https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/modely/en_jp/GUID-7A32EC01-A17E-42CC-A15B-2E0A39FD07AB.html
Posted on 12/11/2022 3:28:58 PM PST by lowbridge
A British YouTuber was recently left stranded on the side of the road for hours after his Tesla shut down and trapped him inside.
Tom Exton, a YouTube personality who focuses on the collection of cars and watches, was traveling to London in the Tesla that he bought 5 days prior when the incident occurred.
Exton said he started out with close to a full charge and after only 15 minutes into his trip, his Model Y forced him to pull over, Business Insider reported.
He said on Twitter that the screen inside “glitched” and he “couldn’t do anything.” Minutes later “all power to the car was gone,” he told Insider.
Exton said he was left inside the “dark car in [the] pitch black on the side of a busy road in freezing temps, with [a] dying phone battery.”
Since Teslas require power to unlock, he said he “couldn’t open the door by conventional means,” and “had to use the emergency manual-override latch on the door.”
Doing so “somehow broke the driver’s window,” Exton said.
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Obviously tried to drive on unleaded electricity...
I have a model 3. Every door has a button to open the door and a mechanical pull mechanism to open the door when there isn’t power. Apparently he used the mechanical system and it also broke his window. It should be a trivial matter of using the mechanical handle to open the door!
So you’re saying I should cancel my order for a Robodobermab?
It has a mechanical handle—the article and many of the posts on this thread are ridiculous.
**Could have been worse she could have been driving a Pinto.**
Our family had 3 Pintos over a 14 year span. We lived rural, so getting tailended wasn’t very likely.
Great cars! One hatchback, one standard, and one wagon.
I’d buy a new one tomorrow if they would make them.
Very simple, easy to work on.
My friend just bought one new, and it was only $37,000 or thereabouts. They’re not as expensive as you think. She loves it.
https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/modely/en_jp/GUID-7A32EC01-A17E-42CC-A15B-2E0A39FD07AB.html
Watch the videos.. you need more than that. The prototype has some really tough glass.
He probably broke the window in desperation and found the emergency release later.
thank you, i’d think NHTSA would insist
“Sorry, Elon. Not gonna buy a Tesla. Not gaaaaaa-daaaaaaa! Wouldn’t be prudent at this juncture!”
You mean this video? You're right, I was mistaken. No slingshot needed.
Pinto?
I’m with you on this. ‘72, 2-liter German Ford overhead cam (”freewheel cam” if belt broke), AC, disk brakes. I raced it in SCCA CLASS “Showroom Stock” in its first year. Fun—reliable!
BTW, Not too long ago, your BMW would lock you in!
I’d buy a new one tomorrow if they would make them.
Hope for no mistakes with todays drivers.
RTFM, but who does that these days?
Just a second thought. Why should one have to read a manual to figure out wear the inside manual door release is. Sounds like a case of of over engineering..
The wagon was a manual 72. The hatch was a manual 74 2.3L (my sis bought new, and had my cousin put cragars and quad speakers in it). The standard fastback was a 75 2.3L oil drive. It was the last one we had, and I used it to commute to my off farm job, wrenching on airplanes (87-89). There was a mechanic there that had a 74 fastback with a 302 he put in it.
Ford had a recall that helped keep the fuel tank from being punctured, a poly shield that went between the tank and unibody. Ford could have reengineered the unibody in that area, but the name was ruined, so they ended production.
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