The Tesla Model Y's flush-mounted electronic door handles are under scrutiny after U.S. regulators started looking into more than 174,000 Model Y crossovers with door handles that could fail during ...

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 ...

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has launched an investigation into about 174,000 Tesla Model Y vehicles from the 2021 model year after reports that their electronic ...

Congresswoman Robin Kelly of Illinois introduced a bill that would force Tesla to redesign its deadly door handles and ...

Tesla is now under a new federal investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, according to an Office of Defects Investigation announcement on September 15, 2025—but it isn't ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating after reports of Model Y door-handle issues. Nine vehicle owners reported issues with Tesla's handles to the NHTSA, including ...

The 2021 Tesla Model Y's electric door handles may not work, so the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened an investigation. The federal safety agency said that nine ...

I'm interested in understanding all the failure modes of the various approaches. The door locks prevent exterior people from opening the doors as well. Most cars auto-unlock in the event of a crash ...