Model S Door Handles Ice

Similar occurrence for me marks22 and agree different than with model s.

Model s door handles ice.

What s great about living in today s technogolical world is every time there is a negative story about the model s be it the fire scare or the frozen door handle or the lack of distance on a charge tesla can quickly post a video or article dispelling the story. Http amzn to 29fgw5u if you are new to the tesla model s you may run across this at some time eventuall. You can use my tesla referral link to get six. Didn t feel like much extra pressure was needed to open them.

However one of the most common complaints we discovered from model 3 owners so far is that the car s flush door handles can ice over therefore limiting access to the handle itself. An official acknowledgement wouldn t hurt though. I that information was from one of the many q a or interviews with elon and of course i still hope it s true. You can purchase the force gauge from amazon here.

My model s long range is only 3 months old. Even after preheating for 30 mins they wouldn t budge. The tricker thing was the windows. The door handles presented as normal but both the fro and rear drivers doors would not permit me to open the car.

Here s how the doors work after a decent night of sleet and ice from central ohio. If you re experiencing this and can t drive use the app to preheat the car for about ten minutes and it should remedy the problem. On sunday of this week i went to the car to drive to the local swimming pool. Turns out it s not a problem when opening the door the window just slides under the trim but closing the door must be done very carefully.

30 years ago this couldn t happen because newspapers and tv were the only option. For model 3 despite no visible ice on windows door the handles stuck a little and window did not lower when door opened door still seemed to open and close fine without causing window alignment issue as op mentions.