From the article:
The man is blaming the automaker even though the manual door opener was under his left hand the whole time.
A man in Arizona says that he was recently trapped in his Tesla after getting in, closing the door, and then realizing that his battery was dead. What he didnât know is that the manual release for the door was under his left hand the whole time. Now, heâs blaming the automaker and raising awareness.
Rick Meggison, 73, says that Tesla needs to address what he calls a âsafety concernâ involving how to exit the car when the battery dies. The main door latch actuator on all Tesla models is electronic so if the 12-volt battery dies it wonât work. To ensure safe exit of the vehicle Tesla includes a manual release. Meggison didnât know about that and ended up trapped in his car for 20 minutes on a hot day.
âI couldnât open the doors. I couldnât lower the windows. The computer was dead, so I couldnât open the glove box. I couldnât open anything,â he told ABC7. Of course, he couldâve opened the door in about two seconds had he known that the manual release was just ahead of his window switches. His situation has many wondering whoâs to blame in situations like this.
Have you read your carâs manual cover to cover?
I hope youâre not responsible for designing products, because intuitive product design is important. Requiring a manual to understand a potentially life-saving feature of your vehicle, because the manufacturer chose form over function⊠listen to yourself.
Hereâs another great solution: donât let your car battery die (/s)
Yes, I have 2 cars, Iâve read both manuals.
Iâm not saying I agree with with the bad for handles, but manuals for a big death machine should be read anyway, and if he did heâd know how to open a door.
I know this is 8 months old, but are you seriously arguing people should read a carâs manual to know how to open the door?
Any door that requires the user to read a manual is a terrible design.
You misunderstand. Iâm saying every car owner should read the manual for their car. Buy a new car, read the manual, it contains a lot of useful information whether you drive a crappy Tesla or not.