handles. So, for others, this can become very expensive A totally cute company.
Tesla uses flush door handles for its vehicles. The 12-volt battery powers the door’s ability to pop the handle and release the latch. This is Apple-like design details This helps automakers become household names. But a car is not an iPhone, and a sleek car cannot be safely safe in the car space.
Tesla vehicles have a mechanical backup system in the cabin, so that the door can be opened manually in the event of power loss. But manual release positions vary from model to model and are often difficult to find. Even if you do know where it is, it won’t help if a kid or pet is trapped inside.
“Although Tesla vehicles have manual doors in the cabin, in this case, the child may not be able to access or operate the distribution even if the driver of the vehicle is aware of it,” NHTSA wrote in a public summary document.
BloombergThe original report tells the outrageous story of some Tesla owners dealing with electronic door failures. There is a firefighter who is off duty in 2023 to break into the burning model. The occupant was captured in the passenger seat by the airbag and could not reach the manual release. Due to the door design, she lost her precious few seconds and suffered a third-degree facial burn and continued lung damage due to smoke inhalation.
More is reported. Three college students died in California last November after Cybertruck caught fire. In the same month, five people in Wisconsin died in Model S. A group of bodies in the front seats raised the detectives whom they might have worked hard to escape.
Then, this spring in Los Angeles, a celebrity college basketball recruiter could only escape after a Cyber-style window caught fire. “I tried to open the door, the door didn’t open,” Ariya Arena explain. He was placed in a medically induced coma due to extensive smoke inhalation.
Bloomberg It was found that since 2018, NHTSA has received more than 140 complaints about being stuck in Tesla doors. The regulator cited nine “failure reports” that led to its investigation into the company. In four cases, people turn to breaking windows. “In an emergency, such as when a child is caught in a hot car, he is trapped in a vehicle,” the NHTSA said.
