Tesla Owner Breaks Window to Escape Before Vehicle Catches Fire in Vancouver
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- Tesla Owner Breaks Window to Escape Before Vehicle Catches Fire in Vancouver
A driver said he had to break his Tesla’s window to climb out as his vehicle shut down before catching fire in North Vancouver, British Columbia, on May 20.
James Lester filmed a video that shows a Tesla car with a broken window at the intersection of Mountain Hwy and Hunter near his distillery. The driver says to Lester that he smelt smoke and that the car’s battery had died before he got out.
Moments later, the car catches fire and the firefighters extinguish the flames.
“I had to smash the window, I kicked through the window because everything was stuck,” the driver says to an onlooker as he watches the vehicle burn. "The power didn’t work, the door didn’t open, the window didn’t go down. "
According to CTV News, Tesla didn’t respond to their request for comment on the incident.
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Driver: “Open the door!”
Car: “I’m afraid I can’t do that Dave.”
Just look!! 56 years ago, 2001 Odyssey predicted AI as a threat to human beings.... anyone who trusts with their eyes closed is subject to the highest risk.... Greetings from Brazil!
@@reinaldodombueno9276 But AI has nothing to do with this person not being able to lift the door handle to open it.
The door handle that is the manual release. Meaning it does not need power. It's where most cars have their door handles. Nothing obscure about it.
@@dpuravet"Manual" the door needs electricity to open. If it didnt he would have been able to get out
Its not like a 2002 car where the door uses mechanical openers. Most evs don't even have door handles to begin with on the outside, doubt they do inside either.
Whats sad is i remember that line
@@excaliburofgachagames9241🤣🤥
This is why manual doors are an essential part for safety.
This car (Model Y) does have a manual door release. It's right below the electronic door open button. You just pull up on the manual release handle. This person could have opened the door with that, they probably didn't know about it or they panicked.
@@ZJamaicanTrue, but it should be something that is easy to figure out in a panic situation.
Come on people, learn about your vehicle before using it. Teslas vehicles have a mechanical emergency door latch to use in case of electrical failure!
Search for videos such as "Model 3 Emergency Mechanical Door Release Demo" and others before you embarrass yourself or worse.
Yeah I get the whole "watch the video about Tesla's manual door handle" and "learn your vehicle" crap but electric door handles are unacceptable and are a very alarming safety issue. Besides look at the way how you get out of the car from the rear. It doesn't have the same functionality as the front but you'll literally die in their since it's so hard to access that you need a screwdriver to get it open.
There is manual release to everything with this car for emergency use. Even firefighters have manual access to get the car hood open.
Not to fear, those are reduced emission flames
LMFAO most underrated. for real though what do we think is worse burning gas or burning lithium and plastic!
@@slimboiu3890depends on volume.
"Green" flames
😂
😂
Best Tesla commercial ever😄
Yeah, elon should've been feeling really proud
IT HAS A MANUAL DOOR HANDLE, YOU KNOW NOTHING
So let me get this straight. The car loses power, the doors remain locked, then the car catches fire??
Seems perfectly safe to me!
There's a manual door release that doesn't require power to operate. It's really easy to find, in fact when I was the manager of a valet location I frequently had to teach new drivers to not use the manual release, as they usually found it before the normal door latch. I don't know why this guy broke his window for no reason, he could have just opened the door.
@@ChrisScratch And passengers would automatically know this? How dangerous.
@@ChrisScratch I bet once a Tesla tech interviews him they will found out why the car caught on fire. 75% chance it's something stupid he did.
I like those odds
@@Cyberdactyl
@@Cyberdactylas well all know idiots can make any car spontaneously combust
EV should stand for " Exploding Vehicle "
Except that wasn't a battery fire - the battery is under the floor. This one was probably an electrical fault and it could have occurred in any vehicle.
@@TheLongonot62 that's what I said
EXACTLY 💯
@TheLongonot62 yeah but with a lithium battery!!!!! you really want to take that chance...lithium is highly volatile
@@TheLongonot62 yeah and when the battery catches fire you're done. At least you can extinguish a gasoline fire
No gas but burning like hell
That was just a cable or other electronics that caught fire. Can happen to every car.
wood will burn too when heat is exposed to it....who woulda thunk it??? lolol
😂
the battery is burning
@@rickylau8220 no, the battery is on the floorpan and vents out the side of the car. not a battery fire.
When you have to be connected to the internet to open the car door.
Then they'll charge a monthly fee.
