In September, Tesla admitted it had made a mistake designing its hidden door handles and confirmed its plan to make changes.

Sleek, futuristic, and a giant safety hazard—retractable and electronic door handles on EVs are now on regulators' radars. Electronic and flush-mount door handles are getting attention from regulators ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Federal regulators are investigating Tesla Model Y door handles after receiving nine reports of electronic systems ...

Tesla is under scrutiny in China and the US for its electric door handles, with an NHTSA investigation launched earlier this week. The investigation was prompted after owners reported being unable to ...

U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating whether some Tesla Inc. vehicle doors are defective, citing incidents in which exterior handles stopped working, trapping children inside. The National ...

Tesla is looking into redesigning the way to open its car doors in an emergency following several accidents where passengers were reportedly trapped in burning vehicles because rescuers could not ...

The U.S. has opened a probe into 174,000 Tesla Model Y vehicles after door handles failed without warning. In some cases, parents smashed windows to free children trapped inside. Tesla is facing ...

When Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency began wielding its ax at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration earlier this year, many believed this was done to weaken the agency’s ...

Tesla, Inc. TSLA is exploring a redesign that would integrate the electronic and manual door-release mechanisms, which are currently positioned separately, per the Bloomberg News podcast with Franz ...

UPDATE 9/23/25: With Tesla facing scrutiny over the safety of its electric door handles, the brand's design chief Franz von Holzhausen said there are plans to redesign them, as reported by Bloomberg.

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 ...