How Tesla Retractable Door Handles Work

The fancy door handles on the tesla model s have been known to fail and so these videos explain how they work and how to fix them if they stop working.

How tesla retractable door handles work.

The model 3 has an elegant retractable door handle which sits flush with the body of the car until it is activated. The door handle on all three tesla models is completely flush with the door when not in use. Carolyn gets details on automatic door handle operation fro. On a model s every handle is mechanical.

The retractable door handles are a cool styling feature but they also can become problematic. A tesla owner has a bone to pick with elon musk after the retractable door handles on her electric car snapped off her long manicured nail not once but twice. A wrongful death lawsuit filed with the circuit court of broward county florida earlier this month alleges the motorized retractable door handles on the tesla model s prevented the rescue of the. Tesla handles are distinctive not just because they recess into the door but how they unlatch and how you open the door.

But that doesn t work for all users and even on tesla fan forums users. Marc d amelio the father of. Tesla offered a detailed explanation of how to use them in tesla s 2012 2015 owner guide. For the model 3 motorized doors and handles were skipped but operation is still unique.