"Bleep. I am sorry to inform you, you are not allowed to leave the car. You said something politically incorrect; ie "hate speech". You have to stay in the car for 2 weeks."
that's bullshit, if you want get off a Tesla, just pull the doorhandle, it's mechanic.
@@umbrellastudio7481 I believe you m8. I was painting the future.
The very near future.
So why the driver had to break the window?
@@umbrellastudio7481
environmentally friendly
Like there hasn’t been more Jeeps that have caught fire in the past decade than teslas 🤦🏻♂️
With all those batteries. No, not in the slyghtest.
Making those batteries is a hazard all by itself. Where are all the old batteries to disposed. Hmmm?
@@user-tl2vp1eu1wFinally! Someone with some sense around here. Simply the making of the Tesla, is by definition, environmentally unfriendly. Not to mention the disposal of it. By the way exposure to those batteries, especially while charging has a carcinogenic effect on the body. 😮
@@Combat_Medic Cope harder sheep.
It looks very eco-friendly and green all around. Not a trace of any emissions!
hi it's your government here:
don't panic.. it's safe😂
@@leo997100 And we all know that the government always knows best, right? 😄
@@midcenturymodern9330 Fu.. them hard.. bro💪
I find it so funny that they want to reduce emission, but when it create so many emissions to create the car. But what I find even funnier is the fact that a lot of energy is created by fossil fuels.
What you talking about? It is the most eco friendly car. It tried to save environment by killing humans.
What a death trap. Electronic locks, windows and door handles? Insane.
Direct from Tesla: "front doors are equipped with a manual door release. Manual door releases are designed to be used only in situations when Model 3 has no power. When Model 3 has power, use the button located at the top of the interior door handle."
No
Good in emergency because people forget
@@still-kickinCGwhat about passengers if there are any? Or they should go through driver door? I can bet those doors wouldn't open from outside either.
They are "smart"🤓 vehicles
@@bradley5819people forget how to open a door?
Teslas are equipped with an emergency "manual" door release a few inches from the powered release button. I don't understand how the driver missed that.
Because there’s no obvious label on it, nothing in red or yellow that draws attention to it. Even if you know it’s there you may forget in an emergency. Since in normal conditions you never use it, I’m sure tons of Tesla drivers have no clue it’s there.
@@Sashazur Its in an obvious place. Its so obvious that they have to tell new drivers not to pull the emergency door release because new drivers think its the door handle.
I think I know how he missed it. I smell BS.
Sure, just Google it while sitting in a car filling with smoke and flames. What fraction of Tesla drivers know that this exists? Teslas are DANGEROUS.
Totally irrelevant and you're an idiot for even bringing it up! Cars should not have to have an escape button !🙄🖕👊👊
That is crazy dangerous. Imagine if it would have been an older person trapped in the car?
Maybe they would've used the door handle instead of trying to break the window.
...have been..
Cybertruck buyers are about to test that for us with the unbreakable windows
@@logitech4873 I guess you didn't hear, all the electrics went out and the door wouldn't unlock, so the handle is useless.
@@up0820 The button is what opens the door electronically. The door handle is entirely mechanical, and is made for exactly this type of scenario
Having a electric button to open a car door is insane there is no need to hide the manual door handle, any passengers that are not familiar with the car could easily be killed in a situation like this.
The emergency release is in the same spot a person would expect a door release. Tesla owners generally have to tell people how to open their doors since the first instinct is to go for the emergency release...
@@electrocow4511 obviously not if people are getting stuck, this has happened many times!
@@lloyd.8272 How many? This is the first time I've heard of someone being stuck in a Tesla. The manual door release would have worked.
@@PNWeBike I’m not keeping count, I’ve seen on the news a few times in the Uk over the years. And one just recently in a MG and different accounts on you tube. Do a search I’m sure your find other reports of it happening in all different brands of electric cars including Tesla’s.
Yes well let’s hope that any who die have not had time to reproduce!
apparently it was not battery related fire, also, driver failed to use manual door mechanic which is located right next to the standard button for opening, why it became necessary to break the window?
Wow... these cars are scary AF on top of being unreliable and expensive
Very reliable and relatively cheap compared to their gas car counterparts*
They're reliable as long as you're not a fool and think it can do things it can't.
@@Ramon314😂😂😂
@@user-ze6yx7pc6s people need to be educated, no need to be scared of things that aren't scary. The same with planes.
@@Ramon314😂😂😂
@@Ramon314"Bb.... but gg...gas cars bad!!* 🤓
Now imagine that it's parked in your garage after coming home from work and you're in the shower oblivious !
You are actually more likely to have an issue with an ICE car burning in your garage.
