Firefighters Save Kid Trapped in Tesla

Renee Sanchez says her granddaughter was locked inside her Tesla after the car battery died. She urgently called 911 and feared what could have happened if firefighters hadn't broken open the window and safely removed the little girl. Car expert Blad Fayer showed Inside Edition's Les Trent a hidden latch that will manually open the door when it's locked shut in most Tesla models. He says the placement of the hidden latches varies in different electric vehicles.

[@richardc5100]

Wow that solution was still useless if you’re outside the car

[@PyroMikeHell]

Outside the car you have access to the 12V umbilical port as they realized you wouldn't be able to open the hood to access the accessory battery if that accessory battery were dead, once the port is open you just use jumper cables or a booster pack.

[@lotusgrl444]

exactly like duh! how is a baby/toddler strapped into a locked heated car going to get to the latch?

[@blessguy5330]

@@lotusgrl444Read the other comment

[@almac9203]

​@@blessguy5330who randomly has jumper cables or a booster pack outside their car?.

[@Zackjjames]

@@almac9203 def not someone that is too stupid to charge their car or read the countless warning signs on their huge tablet saying their battery is low 100km ago with each km. It's a user error, not the cars fault.

[@ytp4lifetds]

1:05 YEHA BUT HOW WAS THE TODDLER SUPPOSED TO USE THAT

[@AR22p]

ig just dont leave your kid in the car in the first place

[@ytp4lifetds]

@@AR22p SHE WAS PLANNING ON GETTING IN 5 SECONDS AFTER PLEASE DO NOT DEFEBD ELON MUSK I STG

[@bmo9881]

Kids get stuck in cars all the time. This is only news because it's a Tesla lol.

[@hellobot67]

@@AR22pleave the window diwn

[@AltepEN]

@@bmo9881 exactly

[@Hannah-co9bv]

114°F could easily hurt a child on its own, I couldn't imagine how hot that would be in a car!

[@ChristopherPortorreal-ol2mj]

Just open the window before you step out

[@denisthemenace9224]

A car is like an oven for humans when its hot respect to the firefighter for taking action.

[@HeyKyleRedhere]

Even worse is the glass is like concrete gaining a name A titanium oven

[@MaekarManastorm]

Just humans? How about every living g creature

[@user-pb2mn9ly3k]

I love human pizza meat🤤🤤🤤

[@OliverEvans-my8jr]

For teslas that’s the front the back is more difficult to do

[@peabody.6405]

Agreed 👍

[@Jackson_2329]

The car literally tells you when the battery is running low…. She obvious wasn’t paying attention

[@joolzvega7298]

Or is lying

[@ChipCaro419]

The car gives you tons of warnings I don't even know how she could have missed them.

[@HumanBeanbag]

The "hidden latch" wouldn't have helped this woman.

[@techwhipped]

I'll stick to my manual opening doors anytime.

[@cookiehead.]

Would a toddler be able to pull a normal door handle? Probably not.

[@Bogxs]

@@cookiehead.ur saying a toddler would be more likely to get themselves out of their seat, crawl to the front of the car, and find and pull this latch that’s hidden in plain sight

[@cookiehead.]

@@Bogxs that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that a toddler wouldn't be able to pull any handle, so it's not 'just a Tesla problem'

[@Bogxs]

@@cookiehead. except the Tesla handle, no one even an adult wouldn’t be able to use without reading the manual or happening to know about it

[@cookiehead.]

@@Bogxs if you're talking about the emergency handle, then sure I guess, I didn't even know that people would need them until I saw news about

[@CharlieLiuPhotography]

Hidden latch? Lol. My uber passengers pull that every single time

[@jayhawker2363]

Same here! Lol I have to beg people not to accidentally use the emergency latch.

[@knightriderfan1]

Exactly! Every passenger uses it, I always tell them to please use the button haha

[@wtfisthisp00]

Alotta good on the inside when your locked outside.... Ridiculous

[@bloodlove93]

you don't want them to add an emergency exterior door opening thing do you? i hope not, and i hope i don't seriously actually need to explain that to somebody.

[@MannyDer]

@@bloodlove93 how about just using the same system that has worked for 80 years? a lock and a lever? Obviously the original commenter doesn't want a handle that anybody can open even when it's locked

[@SirWeggington]

@@bloodlove93 Do you need an explanation on how keys work?

[@ez-bakeoven6797]

That is a hilariously awful design flaw. This is why doors should have clearly marked handles inside and out.

