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

    • aircooledJenkins@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      and who the fuck is getting into any car without knowing how to open it in case of an emergency lol.

      I think most people assume car doors all operate reasonably similarly. I don’t necessarily specifically check “how to open the door if I need to” when getting into a rental, an Uber, or a friend’s new car.

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        The emergency release on a Tesla is in the normal spot for a door handle. People trapped just assume there isn’t a release and don’t look for one.

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          Did you look at the link posted? I’ve never seen a door handle like that, and I’m not even sure I would realize it was a lever if I saw it. It looks like a static part of the door to me.

          I do agree that I’d probably end up pulling on it after some searching, but it wouldn’t be the first place I’d go.

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        You’re getting into a car with an electronic door button, you probably shouldn’t assume it’s the same as every other car door.

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      I have never once in my life asked the driver of a vehicle how to open a door in case of emergency, because you should just be able to use the handle like any other fucking door.

      What kind of absolute dipshit asks every driver they ride with where the hidden emergency door releases are on their car? That’s never been a thing. Never. Because no one would imagine a door would be so poorly designed.

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        Counter argument, what kind of absolute dipshit gets into a car with a fucking electronic door button and doesn’t look for a manual alternative?

        Nobody’s saying Tesla doors are fucking well designed, but you would have to he an absolute fucking brick of a human being to get “trapped” in one.

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      Why would you assume pulling up on the inner part of the door is easy to find? It looks dumb as fuck and I would not think to try pulling that part

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      I can’t believe there isn’t a manual unlock for the back doors. They shouldn’t be road legal to lack that safety feature.

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      They could have at least put a label or symbol on it. I can totally understand if someone was looking for the emergency door handle and didn’t see it because it blends in. If the normal handle is marked it’s not unreasonable to presume the emergency handle would be too.

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      I was riding in the front of my old boss’ model 3 and immediately just used the emergency unlock rather than the button. He said he didn’t even know about that.

      It definitely seemed like a pretty intuitive location.

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        Yeah that’s more of a problem that people tend to use the emergency release because it’s a physical handle and seems familiar. The manual used to even warn against using it (it didn’t drop the side window, risking damage… I think that was fixed a while ago though).

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      Never underestimate the stupidity of the average person. Don’t take my word for this, but I’ve heard that something like 50% of drivers don’t even know that you need to change your oil, intake filter, and check your tire pressure on a regular basis. The most basic, barebones maintenance that you need to have done, yet half of vehicle owners are completely clueless.

      You have no idea how many videos I’ve seen from Just Rolled into the Shop & Mechanical Nightmare on YouTube, where someone brings in a brand new car with a seized engine and only 40K miles on the dash, all because the owner never changed (nor even checked) the oil. And then they have the nerve to try to get a warranty replacement. Or how many alligators I see on the road because people are driving around with 20 PSI in their tires and wondering why they keep having blowouts.

      Check your oil level and tire pressure at least every other fill up, people. Also get every fluid flushed and every filter replaced if you’ve owned the vehicle for awhile or just bought it used. It’s not difficult, people.

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        I needed to look up what a road gator is and I have never seen one. In pre-1989 communist Czechoslovakia, people would need to do all kinds of repairs themselves and every car owner knew their machine inside out. To this day, knowledge of basic technology & maintenance (difference between the four-stroke diesel / spark-ignition engine, dashboard indicators, replacement of all fluids and brake pads, function of the battery, service intervals) is a required part of getting a driver’s license.

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          I see these almost daily and it’s usually from commercial vehicles having a blowout on their trucks or trailers.