How to Escape Your Car If the Electronic Door Release Fails ???

[JohnFoxeSheets]

The front doors have a manual latch release, pull the lever all the way back and it is actually the mechanical release

I think I also read somewhere that for the rear doors there's a capacitor that should allow those doors to be operated if the 12V battery has failed. Is that correct?

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[ArthurDOB]

This:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01E4UL6MC/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_5?smid=A31AXENOMAMRQF&th=1

 

[Tha_Ape]

Exactly. I'm sure on the next version of Teslas they have to go into the menu on the screen to open the doors ?

They already do!
(Bottom right)

 

[Just Lurking]

I had to laugh at this line in the article:

Yeah, if only one could climb up into the front seats of the vehicle to escape. If only...

You laugh, but I don't like this "trend" that Tesla seems to have started with not having manual door releases in the backseat. I'm surprised it's even legal. I can think of plenty of scenarios where someone sitting in the rear could have difficulties climbing into the front seat. Injury (due to a crash), age, disability, size, etc.

 

[Tha_Ape]

You laugh, but I don't like this "trend" that Tesla seems to have started with not having manual door releases in the backseat. I'm surprised it's even legal. I can think of plenty of scenarios where someone sitting in the rear could have difficulties climbing into the front seat. Injury (due to a crash), age, disability, size, etc.

Tesla has manual door releases in the back on the Model Y.

Only thing I can think of why that's not mandated is because most cars have child locks and if they're engaged, kids can't randomly open the door. A manual release could bypass that.

 

[Mach-Lee]

I think I also read somewhere that for the rear doors there's a capacitor that should allow those doors to be operated if the 12V battery has failed. Is that correct?

Yes, they still open with the 12V disconnected. You have to press the button or pull the handle twice to activate.

 

[macgyver60]

Thanks for the responses. Seems like Ford's solution is pretty sensible

 

[JohnFoxeSheets]

Thanks for the responses. Seems like Ford's solution is pretty sensible

It's much better than Tesla's, that's for sure. With Ford you simply do what you normally do: pull on the lever. With Tesla you need to do something different from what you normally do (i.e., instead of pressing the door open button, you pull a lever that you otherwise never use). In a panic situation, the last thing you want to have to do is a new a different thing to accomplish something that needs to be done - especially if it needs to be done FAST. I think Ford deserves tremendous credit for this!

 

[macchiaz-o]

This is the exactly the kind of thread headline I expect from @macgyver60. Thank you for this brief escape from my sedentary life.

 

[OcSteve39]

"Rear occupants may end up stuck"

But, the view! Amiright?

 

[Old_Norm]

I had to laugh at this line in the article:

Yeah, if only one could climb up into the front seats of the vehicle to escape. If only...

Yeah, what is wrong with those infants in car seats? They have no common sense.

 

[Old_Norm]

You laugh, but I don't like this "trend" that Tesla seems to have started with not having manual door releases in the backseat. I'm surprised it's even legal. I can think of plenty of scenarios where someone sitting in the rear could have difficulties climbing into the front seat. Injury (due to a crash), age, disability, size, etc.

The scene in the Righteous Gemstones when they are fleeing a murder scene and can't close the Tesla doors is hilarious. WARNING: Language NSFW:

 

[PharaohHound138]

See? No more ugly button! Elon will be elated! ??




As an old dog, I tend to pull the lever all the way back anyhow. ?‍?

Dude, I didn't know we didn't have to!!!!

 

[kdonnel]

Seems like child safety locks could be automatically disabled if an airbag deployed, at least in our more electronic cars where the child safety lock is not a physical switch on the rear doors.

Have a similar sensor that triggers airbags with the purpose to turn off child safety locks in the case of an accident violent enough to trigger the sensor.

It would not cover all cases where exiting a vehicle might be needed by a back seat occupant but would seem a little safer to me.

 

[JonesyDoe]

Yes, they still open with the 12V disconnected. You have to press the button or pull the handle twice to activate.

This blew my mind the other day. I was installing a powered subwoofer and was blown away that the doors still opened hours after killing the vehicle. I teach tech's how to repair Tesla's and one thing I always teach them is to latch the doors when the vehicle is powered down. I didn't follow my own advice, for some reason, but was still pleasantly surprised when I saw they still worked!

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