[@Zackjjames]

This is why you should read the safety guide on your cars manual before driving it

[@SuperSocks7]

@@Zackjjames do you expect the toddler to read it as well?

[@bmo9881]

If the grandma locked her keys in a normal car the toddler would probably also not be able to pull the handle and get out.

[@ha-kh7ef]

@@SuperSocks7thanks for the strong man

[@ChristopherPortorreal-ol2mj]

That's why I will never go all electric

[@ZiggyTTV]

yeah sorry but it’s very hard to believe she just didn’t notice she was running out of battery, also the doors and windows use a 12volt battery

[@almac9203]

Apparently Tesla confirmed that she didn't get a warning. It would be very easy to confirm this.

[@NewEnglandOtaku]

How long before Elon Musk is trying to remove this video saying it's fake news?

[@MannyDer]

because Elon is big on censorship or something?

[@Hash-6624]

Yes.

[@MannyDer]

@@Hash-6624 I know right? Buying twitter and letting people back on and letting them say what they like. shame on him

[@John-Smith02]

​@@MannyDerimagine restoring someone's account who was a former president who incited an insurrection, and that president was found guilty of sexual assault and fraud and 34 felonies.

[@Hash-6624]

If only you knew...

[@dmytroi5456]

This is not electric cars issue, it is issue of a specific car models

[@ha-kh7ef]

Ah yes the grand daughter should have unbuckle herself, crawl to thwart door, and lift that clutch to escape. Great reporting guys

[@abhinavdivi8437]

this isnt an electric car this is a door problem news reporters like to say anything these days

[@aIexgeorgiadis]

This isn’t an electric car it is a TESLA problem. Not sure what made you think that it’s the doors fault.

[@pdd3]

It's not an EV problem. It's a Tesla problem.

[@EngiesParadise]

Somehow shatter resistant glass is supposed to make things better

[@alpzepta]

Yeah I haven’t seen bad thing about Lucid or Rivian

[@amirennacir9634]

Not a EV or Tesla problem. It's the owners problem. You don't blame Apple when your iPhone dies.... do you?

[@HanakoFairhall]

Oh my god, I totally agree, I've felt that way since Tesla put those damn features onto their cars Enough with the "fold in doorhandles" and "Shatter resistant glass" This is why I like the Nissan Leaf or the Chevy Bolt MUCH more than Tesla..

[@uriarteh]

No, this was an old woman doesn’t know how to charge a damm car before driving out problem. 😑

[@erich84502a]

This older man died when his battery died on a hot day with his dog and couldn't find the manual door release

[@mcdragon0123]

Crazy made up story

[@Aimon30boy]

It’s in the manual and tons of KZbin videos of where it is, but ig he may have not sawn any vids cause he’s older but rip to him and his dog I wish u the best.

[@bloodlove93]

too bad he couldn't ask siri to open the door.....so much for smart tech

[@PixelSubstream]

there used to be a time you were able to get out of a car locked from the inside without having to resort to reading a manual

[@rver99]

That was a Corvette, not a Tesla. Look it up!

[@debragriffith9491]

She was outside the car. That still doesn't say how to open the car door from outside.

[@almac9203]

Obviously Tesla owners should carry a Cyber Rock with them at all times! The Cyber Rock is eco friendly.

[@Kenthetic]

The problem is the child literally cannot find a hidden latch

[@Diddz]

and if its an adult that's trapped inside, RIP them i guess if they don't know the emergency latch exists.... **good this a video like this one points out its existence**

[@blackwidow3922]

You can also go to settings to change that the doors do not lock after once they open the first time. And you will just have to remember to lock your car manually if you leave the house either by the screen or if you use your cellphone as a key.

[@stevewessels2562]

That was a dumb useless solution to give, for this situation.

[@peace.404]

A 2 yr old can’t get out of the car seat and open the latch

[@ChakatNightspark]

I think All Electric Cars need to have at least One Car Door that Has a Key Entrance(Not Trunk) Just for Emergency Situations. IE, Baby or Pet Trap in Car and Battery Happens to be Dead. At Least, You Will have a Key and Can Unlock the Door.

[@palamz7027]

You guys also notice that they always have to name that it is a Tesla when something like this happend?

[@DarkZerol]

Yeah, we always name a make and model of a vehicle especially an EV because specifications and features of EV varies greatly from maker to maker. Your point being?

