Rear passenger doors do not have an easily accessible/marked interior emergency manual latch release. In the event that power is lost to the vehicle, one must remove a mat in the door pocket, pry open a cover, and pull an unlabeled cable to release the door latch. This is also the case in at least the tesla model 3, don't know about x and s. The front doors have a separate handle above the window control on the armrest for manual emergency release, but this is not present on the rear doors. The hidden release is not something that a rear seat passenger, especially a child, would be reasonably expected to be capable of operating in the event of an emergency, and could lead to entrapment if the front doors are not openable due to accident damage.
2020 Tesla Model Y body complaints
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I was in a parking garage next to my work and was parking between two cars, I was coming to a complete stop when my car suddenly accelerated and hit the pillar on the left side. It was only a few seconds and I applied the brakes and put the car on park. This is a brand new car with less than 500 miles on it. I felt that the car suddenly accelerated when I was completely stopping. Later, I found out that this has been reported with other tesla vehicles in a parking garage similar to my situation. Tesla still has not provided the report to me saying it is proprietary information, but take no responsibility. Damages has cost me almost $10,000. I have been driving for more than 30 years and I have a perfect driving record.
I was slowly pulling the tesla model y, VIN #[xxx], on tuesday morning, september 1, at approximately 11:15am. I was about 3 feet from the front of the garage when the car without my prompting suddenly rapidly accelerated into the cabinets and ruined them along with the wall they were hung on, removing the wall from the foundation. This also caused considerable damage to the car which only had approximately 450 miles driven on it. We also own a tesla model 3 which I have driven extensively therefore making me very familiar with the tesla drive train. In no way was this any type of operator error as tesla has suggested after their review of the vehicle data. This is clearly a design flaw with this car and thankfully there were no serious injuries associated with the crash. I am extremely shaken up by the incident and won't ever feel confident driving that car again. Photos of the damage are available for review. Redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
October 8 2020, 5:00pm. Heavy traffic on I-5 north at anaheim, ca near harbor blvd/ball rd exit. I had just changed lanes to the right in preparation to take the exit. Due to heavy traffic, my speed was approximately 10 MPH. Immediately after settling to the new lane, toyota rav4 in front of me brakes aggressively. I was about 6 ft from this car, and immediately pressed my tesla y brake pedal hard in an attempt to avoid collision. But, my tesla y would not stop. The wheels did not lock into full braking. Tesla's automatic emergency braking did not engage, and its collision warning system did not alert me. As I am pressing the brake pedal hard, all I can do is to witness that we will collide. None of tesla y's safety features engaged to save me from this collision.*ln
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