​​@@know916boundwow they don't even teach the theories of mechanical operation anymore? Please don't tell me you really believe that a battery has something to do with that basic theory?

@@user-eh5cr4or6k sorry i just woke up and took a shit. I read "mechanical" thinking of electrical operations. Not a manual operated mechanism.

And you weren't very specific. Anything on a car electrical or not can be "mechanical" since it can imply a lot considering it relates to a machine just "operating" which is normally off electrical or some other fuel source.

My battery dies I use my key to open the door ​@@know916bound

@@know916bound well I hate to break this to you but unfortunately electric doors in a internal combustion engine automobile with a dead battery they will open.

Totally not Elon's style

@@MontyRoyal963Elon would rather pressure his female employees to have more of his children, that’s his style

Is there an App for that mechanical key??!!!🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍

A lot of new cars do not have keys… just key fobs…

@UncommonSense1776 Hmmm, I seem to remember people looking themselves out of cars with mechanical keys.

Market forces can handle it. As if we need more legislation. This headline now looks pretty bad for Tesla.

@@Ayverie4 It wouldn't need legislation, just add it to existing FMVSS administratively.

Even mechanical latches fail. My dad has a good old reliable toyota tacoma with manual windows and locks, both driver and passenger door latches on the outside broke making getting into the vehicle impossible despite no electronic tomfoolery.

No. Not being a STUPID IDIOT should be the law..

I believe regular roll down windows should also be the law.

My old collision repair teacher once told us “Anyone can buy a new car but real men keep the old ones running.”

Yes, always buy a vehicle with a manual key (& pooper-scooper).

About what, people being gullible idiots? This whole "story" isn't about Teslas at all, it's about people who own Teslas who know nothing about their cars and can't look up simple information on their phones. Instead they just panic and run around in circles.

Other than all that incest, you mean?

​​​when you buy a car, usually the salesman gives you a walk around and a briefing about the controls and features of the car. This is done for high end dealers like Lincoln, Cadillac, Lexus, Mercedes etc and Tesla should do the same. Introducing the features of the car makes for safety cause knowing is half the battle. Even if you saw the emergency button....most people wouldn't know what it's for unless told what it's used for. All in all, it's Tesla's fault....no one should be trapped inside or locked outside a vehicle because of a DEAD BATTERY PERIOD.....that's Idiotic. Edit I noticed that the emergency button is somewhat hidden. An emergency button should be labeled and in plain sight Good 👍 job Elon

New tech meets old tech....🤔.. ... hammers 🔨 been used for centuries

And for criminals as well.

​@michaeltabanao8092 actually most newer cars should have a key in their keyfob for these kind of situation.

@@michaeltabanao8092yup. Break the glass. Good to have a glass breaker with you no matter what vehicle you have.

Just to clarify, Tesla's doors aren't all electric. They have a mechanical handle to open it from the inside-and it's not hidden. However there is no physical key to unlock from the outside if the battery is dead.

Imagine how stupid you have to be to comment on things you have no clue about. You can control the inside temperature with your App. The 12 volt battery is not needed for that.

You would do the exact same thing you would do if it were a Ford Explorer and a toddler were trapped inside because the Ford Explorer's battery or the key fob died. You would break the window and open the door with the manual handle. That's what firefighters do in these situations.

In the future there are no manual options 😆😆😆

automation has been trapping all of us for Decades, phone loops, passwords, >>> I seem to remember a horror movie of this happening for our end.

and it is happening with all the fake virtue push.

Maybe read the owners manual

No. Just don't be an IDIOT.

It’s not people in Arizona are idiots…..

Not complicated. Just takes a few seconds of understanding. Same is true for GM, Ford, BMW, Audi vehicles with electronic latches. Not much different than if you locked your keys in the car with a toddler.

@@shou635 Most modern cars don't allow you to lock your car doors with the keys in the ignition.

@@ddrhazy Same applies to tesla actually, in fact this is a really good Time to talk about how In the hell did the kid or anyone get locked in the car in the first place? At home my tesla doesn’t even lock without me telling it too, and when my phone is in the car the car also doesn’t lock at all either. Now it got me questioning was this just people not knowing what they are doing or is this an issue that every car faces because every car at some point can’t detect the key I know my Chevy has this issue at times.