[@palamz7027]

@@DarkZerol my point was that it seems like Tesla is singled out more frequently in headlines and discussions when incidents occur, compared to other car brands like BMW or Mercedes. It creates a perception that Tesla is more problematic or noteworthy in these situations, which might not always be fair or balanced reporting. I was curious if others had noticed this trend as well.

[@NovaPrincess]

@@palamz7027Teslas IS more problematic when it comes to quality and safety than EVs for Mercedes and BMW. Get a grip.

[@almac9203]

​@@palamz7027Maybe because BMW and Mercedes don't have such an idiotic design!

[@ThePandaFam]

As a Tesla owner, the car definitely tells you if your battery is dangerously low! Either she doesn’t own that car and has no idea what she’s doing, or she’s a liar! 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@mirelurk-fish7387]

This is the millionth time theses Elon made electronics door handles trapped someone already …

[@cheegebvvbvvbbhggf8638]

Poor sweet little girl I'm glad firefighters got her out thank you inside Edition for sharing that I never knew there's a secret latch for Tesla's and other electric cars that's pretty cool the hide that pretty well

[@QuanPookie]

Being aware of your battery juice isn’t that hard.

[@user-ov7id7yx7t]

I feel so bad for the kid

[@MaekarManastorm]

No one cares

[@joeyGalileoHotto]

@@MaekarManastorm You obviously cared enough to comment

[@zpup7491]

@@joeyGalileoHotto not to mention some people actually did care considering the comment has 8 likes.

[@kbflash101]

​​@@MaekarManastorm I CARE HERE 😡

[@rver99]

You can open the door in this situation by popping off the recovery eye cover on the front bumper and applying 12 volts to the wire leads behind there. That will open the front trunk. Then pull the plastic cover inside the front trunk to access the 12 volt battery. Connect the jump starter to the 12v battery and voila, the doors will open and the car will now "start". I helped a woman in last year with this very thing. She was stranded in a Target parking lot and was all upset and I told her we could get it going. She didn't seem to believe me until I showed her in the owner's manual. I used my lithium jump starter to power the 12v to get her car started and send her on her way. As long as you keep Sentry mode on so the car doesn't sleep, you're all good. Took about 60 seconds once i started. Yeah, not great in an emergency unless you happen to have a jump starter on you.

[@tokenxl1]

That latch wouldn't have worked in that situation since she was locked out of the car.

[@therandommemecat7738]

Thank god that Tesla is not a Cybertruck

[@stevegonzales527]

theres clearly more to the story..... how do you get out and battery magically goes out? also if the battery went out how did she get out herself. lastly if it doesnt open..... just smash the window farthest from the child.. every second matters in that type of heat when it comes to a toddler. there has to be more to the story. high chance she left her alone in the car with the ac and the battery died

[@PeripheralVvV]

The world needs more people with the mindset of this woman - break the window on my car that costs as much as a starter home to pieces. I don’t care as long as my granddaughter survives I know a concerning amount of people who would try to make rescue crews both save the child and cause no damage to their vehicle. The child’s life is worth more than an insurance deductible guys

[@tammiea8552]

An older gent died in his corvette bc the battery died, and he couldn't get out.

[@insert_text_here7822]

Tesla really should fix their door system, you cant expect a kid to work this out.

[@majorsellllllllll]

“Keep Summer safe.”

[@giesoriano7730]

then how could the children open that??

[@duryl]

Why didn't they show the manual latch that's on the outside as well?

[@Jackson_2329]

Won’t work when the car locks

[@Faithless495]

​@Jackson_2329 it will work you just need something to power it so it can pop the frunk

[@aIexgeorgiadis]

The fact that people need automated car doors 🤦‍♂️. Is it that hard to push and pull?

[@TS-dw6st]

How does that help if you're locked out like the Grandma

[@MsJP]

That latch won't do the child any good she's buckle up & the grandmother didn't know anything about it

[@PikaRaichupikapika]

114?! That's 144 degrees Farenheight inside the car!!! 💀

[@TayTay-od7ks]

I'm glad I dont own a tesla.

[@ChristopherPortorreal-ol2mj]

Leaving the driver door open is another terrible idea thats like 1 easy opportunity to get the girl kidnapped

[@Myjellycatobsession]

Honestly she must of been hella slow going from one side of the car to the other if the car had time to lock. It has happened to me but its just because my Iphone puts the app in a kind of sleep mode and i have to reopen the app for anything to work. Absolute pain in the ass.

[@jerardlopez1038]

Thank god the kid is fine! Diesel power baby!

