I still can’t believe Tesla shipped the Cybertruck without a visible rear emergency door release

[thatctowner!]

For anyone who doesn’t know: the rear emergency latch is hidden under a rubber mat, inside a hole. In a fire, rollover, or total power loss, rear passengers are basically expected to know where to dig around in the dark. That’s wild.

I came across these glow in the dark rear emergency release handles that replace the rubber mat entirely on eBay. They sit right where the dumb orange cord to pull in an emergency already is, but now it’s clearly visible and easy to grab. In a blackout scenario with no interior lights, they actually glow, so you can instinctively find it instead of panicking and searching and risking either you or your children’s life because tesla made it as hard as possible to manually release back doors.

Honestly feels like this should’ve been standard safety equipment from day one. With how many Cybertruck crash videos are already floating around, I can’t imagine being in the back seat with no idea where the release is, there should be a recall for this problem, it’s extremely unsafe and ridiculous


Not sponsored or anything, sorry for the rant just surprised this wasn’t addressed from the factory.

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[Griswold]

There's a whole thread on this:
https://www.cybertruckownersclub.com/forum/threads/emergency-exit-rear-door-release-ideas.49045/

 

[dpoll995]

The MY is not any better on the rear doors. There is a panel you have to pop out in order to access the pull cable. Tesla could make the mat have sort of label on it letting riders know to lift up the mat. It’s actually easier to get to the cable on the CT vs the MY, it just needs a label…

 

[BlueLightning]

Seen this the other day.

Curiosity is real?!*

Get a baby seat!

*Tesla probably assumes toddlers and children sit mostly in the back so hide the cords.

 

[CyberT]

One of my earliest memories was sitting on my older sister's lap in the front seat of the car without a seatbelt (it was the mid 80s). While my mom was driving in the Sears parking lot, I remember grabbing the car door handle and opening it just as my mom was making a left turn, which basically ejected my sister and I from the car.

My mom never got arrested....

But to be back on topic, as @BlueLightning said, you can't have the emergency release out in the open for kids to just grab and yank; they need to be somewhat out of sight.

It's the Tesla owner's responsibility to share the location of the emergency door release with all passengers. Tesla makes THE safest cars ever, and safety is their absolute number one focus. I can't imagine some of the smartest engineers didn't think this all the way through. I mean, they can have the airbags deploy miliseconds deploy before the impact, but then had a "duh" moment when locating the emergency door release? Tesla is thinking so many steps ahead that we peons in life just dont understand at the time. All of us have had those discovery moments with Tesla where we realized what Tesla does is something so much different than other companies, only then to have that mind-blown moment when understanding why they did it.

 

[RidnDirty]

I bought 6" Red Velcro straps from amazon and used them to wrap the pull loop and have one end sticking out. Also, on the tailgate. One can easily pull and release. about $6.

 

[CTOmaha]

For anyone who doesn’t know: the rear emergency latch is hidden under a rubber mat, inside a hole. In a fire, rollover, or total power loss, rear passengers are basically expected to know where to dig around in the dark. That’s wild.

I came across these glow in the dark rear emergency release handles that replace the rubber mat entirely on eBay. They sit right where the dumb orange cord to pull in an emergency already is, but now it’s clearly visible and easy to grab. In a blackout scenario with no interior lights, they actually glow, so you can instinctively find it instead of panicking and searching and risking either you or your children’s life because tesla made it as hard as possible to manually release back doors.

Honestly feels like this should’ve been standard safety equipment from day one. With how many Cybertruck crash videos are already floating around, I can’t imagine being in the back seat with no idea where the release is, there should be a recall for this problem, it’s extremely unsafe and ridiculous


Not sponsored or anything, sorry for the rant just surprised this wasn’t addressed from the factory.

That guy on ebay is misrepresenting it as his design when user @TickTock is the one that came up with this. Don’t buy from him.

https://www.cybertruckownersclub.co...emergency-release-handles.53727/post-30749650

 

[thatctowner!]

That guy on ebay is misrepresenting it as his design when user @TickTock is the one that came up with this. Don’t buy from him.

https://www.cybertruckownersclub.co...emergency-release-handles.53727/post-30749650

Actually he’s been selling them before that guy posted his online I saw

 

[RM Rilke]

Sure, because kids are never going to curiously pull on that handle at the wrong time. You know, the one just screaming “pull me.” What could possibly go wrong? Eliminating a very low probability risk by introducing a much higher probability risk is not exactly good risk management.

 

[devdrone6]

I call bullshit on the Ebay guy coming up with the design. TickTock has been here for a long time and I believe him.

 

[devdrone6]

Sure, because kids are never going to curiously pull on that handle at the wrong time. You know, the one just screaming “pull me.” What could possibly go wrong? Eliminating a very low probability risk by introducing a much higher probability risk is not exactly good risk management.

Exactly why it’s covered and why glow in dark makes no sense. How is it going to glow without being exposed to light first.

 

[thatctowner!]

Exactly why it’s covered and why glow in dark makes no sense. How is it going to glow without being exposed to light first.

Yea I get what ur saying but I’ve had mine for like a week now and there’s a led light there so it actually gets enough light to glow for a while. I was surprised bc led light gives almost no uv light at all but it’s still enough to give this handle a good glow.

 

[HaulingAss]

Not sponsored or anything, sorry for the rant just surprised this wasn’t addressed from the factory.

Shouldn't you be surprised that the volumes of excessive government vehicle safety regulations that regulate everything right down to the exact size and placement of just about everything say this is 100% in compliance, and that numerous other vehicles with electric door latches also don't have visible emergency releases.

In other words, Tesla is simply following the conventions used by other manufacturers and the requirements in the volumes of auto regulations they have to follow before they release a new vehicle for sale to the public. There is nothing unusual or non-conforming about it.

 

[CyberGus]

Sure, because kids are never going to curiously pull on that handle at the wrong time. You know, the one just screaming “pull me.” What could possibly go wrong? Eliminating a very low probability risk by introducing a much higher probability risk is not exactly good risk management.

The emergency-pull cords require significant force to pull, probably more than tiny little hands can muster.

 

[Gaximus]

Sure, because kids are never going to curiously pull on that handle at the wrong time. You know, the one just screaming “pull me.” What could possibly go wrong? Eliminating a very low probability risk by introducing a much higher probability risk is not exactly good risk management.

I installed the 3D printed version of this. Pointed it to my kids and said “Don’t pull unless emergency“, then rolled the window down and let them pull it to see what it would feel like and pressure needed. Ive had no issues, kids have never pulled it. If you don’t trust kids to ride in the back seat without pulling the emergency release, throw them in the bed and close the cover.

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