Tesla Motors Club
My local service manager told me the following after I mentioned how I sometimes had issues opening my doors. And it makes a lot of sense based on my experiences with the car.
If you pull on the handle before it's fully-extended (plus perhaps a bit of extra "stabilization" time), what you end up doing is causing the sensor to set a higher threshold for the pull-force required -- which means if you pull that much harder, it'll open. So, for now, *be patient* with the door handle extension and THEN reach for it and open the door. So far, this is working well for me.
If you pull on the handle before it's fully-extended (plus perhaps a bit of extra "stabilization" time), what you end up doing is causing the sensor to set a higher threshold for the pull-force required -- which means if you pull that much harder, it'll open. So, for now, *be patient* with the door handle extension and THEN reach for it and open the door. So far, this is working well for me.