Nope, it’s the battery that’s the problem. In fact batteries are always a problem with everything 😮
@@cliffordcullen1687 ICE cars don't have batteries?
I guess if there were no batteries there would be no war, famine or pestilence.
May you like to figure out for us, why Ford has recently recalled more than 600.000 new vehicles? What was the reason for that?
Precise , and amost impossible to inguish.@@cliffordcullen1687
Imagine if there were people or children in the back seats. He was very lucky not only to be strong enough to kick out the window, and escape, but to have no one else trapped in the car.
The kids probably would have known about the manual release. It's strange that he did not know that about his own car. People that don't even own Teslas tend to accidentally use the manual release on the doors.
But then again, there are people that run out of gas too. Some people don't know how to open the trunk or hood. ...etc.etc.
If it would of been elderly, woman or teen driving car- the odds are- they wouldn't even be able to kick the glass out!
Now imagine having unbreakable windows like they were touting on the tesla truck.
Only lib 🐑💩🤡's want to own these garbage machines because they are virtue signaling how wonderful they are, but they actually are more harmful to the environment overall than regular cars and trucks.
Use the manual door latches maybe? That's what they are there for.
@@dpuravetI mean Tesla drivers aren’t usually car people, they use them more as appliances, in a panic situation like this I would probably smash the window too not even thinking about an emergency release
That’s a crazy poor response time. Gotta work on that
Slooooooooowwwww as F
In the U.K. that fire would have been extinguished within 1 minute of them arriving. I don’t know if you’ve seen British firefighters but they are like a Swiss watch.
IT HAS A MANUAL DOOR HANDLE, HE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT HIS CAR
Imagine having a car where a computer gets to decide whether it'll let you open the door or not. 🤦
It literally doesn't. In this car, there is both an electric door latch and a manual door latch. The manual door latch in fact is the one most people gravitate towards pulling on their first time in the vehicle, since it's quite obvious and relatively conventionally placed. The car computer has no governance over it; you can open it any time you wish.
The electric release is a smaller button, and placed on a small riser. It feels nicer, and has the additional function of cracking the window quickly before the door pops, which reduces wear and tear on the trim (since it's a frameless door). As a result, most owners use it and get used to it.
This design is common to many vehicles in the luxury segment today, where there is an electric release doing anything from this simple window pop to actuating gull wings. In all such cases, there is still a manual release, as required by law.
In this case, the owner simply forgot the manual release existed. Between panic in the moment and probably habit from using the nicer electric release, this is understandable, but it would be wrong to say the car itself decides.
@@katherinesilens2994 on Teslas: that manual latch exists on the front doors only. Backseat passengers get to become charcoal.
@@beepbop6697 I understand your concern, but backseat actually has three options.
The first is leaving out the front. This is the best for kids or adults in a hurry, and actually pretty easy to slide between the driver and passenger front row seats to exit given how big the clearance is due to the internal cabin layout being more spacious than an equivalent gas car.
The second way out is the backseat does have an emergency release. It's hidden in the side cupholders which isn't a great design for accessibility but does prevent kids or pets from pulling it while the vehicle is at speed, which may work since it's an emergency door release. The 2023 version got a slight redesign to make this handle more visible and accessible once the mat is removed. It's a little too slow in a hurry for adults but does work in case of power loss or malfunction, like in a collision.
The third option is that the trunk has a manual popper too, and the second row seats also have manual releases in 4 locations to get them flat and open to the trunk in a hurry. If you have a dog or something like that this is probably the way you want to get them out. This is also a good way for very large passengers in a hurry, if they are a bit too big to leave out the front.
Is it the best design? I do think it could be improved and in some ways is a bit awkward. However the options are there, you are not trapped inside.
The car is also programmed so doors also unlock shortly after a collision if they can.
@@katherinesilens2994 model 3 manual, quoting: "CAUTION
Manual door releases are designed to be used only in situations when Model 3 has no power. When Model 3 has power, use the button located at the top of the interior door handle.
An informational icon, calling your attention
Note
Only the front doors are equipped with a manual door release."
I love how everyone is defending the Tesla by saying it was user error because the guy didn't use some secret hidden latch to open the door while conveniently ignoring the fact the car has *caught fire* - so tell me, was it user error also that makes them combust.
That's a death trap in the making. What if that had been an older person or someone who didn't have the strength to break out the window.
living life with that fear, then its best not to step out your home.
@@notyourmomyousnowflake3533 you must be a liberal...😂😂😂
There's a mechanical backup, and it's very accessible in the door handle. When I have guests in my model 3, they tend to accidentally use that instead of the electronic unlock because i forget to inform them.
