Is there a way to lock the car if the car "thinks" that one of the doors or trunk is open (say due to a malfunction of the rear hatch latching motor, as in this thread)?
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Can you lock a model S if it thinks doors or trunk is open?
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No such luck. Regardless whether I use a key, or the app. Trunk will not physically open while it’s closed but car thinks it’s open, so you can only issue close commands. Because car thinks the trunk is open, it refuses to lock doors (on the app it says “Failed to lock vehicle. One or more doors are open.”
I have contacted Tesla, soonest appointment a week out and from my experience they refuse to order parts before they confirm diagnosis, and last time I needed a new latch on another Models S, it took 2 weeks to get the part and another week to schedule installation. So, one tiny problem with the latch motor and suddenly car is unusable for a month or more (since you cannot park it in a public place if it cannot be locked). Bad design byTesla, no way to manually lock the car in a situation like this. Lack of forethought or designing only for when everything in the car is perfect .
I was hoping someone found a trick how to lock the car with trunk open (perhaps if hauling long items which stick out of the back of the car, it would be helpful to lock the doors too).
Have you tried this?:
teslamotorsclub.com
Rear trunk won't close
After loading some (OK, a lot) stuff into the trunk of my 2015 MS, the trunk would close part way, beep, then open back up. I assumed it was because it was too full, and the trunk was bumping against something when it tried to close. I rearranged some items and tried again, but the trunk beeped...
teslamotorsclub.com
Thanks, good suggestion. When I do this, I hear the latch clicking, but it still will not release to open to register as closed (I tried both pulling up and pushing down on the hatch when clicking the hatch button after the initial 15s, no goHave you tried this?:
Rear trunk won't close
After loading some (OK, a lot) stuff into the trunk of my 2015 MS, the trunk would close part way, beep, then open back up. I assumed it was because it was too full, and the trunk was bumping against something when it tried to close. I rearranged some items and tried again, but the trunk beeped...
). Will try the emergency release tomorrow when I have some more time.
THAT WORKS!
Thanks!PS> The mirrors don't fold when locking like this, but doors do indeed lock. Also, when locking using this method you cannot just touch the handles to unlock, must use key or app.
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