A monthslong Bloomberg investigation also uncovered a series of incidents in which people were severely injured or died after becoming trapped in their Teslas.

At the heart of the issue is the 12-volt battery that powers Tesla’s electronic door handles. In a serious collision, that ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened a defect investigation into Tesla's Model 3 vehicles over the ...

US safety regulators have opened an investigation into Tesla Model 3 emergency door handles after a Georgia driver had to smash his way out of a burning vehicle. Kevin Clouse's 2022 Model 3 caught ...

U.S. auto safety regulators have opened a new probe into Tesla’s emergency door releases on certain Model 3 sedans. The ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has, on Wednesday, opened a defect investigation into the Tesla ...

An ongoing controversy about an alleged Tesla door design flaw got two new wrinkles this week, as troubling, ...

The investigation was opened on Tuesday after the agency received a defect petition alleging that the vehicles’ mechanical door release is hidden, unlabeled and not intuitive to locate ...

Tesla is facing a fresh investigation from U.S. automotive-safety regulators over concerns that it may be difficult to unlatch the doors of some Model 3 sedans in the case of an emergency.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened an investigation into the emergency door release controls on some ...