Imagine if there was a hostile alien spaceship and sharks surrounding the car... makes about as much sense.

@mikebenson5498 How would this be any different than with a gas car?

There is… it’s next to the controls for the windows … This people are morons

lol False, They in fact do have release levers, The ignorant parent just forgot.

Only mandated for the interior not the exterior.

@@gtasandman Yet they are there.. Under the wheel wells. Pull off the plastic.. Poof little yellow handles to pull.. Or..those two red and black bolts under the bumper that say.. "Emergency Charge here" XP .. .

Whoops lol

The battery could catch fire.

My car battery died. All I did was slide down the mechanical key from my key fob and insert it into the keyhole by the door handle and open the door. So simple, yet Tesla makes it so difficult.

Give Elon a call, I'm sure he needs your help

@@richardmesser1091You’re probably right about him needing help considering how much Ketamine he takes. People can be both wealthy *and* damaged

Just to let you know. Now all new cars have copied tesla. My neighbor was complaining about his new Audi A5. They don’t use a physical key anymore either. So this system is now on almost any new car you get these days. Gas or electric. 😢

First, know your vehicle. 2nd, its possible to open door without power. All you had to do is look it up. If you are not willing to learn, dont drive a tesla.

Don't buy a car... Easy.

Tesla`s have a dog mode that keeps the inside of the car cool and has a warning on the screen for people to see... Oh and the battery going flat oh that takes about a week....

yes, if you are dumb yourself

No the cybertruck is.... umm.

Electricnic and uses a battery

That ranger is going to cause transmission problems. I've had a 2000. and put about 20 transmissions in them only for them to blow less then a year.

Congrats on bringing nothing to the conversation.

Good to know

@@MrTekniqs huhhh….duhhhhh

Same here in this tropical country called Malaysia. The one in my car usually craps out somewhere between 2-3 years, but at least I still can get in/out of it just not able to start the engine at worst.

System failure, as it did not warn the owner. What is your thoughts on Kia choosing to use a different security system that has worked well, an actual ignition key cylinder? Tech has and will fail one way or another.

It’s only different because locks are easy to pick on regular vehicles. Also, a Tesla dying on its own, unexpectedly locking you in or out of your car is quite different emotionally than a persons absent-mindedness resulting in them leaving keys in the car, especially these days…

If I lock my keys in my car, I get the backup that is in the hide-a-key attached to the car.

@@UncommonSense1776 Yup. Just grab the good old spare key that was given to the owner when they purchase the car. No need fire fighter, nor breaking the window.

I disagree because this story brings awareness to an even bigger problem.

All vehicles are "computer vehicles" nowadays.

Someone just described the answer as if it were the easiest thing.... pull out the circular access point in the front bumper... then pull out the wires.... then attach a charger.....??????? 🤔🙏😂....I prefer a good old fashioned key, thank you!!! 😊❤

If only Tesla used a key.

Here is a good option. Actually watch the video.

But, keys are an ancient, outdated concept.

Lol Tesla is all about reinventing the wheel. Only if they find a way to reinvent the wheel, they will.

Teslas don’t use car keys like other gas powered cars. They do issue CARD keys but in this case it didnt work because the 12v battery died.

​@lukasfoo that's the point, not a single person at tesla saw this coming? they need a place for a key in case of emergency. the key hole can be hidden, manufacturers have been hiding key holes for decades.

She stated that she tried her car key and it did not work. Perhaps Tesla uses an electromagnetic feature for locking the door and the car key would be used as an identifier? Regardless, a physical key should unlock the door ...

all the comments are calling a car key "a mechanical key", never heard that one

You're talking about the unbreakable glass, yeah they don't sell that to regular buyers in America. If they do sales in South Africa or other sketchy parts of the world maybe you can get it as an option at extra cost but in America general transportation can't have unbreakable side windows - it's a safety requirement, if emergency services can't get a door open they have to be able to quickly get into a vehicle even without specialized tools.

@@killer2600 There is nothing in 49 CFR § 571.205 that states glass must be breakable. There is nothing preventing manufactures from using unbreakable glass in vehicles.

That’s a great question I wish I had an answer to. I’ll stick to regular cars.

Cybertruck uses the same procedure as all other Tesla vehicles. You can read about it in the owners manual under "opening hood with no power".

ikr. Well it was either that or saw the car in half....lol.

