Is not true. This will happen if the door is just closed. The door opening is completely driven by the 12volt battery. The only physical control on the outside of the door is a small button just above a static grab handle.
In fact, without 12v power, the doors can’t even “lock”.
Thats a good point. I guess with the doors the way that they are they’re technically always ‘locked’
Although there’s still a physical lock solenoid built into the doors. You can hear it when you lock and unlock the doors from the inside.
Regardless, its pretty rare that you’d be in a situation where the 12v battery was working fine to open the doors and died in the middle of your trip, causing this situation with a pet or a child inside.
Indeed. It used to be more common. The traction battery charges the 12v while the car is moving. When parked, it will stop charging the 12v when the traction battery is below 25%. The cutoff used to be 50% be that was changed with an OTA patch.
Just to clarify…
Is not true. This will happen if the door is just closed. The door opening is completely driven by the 12volt battery. The only physical control on the outside of the door is a small button just above a static grab handle.
In fact, without 12v power, the doors can’t even “lock”.
Source : MME owner.
Thats a good point. I guess with the doors the way that they are they’re technically always ‘locked’
Although there’s still a physical lock solenoid built into the doors. You can hear it when you lock and unlock the doors from the inside.
Regardless, its pretty rare that you’d be in a situation where the 12v battery was working fine to open the doors and died in the middle of your trip, causing this situation with a pet or a child inside.
Indeed. It used to be more common. The traction battery charges the 12v while the car is moving. When parked, it will stop charging the 12v when the traction battery is below 25%. The cutoff used to be 50% be that was changed with an OTA patch.