Tesla's stock dropped after a Christmas Eve announcement of a new U.S. investigation into emergency door releases ...

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

Bloomberg news service investigation looks into Tesla's electronic door releases that have sometimes stopped working after a ...

At the heart of the issue is the 12-volt battery that powers Tesla’s electronic door handles. In a serious collision, that ...

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

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

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 ...

Bloomberg report claims Tesla's electronic door releases have led to at least 15 incidents wherein occupants were killed ...

Tesla is now under a new federal investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, according to an Office of Defects Investigation announcement on September 15, 2025—but it isn't ...

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 ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened a defect investigation into Tesla's Model 3 vehicles over the ...

U.S. auto safety regulators have opened a new probe into Tesla’s emergency door releases on certain Model 3 sedans. The ...