Average tesla owner

​@@bodyzoasispersonaltraining9186average old driver.

Same and correct.

An inside release does not help if you're outside.

@JosephSato-1997 You omitted some important information, She was drunk and drove her car into a pond on her property.

​@@tonespeaksand the windows probably worked and she just wanted to probably accidentally suicide herself...

​@tonespeaks maybe, she didn't drive it herself... you know what I mean.

@@tonespeaks either way, most people wouldn't figure out the release in an emergency.

She was drunk and backed into a pond. Try opening any car door in the water ?

Too busy mining lithium and working on gullible folks brains 🧠

That will not work. In the case of a completely drained traction (powertrain) battery you would not be able to charge the car because the on-board charger is controlled by the car's computer which requires electricity in order to operate. Some early EVs used your method and ended up being bricks because they couldn't charge the battery. That's why they started putting in the 12 volt.

You still need the 12v battery for emergencies, if the car has zero range left you can still use the lights and power windows etc even though the car is flat.

Just like cell phones

@@juliaweber212 teslas is just a large version of a cell phone that will need to be replaced every couple years very efficient 🙄

You can say that about most anything. Air-conditioning, pacemakers, marriages, your health, etc., etc.

@@kenbob1071 ewwww

​@juliaweber212 except you know when ur phone craps out it's not going 75mph on freeway

lol Yeah the design flaw is in the ignorant Parent that forgot about the emergency entry procedure. 8/

Shut up

Interesting Facts... it takes about a week for the battery to go flat. Tesla`s have dog mode to cool the inside of the car...

this old hag would complain that she lost it

The 12v battery

It's no different than any other car battery as far as the 12v one goes.

It reached the end of its battery cycle life and needs to be reconditioned or replaced..

Tesla needs to fix the 12v battery low warnings

@@ryansoegeng5516 Put in a 12v lifepo4 battery that gets directly charged from the main pack.

And the Tesla internal release is actually part of the door handle. The video shows a misleading angle. It's more like an oversized window switch. So much so, that some owners mistake it for the main way to open the door, rather than pressing the electronic button

There’re mechanical door locks, from the inside. This case involves opening a locked door from the outside. Teslas have electronic locks, like most modern cars.

Interesting Facts... it takes about a week for the battery to go flat. Tesla`s have dog mode to cool the inside of the car...

There is an easy access point: pop off the circular plastic cover on the front bumper, pull out the wires, attach a charger In an emergency you can use a common 9v battery to unlock the doors. It describes how in the owners manual.

There is an easy access point: pop off the circular plastic cover on the front bumper, pull out the wires, attach a charger. In an emergency you can use a common 9v battery to unlock the doors. It describes how in the owners manual. Dog mode is designed to keep car cool...

You can literately plug it in to any outlet!

It was the 12v battery just like on an ice car. Those batteries don't last long in AZ heat

Guess there is a separate battery powering the door locks. Weird.

​@@chelleha-mo8bdhow do you charge the 12v?

@@almac9203 They just covered the issue that the secondary battery service life is limited, and that the system did not warn the owner.

They have them and they didn't work. Had to resort to an old fashioned axe with a breaching point at the end.

or maybe...outlaw dangerous engineering!

@@gabesmath105 Maybe don't leave kids cars alone.

Of course the Elon Musk bad anti Fanbois have entered the chat.

Cry

@@dannyames5089 He is a maniac who will bankrupt TSLA within three years.

110% SURE IT`S ILLEGAL TO LEAVE A CHILD IN A CAR UNATENDED...

Better yet, change the design so that you can unlock the car manually with a regular mechanical key regardless of the state of the car battery.

Exactly how Tesla's work. The small battery died, as did the doorloks. Why not have them wired to both?

Dude, the doors and all of the electronics already run off the 12v battery in Teslas and the 12v battery can be easily recharged through wires that you pull out from under a circular plastic cover on the front bumper. SMH@katherinelawrence

There is an easy access point: pop off the circular plastic cover on the front bumper, pull out the wires, attach a charger. In an emergency you can use a common 9v battery to unlock the doors. It describes how in the owners manual.

They do though.. That's the issue. People are just ignorant.

There is an easy access point: pop off the circular plastic cover on the front bumper, pull out the wires, attach a charger.

