Tesla under investigation into the door handles that people hold inside

Tesla is under investigation into the wrong electronic door handles that can hunt people inside their cars.

The National Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) I launched the investigationSaying that she was responding to many complaints filed by Tesla owners, with a special focus on children who were locked inside the car without any way out. The news comes a few days later Bloomberg Publish a bomb report About the owners of Tesla, who were seriously injured after they became trapped in their cars after accidents.

Tesla, which works electronically and flowing against the car to improve the air dynamics, was a source of some time. The Chinese government is considering banning electronic door handles for safety reasons. And now NHTSA says it is investigating cases where the Tesla handles become non -operating as a result of low -voltage battery problems.

The investigation is specifically focused on SUVs estimated at 174,290, although the organizer said that the investigation may accommodate:

This investigation will also evaluate the approach that Tesla uses to provide energy to lock doors and the approved reliability of the power supply. At this time, the NHTSA investigation focuses on the operation of electronic doors locks from outside the car because this circumstance is the only one in which it is
There is no manual way to open the door. The agency will continue to monitor any reports of a deviation involved in opening doors from inside the car, and (the investigation office in defects) will take more measures as needed.

NHTSA says its achievement was driven by nine cases of children who became trapped inside the Tesla vehicle as a result of low -voltage battery problems. Usually, parents were unable to reopen their Tesla doors to restore their children from the back seat. Tesla vehicles contain manual doors, but the agency notes that some people, especially children, may not be able to run them.

The agency says: “The deviation in a vehicle is especially anxious in emergency situations, such as when children are held in a hot vehicle,” the agency says.

This is the latest investigation to target Tesla. The company is also examined Failure Partially independent driving technology in time, and for this A remote parking feature After several incidents of crash.