That's why they did it, to effect more drama to their story and deflect from the truth.
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"Person trapped in a tesla when battery dies" news story
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The most robust solution is to carry a glass breaker on you no matter the vehicle. For any emergency situation, you probably won’t want to deal with the 9v battery to save a few bucks.
Good suggestion. Is there a space on the outside of the car to store this? Maybe inside the tow hook area? I guess you’d need one on the outside and one on the inside. Though with the new Li on low voltage batteries perhaps risk of getting locked out is not as high.
Don’t know. I prefer to keep it on me in case of needing to escape the vehicle too. Combo seat belt cutter/tempered glass breaker.
stopcrazypp
Well-Known Member
People just store a small alkaline 12V or two or a 9V in a small zip lock bag in the tow hook area. Then have a small jump starter in the frunk. Many are dual/triple use and include a tire compressor and light, so is perfect as an emergency kit.
If you buy a glass breaker, make sure you check that your car still has single pane side windows and which ones are. Some Teslas have switched to all dual pane, so glass breakers are worthless.
E90alex
Active Member
A battery that does not get sleep turns into a sad battery.In theory if sentry mode is on, the car shouldn’t sleep so therefore wouldn't get locked out.
E90alex
Active Member
Yes. Can have sentry exclude home, work, etc where you can have a jump pack (or 9v/12V battery to pop the frunk) readily available. But should reduce the risk of it dying somewhere random at an inopportune time.
In theory if sentry mode is on, the car shouldn’t sleep so therefore wouldn't get locked out.
I don't think it's a theory.
How much lack of sleep are you talking about? Most of us use Sentry in our travels and I have never heard of any problems other than running the battery down to 20% with extended use.
E90alex
Active Member
What? If sentry is active it doesn’t matter if the 12V dies. The car uses the HV to power everything when awake.
But if the 12V dies you will not be able to open the doors after the car sleeps (eg at home if you disabled sentry at home).
gtae07
Member
I'm pretty sure my dad's old 1982 Camaro had frameless windows and there was no drop the window function... it had manual cranks.
I didn't mean to imply sentry would get you locked out.
Sleep gets you locked out. Sentry uses more battery. Little battery failure locks you out. Big battery lack of sleep slowly kills the big battery. It's a giant circle of death.
Best keep a 9v in the bumper and sleep where you can.
E90alex
Active Member
Yes old school style was just simple pressure from closing the door against the seals.
But more modern era frameless windows (2000s or so) when power windows became essentially standard across the board will tuck the glass up into the window trim for better sealing.
E90alex
Active Member
You can disable sentry mode in favorite places. Eg places where you’re probably going to park for long periods like home and work. Which are also places where you can easily keep a jump pack.
But yes you can carry or hide a small battery somewhere if you prefer.
Glass breakers are less effective on double pane laminated glass, and some are not very effective on single pane glass. If you do get one, test it on a junkyard car to see if it works.
True. And based on your car, you may have laminated glass on side windows. (Mine is tempered.) Looks like newer teslas have tempered for rear side quarter glass and possibly laminated for other side windows.
Page 20 of this pdf (18 of document) shows what your car could have.