In an emergency you can use a common 9v battery to unlock the doors. It describes how in the owners manual.

I keep 2 spares: One in my house and the other at my daughter's house, who lives only a mile away. If I can't get in my vehicle, then I call my daughter to bring me the spare. That has actually happened once before. A broken key in the lock would be more problematic as the vehicle I drive has but one keyhole, although with the fob, I would still be able to get inside, theoretically, by using one of the other doors.

​@@laurie7689 Sorry, but I was being rhetorical .... Losing the ability to get into an automobile in not a NEW event beginning with Tesla's. That event began when the first "keyed" automobile rolled off the assembly line decades before EM was even born.

this lady has no business watching an infant, theis whole story is fishy and she should be banned from watching any kids.

Unfortunately, she probably didn't think about the 12V battery or even that the electric discharged fully. In that situation it becomes, car locked, doesn't open? Doesn't connect to app? It doesn't work! Call 911

Well, she's got an EV, so she probably has some kind of outlet in her garage. Not all garages have places to plug things up. My house was built in the 1980's. There were no outlets installed in the garage (I have to open the garage doors manually) and none outside the house, except for one outlet in the back of the house above the one-story deck. I can't charge an EV in my garage, in my driveway, or even put up any holiday lights outside at my house. I've also got no room in my breaker box to add any more outlets. That is just the way this place was built back then. Bad design, too, just like any vehicle in which you can't just simply use a physical key without electrical complications.

There is an easy access point: pop off the circular plastic cover on the front bumper, pull out the wires, attach a charger. In an emergency you can use a common 9v battery to unlock the doors. It describes how in the owners manual.

Sounds like a real tragedy

There is some hidden cables that you pull out from the bumper to open the hood with the jump starter. You shouldn't even have to use a jump starter for this. A manual pull release for the hood would had worked.

The battery in question is the 12-volt battery that controls the doors and other electronics. In order to access that battery, you'd either need to be able to open the hood (which couldn't happen because the 12-volt battery that would allow you to open the hood was dead) or you'd have to follow the long, complicated procedure to be able to open the hood when the battery is dead. If her young granddaughter wasn't in the car, the second option might have worked for someone inclined enough who happened to have a 12-volt battery charger or other vehicle to charge the battery with. It's highly unlikely that your average Tesla owner knows much about the 12-volt battery or how to charge it, or even that they keep a battery charger on hand to be able to charge it themselves.

@@TWO515TY My dad used to have an old Jaguar that we would run into problems with whenever the battery died. The main battery was in the trunk, but you couldn't access it unless you jumped some battery or other thing under the hood. It was a rather complicated process.

Right? And then people are like “Tesla bad”

Did you hear the full story? The emergency unlock button is inside the car. The grandmother was outside of her car with the doors closed. Also, Tesla is supposed to send 3 emergency warnings to owners before the battery dies. This lady never got a warning.

@@seti6272 I'm sure they heard the full story but would rather talk around the truth. I find that a lot with Tesla fans. They'll do anything to shed good light on their brand. Even if its a major safety concern like this wow.

@@seti6272 I did. With any extra car batter laying around or a neighbors car you car use their battery to open your car doors. No need to break the windows out. The lack of warnings before hand was a definite issue that shouldn't have happened.

@@larycel It's a complex procedure to connect the extra battery. And you have to get instructions on how to do it. You didn't read enough.

Ignorance is bliss for such as you. Just do simple research, most modern cars have electronic locks now, not just Tesla.

Your car is still electric...

​@@kylereese4822I can still use a key to open the door without electricity. Does Tesla have that option?

Not all EVs use the same electric door latch design as Tesla 🤷🏻‍♂

No. This is tesla specific. Literally every other manufacturer offers a mechanical method as a back up. Pick another reason because your bias is showing.

If the battery dies, doors looked or unlocked, windows up or down. It's stuck that way.

@yutakoh don't bother this dude is a troll or really missing their iq points.

Not just EVs, it can be any other vehicle with electronic latches. It will happen in a similar way if you are stuck inside the vehicle. In terms of being outside of the vehicle, this would be different as the other vehicles would have an mechanical key backup.

Yeah, b/c you never ever ever hear any crap happening with fossil fuel burners....well, except for exploding gas tanks, oil leaks, noxious fumes, climate-changing carbon emissions, etc.,

Most of those were either negligence or outright murder.

