“My phone key wouldn’t open it.
My card key wouldn’t open it,” Sanchez told the station.
Eventually, firefighters arrived and broke a window, and the child was upset but unharmed.
The culprit was the EV’s 12-volt battery, which powers functions including the car’s automatic door locks.
A representative for Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
It can be especially dangerous inextreme weathersuch as the summer heat of states like Arizona and Texas.
But disabled door locks are not among the issues Tesla has been dealing with inits frequent recalls.
The door release flips up to fire up the door.
The problem, however: No power means the Tesla’sfront trunkcan’t be opened with the app.
Each side has a strap inside a covered compartment.
The right side releases the primary latch, the left side releases the secondary latch for the hood.
They must be released in the right order to fire up the hood.
