Tesla Roadster No Door Handles

Have had two door handles different doors replaced and now looking at my third.

Tesla roadster no door handles.

The new tesla roadster has some unique door handles and by unique we mean that it doesn t have any. Has anyone had a repaired door handle fail again. Turned out it was a broken wire in a wiring harness. The third handle just broke and i m in need of the paddle gear 1042845 00 b from what i can tell tesla sells them for 1 or so but they won t sell anything to those of us with rebuilt titles.

Tesla s cost to repair is 900. The next generation tesla roadster will not have door handles tesla autonomy day was all about autonomous driving but the event was made more attractive by the presentation of the tesla roadster 2. I hope tesla chooses a simpler more robust design for the model 3. In it he tries out tesla s latest approach to door handles and looks to the squared off formula 1 style.

Tesla replaced the whole handle mechanism. Ebay has them but for around 50 which is quite the mark up. Second time the handle got stuck in the out position and did nothing. Two door handle problems this year on 2013 p85.

Tesla s next generation roadster uses a fingerprint swipe in lieu of a handle to open its doors as demonstrated in a video captured by an attendee of tesla s autonomy day event. Any alternatives buying new motor. If i could get your help in ordering 4 or more of these i would be in your debt. The roadster s futuristic handles make it seem even more like tesla is looking to stuff the vehicle with as many innovative ideas as possible with musk even announcing 10 optional rocket.

The replacement cost people are quoting is ridiculous. My car was bought in december 2014. First one the door handle presented and the window dropped when i pulled on it but the door would not open. Because i have driven more than 80 000 miles in two years the warranty is expired on door handles.

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