Tesla's potentially deadly door handles attract more scrutiny as more petitions arrive at the NHTSA. After opening an investigation into the emergency door release system in the Tesla Model Y, the ...

Tesla has been in hot water recently over its door handles. It's facing not just scrutiny from the media and the federal government but lawsuits as well, alleging that injury or death has occurred ...

Florida man’s Model S had three out of four of its door handles fail after only a few years of use. Class-action lawsuit filed over faulty Tesla Model S door handles. Plaintiff claims Tesla knew, or ...

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’s ongoing legal headaches surrounding its unconventional door designs aren’t going away anytime soon. Reports about trapped occupants and controversial electronic door systems have circulated ...

It is one of the more remarkable features of the Tesla Model S electric luxury sedan: door handles that retract flush with the body until needed. But the retracting door handles proved tricky in ...

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 ...