Get the full story.
Get the context.
Get a clue.
@@sowhat599 I'm a Liberal and I sold my Tesla because of the lack of rear manual door handles. The quick unrelated name calling tells me you're a righty lemming.
And that is why my friends, you have to read the car's manual. He could have opened the door without breaking the window with the manual door release. Not sure what's worse, the car or the people driving the cars.
You are right and he wouldn't have done so much damage to the car either. 🤣
i have 350z and never read the manual, all functions of the car are obvious
I was worried about the firefighter being so close to a possible explosion
electric cars don't explode, gasoline cars do. Dimwit.
No worries. The main battery was not on fire. Looks like cable caught fire.
I was worried he'd never get turn the water hose on
Nice to see the hazard lights kept working to let people know there could be a potential problem. 🍋
Oh yeah, they planned for everything at Tesla before they rolled these out. LOL
Guess what, that means he was lying and the car did not lose power, his story doesn't make any sense if you know Teslas, I suspect insurance fraud...
which means the car wasn't completely dead and it wasn't a battery short circuit
@@leouvarov8982 oh. Yeah, that’s allright then.
The lights run off the "normal" 12v auxiliary car battery is Teslas, which the doors also run off. Even if the big main battery short-circuits, the doors should still open along with the signal lights. Weird.
It's scary that the doors wouldn't open, and he had to smash the windows to get out. A lot of people wouldn't have been able to do that.
Most people would've used the manual door latch. It's right next to the window controls
@@logitech4873 Do you not think he might have tried that if he had one though?..
@@SpartasEdge Fact is that he didn't. I own a Model 3 with the same manual door latches. They are so obvious that people usually try using those before I have to tell them to use the button above. Ask any Model 3 / Model Y owner and they'll tell you the same.
@@logitech4873 I'll take your word for it, as i don't own one.
@@SpartasEdge ..Smart
Now imagine if he had bought a Cybertruck.
This is so scary I’m so glad he was able to escape this horrible situation
Why? He will just buy another. Rid the world of idiots.
why they dont put mechanical door handles on the inside I will never know. They are there but you need to know how to use them. unlike the way you usually get out of the car.
@@MikefngarageYou pull them. They are easy to use. They literally work like normal door handles.
@@logitech4873 sure but in a panic situation you are using something you dont normally use. A different part of your brain is thinking for you. Needs to be automatic or your going to forget where they are. They should have 1 door handle and that is one that works with or without power. ON EVERY car. especailly passengers who dont know about the other door handles. or where they are. and not clearly marked. Waiting for the lawyers to change this. It will happen.
@@Mikefngarage It's been around since the 50's. I doubt it's gonna go away any time soon.
So environmentally friendly
Compared to all the combustion engine cars this is negligible.
@@tridentwagenuth9305 Wrong again. These fumes are MUCH more toxic than treated exhaust gases.
@@midcenturymodern9330 It's the same when a gasoline car catches on fire.
@@logitech4873 I hope you go to school
@@voidLogicx I don't. Did you have a point?
Tesla owner doesn't read the manual on how to open his own door
You never have been in a stressed panic situation? Having knowledge of the manual does not help you in such cases. You need to practice how to get out with the manual lever and get comfortable with it. Who does that. Obvious solution would be to just only have a manual way to open the door.
@@pcdispatch ah yes, many such cases
You shouldn't have to read a manual to know how to escape your vehicle in an emergency
Should he have to? I've NEVER had to look in the manual to open MY car doors!😆
My grandfather was a craftsman. He repaired everything in the house. But he stood away from electricity.
You should have gotten the updated fire extinguisher app.
That is the worst possible scenario - the car is burning and you cannot get out. Not everyone would be able to escape that.
From the rate of fire intensity, it became obvious that most of the Internals of the passenger cabin (including the Fascia) are clearly not flameproof, but possibly quite the opposite.
Manual door release.
there is a lever for door release that does not need electricitity, buddy prolly panicked and forgot or he never knew about it
But the driver did get out…
@@2darkdragonwell right there is your problem. Relying on remembering the manual in an emergency is no good
Now imagine this inside your garage!
I just watched the video and when looking at the comments, it appears some people were uninformed that the fire was unrelated to the battery. Notice that there is no fire coming from the bottom of the vehicle. I do agree that electronic door locks would not be a good idea in a no power situation like flooding or a fire, especially if the owner is not aware of the manual door release.
The battery may have appeared to have “died” to the driver, as the fire may have caused communication to be lost between the battery and the computer.
