Dog owners be careful!

[backinthelab]

Watch the trunk latch if your dog is jumping in and out of your vehicle. My dobie just caught his front paw in the drop-down portion and may have broken it (his paw). I’m trying to think of a way to cover the latch to mitigate this danger....

 

[MorrisonHiker]

Watch the trunk latch if your dog is jumping in and out of your vehicle. My dobie just caught his front paw in the drop-down portion and may have broken it (his paw). I’m trying to think of a way to cover the latch to mitigate this danger....

We'll keep that in mind. Thanks for the warning. Hopefully your dog isn't hurt too bad!

Could the drop-down part be removed? The Model S doesn't have this part which was "upgraded" for the X.

 

[McManX]

My latch cover has been stuck in the down position for a while. Good to know, hope the dog is ok

 

[backinthelab]

I think I'm just going to cover it with a blanket when he gets in from now on. It's crazy, he comes with me to the office almost every day and this is the first time this has happened. So, just something to watch out for. Good news is that no bones are broken, he broke part of a nail and was limping for a bit but otherwise he's ok.

 

[SSonnentag]

We have a cover that we flip down to protect the bumper from the dog's claws as he jumps in and out. I didn't consider a danger from the latch, but I guess our cover mitigates that possible injury point too.

 

[nctalkinghead]

We have an 86 pound guy who carries his tail curled up over his back. He jumps in on the FWD side and I have to watch that I don't close it on his tail.

 

[MGMDaware]

Same thing happened to my doberman mix! Foot caught the latch well, but no damage to either her paw or the car. I now have a cargo protector that has a flap to cover the latch up when she jumps in and out.

 

[Anjumhameed]

Buy some thing to cover the trunk latch, otherwise you'll end up in some serious problem like you said, i hope your dog is fine.

 

[NHK X]

This actually happened to my daughter as well while we were hanging out in the back supercharging, just a small skin abrasion on her hand as she tried to pull it out as it got stuck. She hasn’t tried sticking her hand in there since though