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Tesla Owners are Installing DIY Rip Cords to Avoid Being Trapped in Their Vehicles in Case of Fire (fuelarc.com)

submitted 2 days ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Tesla owners are modifying their cars to be escapable if the car catches fire, because the doors stop working like normal and you need to rely on well-hidden mechanical overrides.

Which... feels pretty dangerous, like that's the worst possible time for the doors to stop working like normal.

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[+] JeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.world -9 points 2 days ago (4 children)

This is completely false.

The front doors open by lifting the armrest. The rear doors have a lever just like an ordinary car (as the video in the link shows).

[–] Nighed@feddit.uk 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/images/GUID-10B10D56-4FF2-4611-AEBA-F864E73E8C2F-online-en-US.png

And it's not as obvious as it looks in the photo. It's a fabric/carpeted texture in a dark recessed pocket (that may have stuff in it)

It's in no way obvious, I had to look it up to find it in my parents Tesla, even then it took me a while to work out. Absolutely terrifying if you consider that those in the back of a Tesla are unlikely to be the owners who have read the manual.

My parents had no idea about it.

This is recent too (about a year old?)

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 13 points 2 days ago

Can you share a screen shot from the video of the back seat lever you're describing?

I'm not seeing it. And I wrote the article, so I'm pretty sure I would have :j

[–] JordanZ@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

If the car doesn’t have the power or is too damaged to open the door normally and you need to use the manual release then it probably won’t retract the window that tiny bit either. Which means using the manual release will break the window. You can Google around for it but here’s an example from a Tesla forum.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

This is only true of the model 3 and Y, and not all model years if the 3.

They’re describing older 3’s, x’s and s’s.

Also all rear doors are under carpet or behind panels. Better hope the driver is conscious.