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Re:Tesla Model X owners finding car doors won’t shut, window... by hundchenkatze on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @11:08PM (#11539382)
Yep, that's what scares me about the "drive by wire" systems standard on most cars today. Oh, and to add even more excitement, the car is on fire and the doors/windows won't open.
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Re:Tesla Model X owners finding car doors won’t shut, window... by nommm-nommm on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @11:54PM (#11539574)
One should always keep a tool in the car in reach to use to break the windows in case of emergency.

I am not sure mechanical hardware is less likely to fail than software. For example, ford recalled door latches for a mechanical problem - https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2015... what is worse is my friend can't get the door latch replaced on her ford because "the part's on backorder."

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Re:Tesla Model X owners finding car doors won’t shut, window... by Already__Taken on Thursday April 21, 2016 @05:35AM (#11540659)
You can smash the window by driving the pillars of the headrest down into the door to the edge of the glass. Twist down to start a crack at the weak edge and the whole tempered sheet will shatter.

https://youtu.be/tZTa8Nh0VlE?t=25

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