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Isn't Tesla touch handle doors? Not sure who else has them. Not sure what benefit they add anyway. I'd imagine there is some sort of manual override for when th
by rsuelzer 3y ago
Isn't Tesla touch handle doors? Not sure who else has them. Not sure what benefit they add anyway. I'd imagine there is some sort of manual override for when the 12v system dies and you can't get into the car?
- HeyLaughingBoy 3y agoMy guess (based on living on a dirt road which gets everything in a vehicle coated in a layer of fine clay dust) is that it reduces the number of water/dirt ingress points so the door lock lasts longer. I've had to take the door panels off two vehicles now to clean dirt out of the locks to get them working again.
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- tomrod 3y ago25 year old cars with mechanical keys do fine on dusty roads.
- HeyLaughingBoy 3y agoHow about my 19 year old car with a mechanical key, which happens to be one of the vehicles I mentioned having to clean?
- tomrod 3y agoSounds like you had a run of bad luck rather than something systemic.
- opencl 3y agoThere's a manual override to open it from the inside, the only way to open it from the outside in that situation is to recharge the 12V battery. There are also terminals accessible from the front to power the electronic hood latch from an external 12V source to access the battery.
- rsuelzer 3y agoLet's hope it doesn't happen in a blizzard. :)
- alexey-salmin 3y agoSo convenient if your battery dies in the middle of nowhere.
- vel0city 3y agoNot all of them. Model Y's and I think 3's you push on the big spot and that pushes the lever out to grab. I think it might only be the higher end S and X models that have the handles pop out electronically.