Nine 2021 Model Y vehicle owners reported issues with Tesla's handles to the NHTSA, including incidents where children were trapped in the vehicles.

Highway safety regulators are investigating reports that malfunctioning door handles on some Tesla Model Y SUVs left ...

Several parents have reported they can't open the doors, leaving their children locked inside, so now NHTSA is investigating.

The Austin automaker’s electrically powered recessed door handles can become inoperative due to issues with the Model Y’s low ...

Auto safety regulators have launched a preliminary investigation into Tesla because of issues reopening door handles on some ...

NHTSA opens probe into 174,000 Tesla Model Y vehicles from 2021 model year Parents report being locked out of cars with ...

NHTSA opens investigation into Tesla Model Y over faulty door handles amid China's proposed ban on flush door handles.

Tesla is now under a new federal investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, according to an Office ...

US car safety regulators have opened an investigation into the door handles of Tesla’s flagship Model Y model following complaints that children were trapped inside the car after parents were unable ...

The NHTSA said it’s opening a preliminary investigation into Tesla’s Model Y SUVs after reports that electronic door handles ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it has received several reports of children getting trapped in 2021 ...

Cars.com owned a 2021 Model Y for more than two years as a long-term test car, and we were curious to see whether the changes for 2026 address the issues we had with the prior generation.