Tesla Roadster No Door Handles

Tesla s cost to repair is 900.

Tesla roadster no door handles.

Because i have driven more than 80 000 miles in two years the warranty is expired on door handles. In it he tries out tesla s latest approach to door handles and looks to the squared off formula 1 style. If i could get your help in ordering 4 or more of these i would be in your debt. The third handle just broke and i m in need of the paddle gear 1042845 00 b from what i can tell tesla sells them for 1 or so but they won t sell anything to those of us with rebuilt titles.

Turned out it was a broken wire in a wiring harness. Tesla replaced the whole handle mechanism. Have had two door handles different doors replaced and now looking at my third. Investor hamid shojaee took the opportunity to share a 39 second video clip on twitter.

To make the car look even more seamless and futuristic it s similar to the model 3 s design where the user presses on the window to make the door open. Tesla s next generation roadster uses a fingerprint swipe in lieu of a handle to open its doors as demonstrated in a video captured by an attendee of tesla s autonomy day event. My car was bought in december 2014. First one the door handle presented and the window dropped when i pulled on it but the door would not open.

An all electric vehicle the tesla roadster is the quickest car in the world with record setting acceleration range and performance. The new tesla roadster has some unique door handles and by unique we mean that it doesn t have any. The roadster s futuristic handles make it seem even more like tesla is looking to stuff the vehicle with as many innovative ideas as possible with musk even announcing 10 optional rocket. Yup the door handles look cool but i d much rather have something simpler like the aston martin vanquish door handles.

The replacement cost people are quoting is ridiculous. The next generation tesla roadster will not have door handles tesla autonomy day was all about autonomous driving but the event was made more attractive by the presentation of the tesla roadster 2. I hope tesla chooses a simpler more robust design for the model 3. Second time the handle got stuck in the out position and did nothing.

Has anyone had a repaired door handle fail again.