Tesla driver stuck in car during software update. Warns others to avoid in-car updates and highlights the importance of knowing manual release features.

Brianna Janel anticipated the software update to take only 24 minutes, but she found herself trapped inside her vehicle in Costa Mesa, California, for nearly 40 minutes. Janel reported sweltering temperatures inside the Tesla, reaching 103 degrees.

  • Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

    She knew the update would take at least 24 minutes to run and the doors and windows electronics wouldn’t work in the interim. And she still chose to do this in a Chic-fil-A parking lot while out running errands instead of initiating the update at home after she was done using the car.

    I bet you can hear the ocean if you press your ear to hers…

  • jordanlund@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    “Janel admitted she could have used the manual release, but fear of damaging her car kept her from trying it”

    Sooo… too stupid to own a Tesla. Got it.

    • Hildegarde@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      The car tells you opening the doors using the door handles damages the car. It literally pops up a message saying so on the screen saying that opening the door that way causes damage.

      Her car is literally designed to endanger its driver when following its instructions.

  • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Not fucking everything on a fucking car needs to be electronic. Door releases should either be manual or a two stage with a partial pull triggering the electronic system and a full pull triggering a manual release.

    The door handles on teslas are also just fucking dumb and needlessly unintuitive. Someone is going to get hurt because of these - teslas are a common choice for ubers and I guarantee someone will get stuck in a situation they don’t know how to leave.

      • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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        2 months ago

        I think there’s a special kind of irony in you linking to a video that doesn’t even cover the backseats’ manual override in response to my comment.

        Also, these are all separate mechanisms - all physical door releases should be part of the standard door release - possibly requiring you to pull the action further… but I’d also be happy with just making electronic releases illegal.

  • cardboardchris@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    If you own a Tesla and you’re eating Chic-fil-a, it’s because you want to. If you sit in your 115–degree Tesla for 40 minutes and record it on Tiktok, it’s because you want to.