Now imagine you have 3 kids strapped in the back seats? Unless you have some sort of spec ops training, there is no way you will be able to calmy get everyone out in time.
This is what’s happening with hundreds of KIA cars also. Very dangerous fuel fires.
They all have manual release handles in the event that there isn’t enough power.
@@TheLsorbara Yea but they are on the inside. How the hell are you supposed to open the back doors if lets say a small child is trapped and the car starts burning? Maybe if you are big and strong you can break the window or something but if it is someone smaller, they wont be able to do anything. These things are deathtraps.
@@rubiconb8176 The safety release handles are on the back doors as well
@@TheLsorbara Yea but you cannot access them FROM THE OUTSIDE so if the rear seats are being occupied by children and the car catches fire how the hell do you open the doors from the outside??? a 1 year old cannot open a door and is strapped in a car seat. So what are you talking about?
There is an emergency latch/manual handle on every door to open in case of emergencies
But when you use electronic doors all the time then one day suddenly your car's on fire and you're trapped in it, you can't remember where they are and you haven't got time to read the manual or Google it.
Not on the back doors in the model 3
@@jesusisable7052He cam out the driver's door, which absolutley has an emergency manual unlock.
It's usually in the glove compartment ...
@@susicroft7905 no it is on every door next to the window switches
There's a manual door release that doesn't require power to operate. It's really easy to find, in fact when I was the manager of a valet location I frequently had to teach new drivers to not use the manual release, as they usually found it before the normal door latch.
Why couldn't it just be a manual door handle? Seems counterintuitive.
Ya, Tesla really did not need to reinvent the door handle.
Zero pollution at its finest. 👍
Holy balls they don't have a failsafe door release from the inside? That's criminal
Tesla has a manual door latch in situations like this, the owner wasn't aware of this?
They do have non electrical door handles in case of this. Owner probably didn’t know it
Tesla owners are stupid you think they read the manual lol
@@dookydan6406 It's for showing off, much like most other things in a Tesla
@@Jakerbrake he wasn’t aware of it. As the video tells…
I have to admit all the ‘gas’ vehicles I’ve driven all my life have never caught on fire, and trust me…I’ve driven some REALLY awful-frightening beaters! 😳😶😱
ICE vehicles are the way to go! :)
@@bobjohnson205 Totally agree!
I'm on my daughter's CZcams. Years ago my dad and I was trying to get a vehicle to start. My dad poured some gas down the carb and he accidentally spilled a bunch around the carb. My dad hopped in the car and said, "If this doesn't catch fire it isn't because I didn't spill enough gas." 😆
You know that ICE CARS HAVE 60% HIGH CHANCE OF GOING ON FIRE
@@Aarav_Visputenonsense, cars would be ablaze everywhere if that were true
There’s a latch on each door that will let you get out without using power
There needs to be more about this story, the car won't just stop at a intersection, lose power, catch fire and don't give an single warning about battery or high temperatures, impossible.
The dude could also open the door with the manual button just by that it shows that the dude is really experienced.
When you don't want to believe they are the fire traps that they are.
It wasn't a battery fire.
@@logitech4873 Oh? What else in a BEV can cause a fire? A cigaret would not cause this. Had to be electrical, or the air bag rocket fuel caught fire.
@@Dannysoutherner A compromised battery pack can cause a fire. But then again, if the battery just randomly decided to burst into flames, that's very different from a situation where the battery might have been damaged in a previous incident and the owner never knew. Same as a ICE vehicle, a compromised gasoline tank can be very dangerous and they too sometimes burn down. That's why it would have been nice to know if the Tesla gave any sort of alert about the battery's state.
Side windows are hard to break. Kudos sir..!
Clearly, from this example and others, Tesla windows are easy to break. Thankfully , nowhere near "bullet proof" 😂
Very thin easily breakable glass
@@sidebite2533thank you, Mr expert lmao
IT HAS A MANUAL DOOR HANDLE, YOU KNOW NOTHING
Manual doors and manual windows should be compulsory for all vehicles 👍
@Ken_1971"just read the manual" or maybe just design the car better?
lol ya go back to the days of the hand roller.....get a life
@@puny-tinsucks5102yea so you can survive something like this
IT HAS A MANUAL DOOR HANDLE, YOU KNOW NOTHING
There are manual door releases on the door handle if it loses power, just needed to use those instead of kicking the window they are, infront of the power window module
Something fishy about this one eh.
The manual lift latches are so easy to spot and use, that you have to advise new passengers to use the button instead of the door latch because it can damage the trim.