@@laurie7689 so when the battery charge on the Tesla gets low enough, it will send all sorts of alert on the app and the car’s computer to start charging it. What does that say about the mother?

You need to modify your statement. As of July 2023, 393 people have died in Teslas.

@@h-e-acc The app didn't work and she never got the warning.

@@howardj602 not from heat or being trapped by a dead battery

Courtesy fire Dept. Bet if she sues, she'd win. People would knock her to high heaven, but the onus is on the dept. to train their staff.

@@supercadet111 People like you are why we can’t have nice things.

The woman was outside her car when the doors wouldn't open. The manual latch is inside the car. Are you a Tesla shareholder?

You know this exact. Like EXACT SAME ISSUE can and does happen to every car. Esp older ones !

I don't care if the car costs 1,000 or 100,000. There's no excuse for unsafe design.

No, it sounds like an irresponsible parent drove 300 miles, then ran the car in "Dog mode" for an hour, and killed both batteries. Tesla has a mechanical backup in plain sight. If you are locked in, your an idiot or have idiot parents.

NTSB? NHTSA is what you’re looking for idiot

I don't think it has happened to that many people

because this story is fake and fishy, this lady has no business watching an infant if she cant even charge her car.

​@@user-zs3oy2ej6h For some reason, Teslas are made with a standard 12 volt battery to power the body and interior and if it fails, the main (traction) battery isn't setup to provide a continuous 12 volt current. So it isn't a matter of grandma not charging the car, it's just that the car is of poor design.

There is an easy access point: pop off the circular plastic cover on the front bumper, pull out the wires, attach a charger. In an emergency you can use a common 9v battery to unlock the doors. It describes how in the owners manual.

If you do the repairs yourself, it cost less than $140

The traction battery has an 8 year 100K warranty minimum. Mine has a 10 year warranty. Replacement of the traction battery is extremely rare. The 12 volt is just like any other car battery.

@@muskrat3291 Does Tesla use the same kind of small 12v battery as hybrids (AGM Battery)? It's not the same as regular car's 12v because it doesn't need the amps to start a car. 3 years seems like a short time for an AGM-type battery to last that only has to boot the car and run some electronics. But I did see another commenter mention it might by Lithium Ion, so that would be different that a car battery and we know those just die! My small 12v battery in my Camry Hybrid is 10 years old (proactively replacing next month). If I'm sitting in my car without starting it (accessory mode) but have radio, lights, etc on for too long and the 12v battery starts to get low all kinds of warnings and beeps go off on the dash to tell me to start the car (to engage the traction battery) or turn it off.

There is an easy access point: pop off the circular plastic cover on the front bumper, pull out the wires, attach a charger. In an emergency you can use a common 9v battery to unlock the doors. It describes how in the owners manual.

Yeah, she could have waited until her granddaughter died, then called the fire department

There is an easy access point: pop off the circular plastic cover on the front bumper, pull out the wires, attach a charger. In an emergency you can use a common 9v battery to unlock the doors. It describes how in the owners manual.

So are you saying folks who own a Tesla should park their cars on the street?

So you still believe that myth? Do you know that your combustion car is 60X more likely to catch fire than an EV? The following are recent recalls of combustion vehicles: Nissan recently recalled 793,000 vehicles due to risk of fire. Owners were told to park their vehicles outside and away from buildings. According to the NHTSA, KIA and Hyundai had nearly 5,000 fires, 198 injuries, and 2 deaths. Owners were also told to park vehicles outside and away from buildings. 5.8 million vehicles were recalled. Ford recently recalled 518,000 vehicles after reports of 20 fires due to cracked fuel lines. Ford had several recalls over the past 30 years due to fire risk including unattended vehicle fires. Kia recently had another recall - owners were again told to park their vehicles outside and away from buildings because the vehicle could catch fire "while the vehicle is parked and the ignition is off." And there are many other recalls of combustion vehicles due to fire risk with park outside orders including Ford, GM, Hyundai, KIA, Range Rover, Mazda, Honda, BMW, McLaren, Jeep, Subaru.

There is an easy access point: pop off the circular plastic cover on the front bumper, pull out the wires, attach a charger. In an emergency you can use a common 9v battery to unlock the doors. It describes how in the owners manual.