US auto safety regulators investigating Tesla due to door handle issue

Tesla faces safety investigation due to faulty door handles

Some complaints allege that children were trapped in the back seats and could only be freed by breaking the windows.

Probe Against Tesla After Parents Say Faulty Door Handles Trapped Their Kids

Car safety regulators opened an investigation into possible defects in Tesla doors that have reportedly left parents with children trapped in the back seat and forced to break windows to get them out.

Tesla faces federal safety probe over reports of faulty door handles on some Model Y vehicles

Highway safety regulators are investigating reports that malfunctioning door handles on some Tesla Model Y SUVs left passengers trapped.

Tesla probed after reports of children trapped in cars

US safety regulators are probing Tesla's electric-powered door handles, responding to reports that they stopped working, leaving children trapped.

Tesla faces US auto safety investigation over door handles

(Bloomberg/Richard Clough) — US auto safety regulators opened an investigation into whether some Tesla Inc. vehicle doors are defective, citing incidents in which exterior handles stopped working and trapped children inside. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Tuesday it’s opening a preliminary evaluation of Tesla’s electrically powered door handles becoming inoperative due to issues with certain vehicles’ low-voltage batteri…

Feds Launch Investigation Into Faulty Tesla Doors

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it has received several reports of children getting trapped in 2021 Tesla Model Y cars.