Also, if the car has no power, why are the hazards working, and why was the driver able to see an error message on the screen before exiting the car. 400volts would not be powering the doors or the screen, and the 12v is in the front on a separate circuit.
What a pile of crap.
If you're not aware, one of the other firefighters is deploying the blanket/bag they will wrap the vehicle in. They are expensive but essential to prevent/contain the battery if a 'run away' occurs.
To be honest, I noticed they are very slow an loosing precious time to talk about what to do and who should do it...
it was not battery related fire.
Legend has it is still burning today and the owner still feels the shame of owning a life threatening scam box.
The interior fire was put out immediately.
@@logitech4873 you have autism, not an insult just letting you know
legend has it you are no legend and are too poor to afford to afford such a good, fast car
Tesla should name their next new model; 'The Deathtrap'. People will be dying to own one.
They sure are good for the environment
The real tragedy here is he also lost his golf clubs! Heart breaker...
Yes, that's the part that upset me the most! lol
This is not the first time I've seen videos of EV's battery catch fire.
Because ICE cars never catch fires?
it doesn't look like the traction battery is on fire.
non è la batteria a prendere fuoco, guarda bene. Sicuramente sarò stato un corto circuito nella parte frontale dove sta lo schermo
It's not the battery , the fire was way too easy to put out
Be glad you weren't parked in your garage.
Saving the planet has never been more exciting!
Note to self: never purchase a Tesla
Ladies and Gentleman, this is Trashla the products which made by Elon Cuck Musk company
Going to be hard to travel without a car. Good luck. Oh, busses catch fire also.
Please don’t buy one, there are way too many on the road as it is lol
@@davidbeppler3032 Tesla is not the only car company. It also is not the only electric car company. I'm also making a note to never purchase one of these death traps.
Why? Because the battery has a super unlikely chance of catching fire? Hey, so does a gas car, gasoline is super flammable. Tesla cars have manual emergency door releases, the guy didn’t need to kick the window out.
I don't know what is worse, the fact the driver didn't know that there is a manual release on the door, or that the fireman used water on a battery fire, which could have caused a massive explosion. They are supposed to use foam.
Probably not fire in the battery.
It's actually fine to use water on EV battery fires. FPRF research backs this up. It won't cause the lithium chemistry to flare up, it's not elemental lithium.
Water just doesn't work on a battery fire like it would a conventional fuel fire. On a normal fire, water attacks 2 of 3 elements of the fire triangle. Heat and oxygen.
In an EV fire, the water is mostly just to keep the battery cooled down and do thermal control, preventing reignition. This is why it takes so much water: only 1 corner of the triangle.
Upcoming battery chemistries like LFP or solid-state batteries which are more stable and less prone to thermal runaway will be even easier to put out.
Foam still doesn't work for battery fires my guy. Lithium Ion creates its own oxygen when it burns.
It's not a battery fire...
This was likely not a battery fire. Battery fires usually start from the bottom of the car. In this case, the fire was inside the vehicle. I'm thinking it may have been a short in the low voltage system.
If my battery dies on my Fossil Fuel Burning Truck, I can still open the door.
You could in a Tesla as well if the car was completely dead, they have manual overrides in the interior lol - just that the average idiot won't see them because they're located like they're just part of the interior molding.
@@blanknam3d That is a bullshit design. I am like the guy you replied to - my dino machines doors open whether I have a battery in it or not. 1980s care all the way!
@@Dannysoutherner Yeah, well it's a rich person problem lmao, I've only ever seen it on luxury brands - of which, Tesla seems to consider themselves to be competing with BMW, as they often compare their daily driver models to BMW models.
Reason they even do it in the first place is so they can have a fancy-looking frameless door window, which requires the glass to slightly drop while opening the door & raise up again when the door is shut - again, it's uniquely a rich person problem, because it adds another point of failure just to make the car look 3% sleeker.
Shall also note for the record I drive a beaten up 9th-gen Civic that has had 2 accidents & use a bike for trips
@@blanknam3d I like stuff I can fix. When even the doors are computerized to that extent it is just more stuff to break. I have a motto - keep it simple for the blonde girl. It works. Keeps me from trying to overcomplicate things, just keep it as practical and simple as possible while maintaining good performance. The automakers could take a lesson from that. I don't even want power windows in a car. More stuff to break.
@@Dannysoutherner Rich people usually don't fix their own things, unfortunately - why do you think the average Honda is still more repairable than a BMW that insists you pay monthly for hardware already installed in the car? lol
FYI to everyone. TEsla's have manual door controls on EVERY DOOR, for just reasons like this. Right under the front of the arm rest-just pull and go!
