What 647 owners told NHTSA about the 2015 Tesla Model S 60

DRIVERS SIDE DOOR HANDLE WONT COME OUT. HAVE TO OPEN DOOR FROM INSIDE CAR

NHTSA ODI 11104204

REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR HANDLE WOULD NOT RETRACT 7/2017, NOR COULD BE USED TO OPEN THE DOOR. CAR WAS STATIONARY WHEN ISSUE OCCURRED. HANDLE WAS RARELY USED SINCE PURCHASED NEW 3/2015. HAVE HEARD THIS ISSUE IS COMMON AND APPEARS TO BE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. SERVICE CENTER SAID COMMON DUE TO COLDER CLIMATE AS WELL. DOOR HANDLES SHOULD NOT BE DEFECTIVE WITHIN THE FIRST FEW YEARS OF PRODUCTION, NOR SHOULD BE AFFECTED BY CLIMATE. PART WAS NOT REPAIRABLE AND NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. TOTAL COST TO REPAIR WAS $882.

NHTSA ODI 11084720

DOOR HANDLES ARE HEATED TO HIGHT TEMPERATURES FROM EXPOSURE TO SUN LIGHT AND IS BURNING OUR FINGERS.

NHTSA ODI 10909983

WHILE USING THE AUTOPILOT ON A BUSY I-80 FREEWAY IN SAN FRANCISCO. I WAS DRIVING SOUTH AND IN THE MIDDLE LANE TRYING TO MAKE A LANE CHANGE INTO THE LEFT LANE. I HIT THE SPEED ADJUSTER KNOB INSTEAD OF THE TURN SIGNAL, THIS AUTOMATICALLY INCREASES THE SPEED OF THE CAR WITHOUT INTENDING TO PERFORM SUCH ACTION. THIS ACTION COULD PROVE FATAL IF A BICYCLIST OR OTHER BIKES IN THE CATEGORY ARE IN FRONT. THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW. THE TURN SIGNAL IS TOO CLOSE TO THE SPEED ADJUSTER KNOB, AND I COULD FORESEE A SAFETY INCIDENCE OCCURRING DUE TO THIS LAPSE. THANK YOU. *TR

NHTSA ODI 10846206