Tesla Model S Door-Handle Failures Still Plague Electric Car, As Consumer Reports Learns

2015 Tesla Model S P85D door handle, captured from Consumer Reports video, May 2015

It is one of the more remarkable features of the Tesla Model S electric luxury sedan: door handles that retract flush with the body until needed. But the retracting door handles proved tricky in practice; owner of early Model S cars reported that quite a lot of them had to be replaced under warranty. The problems seemed to have abated, but clearly… …read more