But when you use electronic doors all the time then one day suddenly your car's on fire and you're trapped in it, you can't remember where they are and you haven't got time to read the manual or Google it.
The obvious point is that the primary door handle should be manual. When people panic, they will not remember the easiest of solutions.
That is a normal door opener... If the doors is locked will the manual opener work? On our old 1992 car if the car was locked with the key fab with people inside there was no way of opening the doors as it has safety lock engaged and not even trying to use the unlock button would work. Only way to unlock the car was with they electronic key fab or use the key from outside. ---
And everyone has practiced the use of this manual door control, and ready to use it at a moment's notice?
@@a64738 With Tesla´s the manual opener works in every situation.
The sad part is this guy will probably go buy another tesla with a smile on his face.
@Ns Tsar we have enough oil, we have too much potato head in the White House.
@@JAMESWUERTELE reeeeeeee
@@cardboardboxification Biden is actively shutting down US oil production and is selling our oil reserves to China. Specifically a Chinese company his son Hunter Biden has large shares in. This is literally him stealing wealth from us and putting it into his family. We don't have a oil problem. We have a Biden problem.
If you don't see it, then you're part of that problem.
@@fizzisoda7113 yes I know corn pop is a failure at everything
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Jeszuz , the carbon footprint from that 😂
Every tesla I've been in has a manual door handle for exactly this type of situation. I'm wondering if this guy panicked and forgot about it?
Manual release! I thought about that issue when I first rented a tesla “ I was like how will I get out of if the car battery malfunctions” thankfully someone on utube shared the manual release information. Rental companies should share that with the consumer
EVERYONE HERE IS TALKING ABOUT THE DAMN DOOR, INSTEAD OF ASKING WHY DID THIS TOP SHELF TESLA CAUGHT FIRE IN THE FIRST PLACE?? DONT HEAR ANYONE TALKING ABOUT THAT!!!
The new method to end your enemies is hijacking their teslas/ev and making it combust
Gas cars are far more dangerous. Just think of your enemies putting a burning rag in your gas tank and BOOM you die instantly!
that’s how the government kills a lot of people
That might be in the next 'Bond' film! lol
Each door has a manual override / mechanical door handle.
You just pull that handle and the door opens.
There is no need to kick out windows.
I noticed the hazard lights flashing just in case the fire department didn’t know which car to attend to.
Keep all EV's parked outside and away from building structures, other vehicles.
Why? They're far less likely to catch on fire than the average car.
@@logitech4873 Lithium batteries are extremely volatile/ unpredictable. besides, find out how lithium is mined and also there is not enough in this world for this ev project to take off.
@@dundeeecroc But they aren't volatile and unpredictable. EVs are in general extremely unlikely to catch fire compared to gasoline cars - even when comparing parked/idle cars.
The fire in this video was a cabin fire, not a battery fire.
Better yet leave them parked at the dealership unsold!
Good for the environment, those battery fires!! 😂
Can't believe anyone is still buying those things.
“First responders” taking their sweet time
Pull the manual door latch for emergency exit right on the door. Requires no power. Just pull it and the door opens manually. You probably panicked and forgot. Glad your ok though. Thats crazy.
Imagine if he had babies in car seats in the back
@@teeminator30 There is a manual door release in the rear as well but it's much harder to access as it's at the bottom of the door.
@@ZJamaicanunless it's a model 3 they only have manual release in the front
@@paulbryant4518 For real? OMG.
I hear the Cremation Package doesn't have manual door latches but does have un-breakable glass.
Thank God he made it out alive.
But his golf clubs didn't!
Thank the imaginary sky daddy.
@@IntegerOfDoom Amen for that! lol
@@IntegerOfDoom I don't know who you're refering to.
It has a manual door release but it's not easy to find. Every car owner should read the car manual regardless of whether it's electric or ICE. At least refer to what you can do in worst case scenarios.
In other words, don't let your grandparents bring your kids anywhere in a Tesla
Know what you're driving!!
You are lucky that you got out.
This car like all Teslas have manual door releases for all the doors. Even the trunk.
This is a legal safety requirement on all vehicles.
Glad you got out ok. Very lucky you didn’t have small children strapped into their seats, that would be a nightmare 😟
That's the first thing I was thinking - On top of finding out those Teslas have no manual door releases on the rear doors only the front (which I guess this owner wasn't made aware of since he kicked the window out), so backseat occupants would have had to literally crawl to the front CLOSER to the fire or the driver would have had to be physically able to twist around from the front seat to rescue anyone trapped in back including a baby, small children, or pets smh.