[@_PAIGE94]

Man wtf 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@Greatbubba747]

How do you expect to drive if your car has zero battery? 🧐

[@joolzvega7298]

Weird that nobody interviewed the firefighters. It's almost like she's lying.

[@whynotstartusingyourbrain8726]

The police should investigate the mother. She must have left her child unattended for quite a while. That she gets out of the car and then all of a sudden she cant open the door is not a thing.

[@jimyeats]

There is more to this story. The main battery AND the 12v accessory battery don’t just die like that suddenly between you getting out of your and opening the rear door for the kiddo. The thing must have been alarming her for days that it was at a low charge, and even then, it still doesn’t make sense if she was just driving it. But yeah, once it completely and utterly dies (like the vehicle is left for three months at a shop) you can just manually open the front trunk and apply current to the accessory battery and open the door.

[@honestcomments8053]

Weird how tesla didn't test safety functionalities is beyond me!

[@josephsaeteurn9158]

actually i dont believe this woman for 1 bit.. she said she never get a low battery warning..did she go a week without charging battery.. if this is the case, there would be millions of incident out..trapping people..

[@saltydog209]

As a Tesla owner this lady should be in jail. That car has so many warnings, app warnings yellin at ya and she ignored em all.

[@RidingWithJahv]

so you got in a car with a dead battery? where were you driving to?

[@maryrosellegandionco]

I believe plugging the car would have helped. Glad the lil baby is safe.

[@bigdaddyreg]

It's always Arizona with their elderly Tesla population, learn your vehicle, if this was a gas car this wouldn't be news.

[@timmybui6062]

Its not a EV, its the owners lack of knowledge when buying it

[@danielgallimore1502]

I find it hard to believe there was no low battery warning.she lied

[@ashleighcervantes13]

Our weather in AZ is extremely bad right now. On a 105 day my car reads 124 so 114 could be extremely harmful extremely fast. Thank god the little girl is safe ❤

[@AlenMajetic]

It's not HIDDEN. This a design that is decades old and has been used on ICE vehicles for long time. It's a simple and elegant design on where to put a unlock handle. My 80's Porsche had almost 100% exact door handle inside the car.

[@austinb1824]

There's a pull release right in front of the window buttons. Grab the panel and pull up and it releases the door.

[@stephentompkins1161]

But if the child was inside and the doors couldn’t be opened from outside when the battery is dead how would the lady get to the hidden latch? The toddler wouldn’t know about it and probably couldn’t reach it if strapped in.

[@MedicinalBlood]

This woman knew…she was just negligent af.

[@Mr.spicy1200]

I bet there were warnings. Going off old people's track record with paying very little attention to whats going on around them. I'm imagining warnings going off left and right amd she's like " Oh golly G this car is so noisy."😂😂

[@StarLight-sl9ok]

Exactly 😂

[@user-hh2is9kg9j]

Elon is a con

[@ThePursuitWOD]

“Ruining the good name of Tesla” - my electronics professor said once 😂

[@lonefighterpilot]

Vehicles have manual methods of opening doors inside and outs. It’s not really hidden. A lot of vehicles have “hidden” features but it’s your fault as the owner of the vehicle for not knowing anything about it.

[@rain3man6]

No excuses!! Charge her!! She even knows how hot it gets in Arizona

[@Assassinsolano]

Theres a big battery indicator in the car and in the app she didnt pay attention to how much battery she had

[@Craigalicioususa]

That latch inside the car won't help with a baby stuck inside and the person outside still can't get in. Time to go back to the drawing board and use physical keys again.

[@H3erobrineNotch]

How is a toddler suppose to exit a car let alone a Tesla ?!?

[@wroniec]

And everyone now will blame the action on tesla. Teslas have a feature called cabin overheat protection which turns the AC on when it's really hot. This lady should know better about keeping her car battery charged, and if it was the 12v battery the car gives alerts to replace it.

[@bloodlove93]

supposedly (another video) big battery was charged, and it was stated for unknown reasons the notifications hadn't come in for the small one,and in the comments i saw a few people expressing they've had the exact same experience, dead little battery, no notifications, some were young some were old,idk...just saying i saw that yesterday.

[@Dudebalf]

People have experienced that too with charged Teslas because a fault happened in the battery/computer. No AC happens then.

