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Tesla Is Sued by Family Who Says Faulty Doors Led to Daughter’s Death
- On October 2, 2025, Carl and Noelle Tsukahara filed a lawsuit in Alameda County against Tesla, blaming its door design for their daughter’s death in a Cybertruck crash near San Francisco.
- The lawsuit follows a November 27, 2024 crash in which 19-year-old Krysta Tsukahara was trapped amid flames after the intoxicated driver crashed into a tree, and it also comes amid past complaints about Tesla’s electronic door failures.
- The suit alleges Tesla knew for years that the electronic door system posed risks, with dozens of complaints about doors failing to open and manual releases being hard to find, yet continued selling vehicles with this flaw.
- In the crash, three of four passengers died including the driver, who was under the influence, while eyewitness Matt Riordan described hearing Krysta’s cries and the car announcement 'crash detected' as he broke the window to rescue others.
- The lawsuit escalates legal pressure on Tesla amid a recent federal probe into stuck-door complaints and a separate August Florida case awarding over $240 million for a fatal Tesla crash, suggesting continued scrutiny on vehicle safety.
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Too much unnecessary technology can be a problem, as demonstrated by the Cybertruck door opening system, which has already cost lives.
·Madrid, Spain
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Two families sue Tesla over door design after crash deaths
Two separate families sued Tesla on Thursday over its door design, alleging it prevented their college-aged children from escaping a burning Cybertruck after a crash last November. The parents of 19-year-old Krysta Tsukahara and 20-year-old Jack Nelson each filed suit against the electric vehicle maker in a California court, arguing that Tesla’s electric door handles became nonfunctional…
·Washington, United States
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Parents sue Tesla after their 19-year-old daughter died in her Cybertruck, alleging faulty door design made it impossible to escape the burning car
Krysta Tsukahara survived the initial crash, but power failure to the electronic doors prevented would-be rescuers from saving her.
·New York, United States
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