@@Stressless2023incorrect. They have manual release in all doors (even frunk and trunk). Educate yourself.
@@777jrg Wrong - Maybe some have manual releases for the rear doors but not all, particularly 2022 Model 3's - Educate yourself.
There is en manual emergency latch on the 2 front doors (also on both back doors but they are quite hidden). These also work if electricity is shut down.
one of the safest car brands on earth.
Theres a hidden latch designed to open every door manually in case battery dies, but most owners (like him) doesn't know that, and thats totally Tesla's fault. They can't be sued because it's in the owners manual, but the should take full responsibility in making sure every tesla owner knows that feature/ safety thing
But when you use electronic doors all the time then one day suddenly your car's on fire and you're trapped in it, you can't remember where they are and you haven't got time to read the manual or Google it.
Yes but my question is "Why hide it?" Especially when that mechanism could be the difference between life and death in an emergency situation.
@@MrCareer707 yeah really nice that it’s hidden. Great design feature.
I like how you can’t leave the oven but hey the blinkers still work
Those fireworkers dont need to rush.
"Calm down just an ordinary tesla on fire"
Tesla is like a Samsung in its earliest years
Wow if he had kids as passengers this would have ended badly.
I was in a tesla uber yesterday and I couldn't quickly find the handle it's a weird car for sure
Tesla offering the burn alive feature. Eh, but at least you're saving the planet. lol
He turned on "ambient fireplace" and received real results.
The last 20 plus years have been getting worse with bad idea after bad idea
Doors that wont open without power, that is a death trap, I'd never buy a car like that!
there is a manual latch, it's a safety standard
Stay calm..
@@intheskymusic hehehe
@@intheskymusic...now PANIC!!!
Whats funny is the e v. Fanatics will still ssy this happens to gasoline cars all the time. Really? Whens the last time a new gas toyota camry just ignited at a stop sign without being in a collision? Never.
green energy, friendly to environment 😂
Looks pretty orange to me, you must be colorblind lol
This is why having a mechanical way of doing things is better than pure electric
Death traps on wheels.
If you crash in an EV, the count down for being brunt to death starts right away. You might not even notice it since the fire doesn't come from the engine room in the front like traditional vehicles. Just get out first if you crash. I personally won't buy EVs as long as they're carrying the lithium ion flame buster underneath.
This wasnt even a crash site. Lithium-ion batteries tend to burst in flames on their own.
That is also why its recommended not to charge your phone on your bed.
Tesla is one of the safest cars on the road
@@nakkadu okie dokie
@@ThePontiac98 ?
@@nakkadu Only because there are only 2 million world wide.
Lol, the driver probably didn't know there is an emergency mechanical door handle that will work without any power. Glad he managed to break the window and escape though but he should know his Tesla, if he didn't manage to break the window, he'd be dead.. unless he knew about the emergency mechanical door handle.
Ignorance, what bliss!
That fire fighter has balls spraying water on a ticking timebomb
Do you always read the vehicle's manual if you rent it, or you are a just passenger?
You shouldn't have to read a manual to know how to exit your vehicle in an emergency. Requiring electricity to open door latches, and hiding the manual release, is a serious safety issue. This is clear case of a completely unnecessary feature.
The firefighters were so fast... A turtle could've faster though. Incredible!
Fire Station is just beside it.
@@EchigoyaHonpoAnd they were still slow as hell.
It took literally one minute from arrival to the scene to water on the car. What in the world are you guys talking about?
firefighter got off the truck to grab the hose at 0:10 sec, the time he water the Tesla is 1:17 time, what if there is a passenger inside ? different procedure then I guess ? would it be faster with just fire extinguisher first ? Maybe I am all wrong !!!!
@@AlphardV55WR35 definitely with a fire extinguischer the fire would have been stopped when it still was small. But the fire specialists have their procedures and who are we to critisize their work
If this was any other car manufacturer there would be a forced recall of all vehicles immediately to prevent future accidents.
Lol now imagine driving Cybertruck with bulletproof windows 😅
Electric vehicles are such a punch in tha face. Very environmentally friendly. Look at all that clean black smoke going into the environment.
YES more pollution from one burning EV than 100 gasoline cars....
The government mandates that this is the only car you should have. We want names who are responsible to put this into law. Then they should sit in those cars while the batteries burn. let's just say it's their job as a public servant to test cars they recommended to the public.
That wasn't a battery burn. There is a manual way to open the door. Haters gonna hate.
that's in their plan to reduce the total human population before the global reset