Electrek

Tesla is facing another fatal door handle lawsuit as NHTSA widens probe

A new lawsuit alleges that Tesla's poor door handle design on the 2016 Model S led to 5 deaths in a 2024 Wisconsin crash.

Tesla inquiry grows over door handle issue

Federal regulators ordered Tesla to comply with an investigation into possibly defective door handles that reportedly led to ...

Tesla Owner Complaints Rise in US Probe Over Inoperative Doors

The US auto safety regulator investigating whether certain Tesla Inc. door handles are defective received more complaints ...
San Antonio Express-News

Tesla under investigation for door handle issue that can trap children inside

U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating whether some Tesla Inc. vehicle doors are defective, citing incidents in which exterior handles stopped working, trapping children inside. The ...
autoevolution

Tesla Model Y Electric Door Handles Under Investigation in the US for Trapping Occupants

Tesla is again under scrutiny from the safety regulators, this time because of its electronic door handles. After receiving nine complaints about inoperative door handles, the NHTSA opened a ...

Tesla keeps getting complaints over defect locking people in cars

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration sent a letter to Tesla's director of field reliability Eddie Gates last week, requesting information to evaluate the alleged defect as more ...
Ars Technica

Tesla Model Y door handles now under federal safety scrutiny

When Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency began wielding its ax at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration earlier this year, many believed this was done to weaken the agency’s ...
autoevolution

China Declares War on Retractable Door Handles That Tesla Pioneered With the Model S

Chinese regulators are considering a ban on fully retractable car door handles, citing safety hazards and functional deficiencies. Tesla, which pioneered the "auto-presenting" door handles on ...