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Model 3 rear door no unpowered emergency release safety
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PWRUP
Member
But was unable to 
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MikeHolliday
Member
Turn off the Child Safety Locks... All 4 door cars made since the 1970's have them. You can turn off the Tesla Child Safety Locks also...
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I was assuming, as you were in your previous post, that they could not open the door or didn't know how to. If option A and B don't work, smash the glass and crawl out.
bicar
Model YP
The Model Y also has a mechanical rear door latch at the bottom of the door pockets. I couldn't find a reference to it in the manual and it is quite difficult to access. I had to remove the rubber base pad by lifting it out (easy), then I needed a screwdriver to open the plastic tab (somewhat awkward), and lastly, I need a needle nose pliers to pull out the tab to open the door (also quite awkward). This is not a practical mechanism to manually open the rear doors . I got a couple 8 inch yellow plastic ties and wrapped each tie around the pull tab and ran it up and out so it is visible and accessible from the seats next to the door. A child would likely find it difficult to grasp and pull to open the door but an adult would have little difficulty. This solution as actually kind of neat. I have to admit that I was unaware of the manual rear door release (the front one is obvious and often mistakengly used) so this was an educational task.
finman100
Member
does the Model Y manual release (the pull tab you extended) still stay child locked when you enable that in the Locks menu? Reason i ask is kids might be prone to "accidentally" trying to yank on that...and if that overrides the safety child lock setting...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the Model 3 have a tab on the back wall under the seat that you can pull to manually unlock the back doors that also overrides the child safety lock? To access it, if you were sitting in the back seat, you reach down with you hand between your legs and they is a small hole in the carpet on the wall (not floor) that hides the pull tab? I have seen videos with this before and I will try to find if I get a chance.
Sorry about the confusion.... I have gone too far down the Tesla rabbit hole and watched too many videos. Everything is running together.
Another option is lowering the back seats and manually opening the trunk to get out.
Came here for this comment. Even young children can use these:
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Uncle Paul
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In the good ol' days people used to lock their keys inside their cars all the time. Would see owners bending coat hangers to thread inside through the rubber weather seal. People with sedans had a harder time because it was hard to jam in through the metal window channel.
People would install smooth pop up buttons to keep unwanted people from simply using a slim jim or coat hanger to pop open the doors to grab what ever goodies they could see through the window.
With mechanical openers criminals could easily use a slim jim to open your doors in just a couple seconds.
People would install smooth pop up buttons to keep unwanted people from simply using a slim jim or coat hanger to pop open the doors to grab what ever goodies they could see through the window.
With mechanical openers criminals could easily use a slim jim to open your doors in just a couple seconds.
On July 23, 2018, Brian from Irvine CA, an Araex member posted a YouTube video detailing his solution
for the problem that rear passengers in the rear seats of a Model 3 have no way to open their doors in a no battery situation.
Brian's solution involved an Amazon ring on a red hand pull loop ring on loop.
Does anyone know the Amazon item that he used, or something similar?
Does any out there have similar solutions to this problem & how did they work out?
Any unforeseen problems?
Thank You; John
for the problem that rear passengers in the rear seats of a Model 3 have no way to open their doors in a no battery situation.
Brian's solution involved an Amazon ring on a red hand pull loop ring on loop.
Does anyone know the Amazon item that he used, or something similar?
Does any out there have similar solutions to this problem & how did they work out?
Any unforeseen problems?
Thank You; John
jrmt23
he/him/his
Maybe something like this?
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A Seatbelt and glass breaker in one.
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