[@brianrip2873]

So they expect a 2 year old to know that or be able to even do that when strapped in a car seat

[@Michael-pi8ps]

This isn’t an EV issue. There was that idiot who got “locked” in his corvette because the battery died. He didn’t realize that every car with an electronic door latch is also required by law to have a mechanical override

[@josephjoestar515]

Exactly, but notice how the title says "Tesla"? Do you think they would put "Chevy" or "Ford" in the title? This video just exists to push an agenda.

[@Espartanica]

So you didn't watch the video before commenting

[@laurac9857]

Awwe poor grandma. Good job glad she is safe ❤❤

[@user-bm6xz6pq5z]

Tell car makers to use mechanical locks. I know they're not as convenient as electrical but they work even without a battery.

[@jjamesh714]

wow if there was only a latch. Idots

[@Glimmerandstyle]

Stop letting grandma watch the kids

[@667mumble]

I know it's not all of them, but some Teslas have been having major issues that just seem too risky to own

[@GeneralHawk505]

So rich, yet so majestic enough to buy a piece of junk. Putting your life on the line.

[@egyphon]

If she keeps the door open, someone will jump in and steal the car and her grand-daughter.

[@josephjoestar515]

If they can figure out how to start it and shift gears lmao. Most people don't even know how the door handle works.

[@dandobi]

User Error

[@aeromtb2468]

so check your interior temperature and pre condition it and while ur at it check ur charge. we dont here when an analog car is locked and they forgot their keys locking kids and pets inside.

[@star-stonelegend]

That makes me want to look for an emergency door latch in my parents electric car.

[@VoidlessOfSpace]

Isn’t it crazy how there’s something wrong with elons car every week?

[@justopavia]

This is user error, the grandma is at fault

[@bmo9881]

There's probably something going wrong with a Ford or Toyota each week but they don't make the news

[@GirlWithTheDunk-a-RooTattoo]

the hidden latch feature is pretty much useless and worthless since the grandmother is outside the vehicle with no way to access it if they put another hidden latch on the outside of the door would be more helpful tesla should think outside the car.

[@mallardbeacon6502]

Lol lets be fair. That release latch is NOT hidden. It's right where the handle is LOL. Wouldnt help a baby stuck in a car however

[@MarcYanruw]

She saying she doesn't know how to tell how much power the car has?? That's like one of the first things you should know

[@christinaybarra1342]

I wonder, how many people that own gas cars have never lent it to someone, got it back with little to no gas and didn’t know until they got back in it later? This might have been what happened to the grandmother, who ever drove it last didn’t think to charge it or let her know.

[@amoryerenhouse5535]

That hidden latch is only in the front, there is one in the back but it requires prying panels off

[@GuillermoPaniaguaSeong]

but the adult was OUTSIDE the Tesla...

[@nathanwilliams6359]

Still don’t understand why people buy electric cars there nothing but trouble

[@RealCubeOfficialYT]

Wow..+1 point for gas cars

[@ericastones1052]

My mama brain just went crazy

[@First1ToComment]

News media wet on Tesla again 😂

[@JessN-xq4kt]

As a daughter of a tesla owner, I will remind my mom to charge our tesla everyday 😭

[@john_wick1]

when you pay a guy for $56 billion to design a car like this... LMAO

[@cadebecker2486]

Tesla doors can be tricky to open even from the inside.

[@QuanPookie]

No they’re not.

[@xierma8586]

Wait I’m no ev owner and never would buy one but wouldn’t it tell you how much you have left in the battery as like a regular gas powered car ?

[@paulg9484]

Lol, Tesla will give enough warnings when battery is low. The news didn't say if the 12v or main battery is low?

[@camillevote7901]

But if you’re on the outside when the door is locked, how do you get to that little special thing?

[@3masouri]

At the front of the car, there is a circular cover, push the cover and the cover should cave in. There should be 2 wires in the hole connect the jumpstarter to the wires (there is a black and red wire) connect the black crocodile clip (or whatever it’s called) to the black wire and connect the red to the red , the frunk then opens and you can access your charger (if you keep it in the frunk)

[@josephjoestar515]

@@3masouri But like who even gets their battery that low, esp in the Arizona heat? That's insane. She somehow used up even the reserve battery and was planning to drive it. What an idiot.

[@PyroMikeHell]

@@josephjoestar515 older models have a seperate accessory battery but the same instructions apply but then you just open the accessory cover inside the frunk and can then connect your jumper cables / booster directly to the accessory battery terminals instead of the wires in the tow eye port.

[@Emmettaug]

owners manual??? reading pfft im just here to show off in my cool EV