How Tesla Retractable Door Handles Work

The retractable door handles are a cool styling feature but they also can become problematic.

How tesla retractable door handles work.

The fancy door handles on the tesla model s have been known to fail and so these videos explain how they work and how to fix them if they stop working. On a model s every handle is mechanical. A tesla owner has a bone to pick with elon musk after the retractable door handles on her electric car snapped off her long manicured nail not once but twice. Tesla handles are distinctive not just because they recess into the door but how they unlatch and how you open the door.

The door handle on all three tesla models is completely flush with the door when not in use. The model 3 has an elegant retractable door handle which sits flush with the body of the car until it is activated. Carolyn gets details on automatic door handle operation fro. Tesla offered a detailed explanation of how to use them in tesla s 2012 2015 owner guide.

For the model 3 motorized doors and handles were skipped but operation is still unique. Marc d amelio the father of. The model s has sleek retractable handles that have been the subject of other complaints. But that doesn t work for all users and even on tesla fan forums users.