Tesla is not the only automaker that employs the use of flush-fitting door handles, but it's arguably facing the most heat ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened a defect investigation into Tesla's Model 3 vehicles over the car door's release and concerns the controls may not be easy to find in an ...

Traffic safety regulators are reviewing a motorist's complaints that the manual door handles on some Model 3 cars are hard to ...

Tesla's 2025 recalls covered more than 745,000 vehicles. Many of the issues were resolved with software updates. Here's a ...

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 ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened an investigation into the emergency door release controls on some ...

Predictably, the NHTSA has expanded the previous Model Y emergency door handle investigation to the Model 3, which features a similar door release design ...

Manual release handles are often buried deep in some Teslas, leading drivers and passengers to prep for worst-case scenarios ...

You’re at the baseball field. You just dropped your kid off. Midway through a peaceful walk to the bleachers, your phone buzzes: “A door on your Tesla Model X is open.” No problem, you think. Open the ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Office of Defects Investigation has opened a probe of Tesla's Model 3 ...

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 ...

Electric door actuators are hardly a new idea. They’ve become a common sight across the auto industry, yet they seem to draw most attention, and the sharpest criticism, when attached to a Tesla. Over ...