'The entire car was literally dead,' said Rick Meggison.
A Phoenix, AZ driver said he was trapped in a hot Tesla Model Y after the car battery died.A Peoria, Arizona man says he was trapped in his Tesla in the extreme heat after the power died and he didn't know how to escape.found dozens of drivers have filed complaints with federal auto safety regulators who are urging car owners to learn how to manually get out in an emergency.He said he was stuck in his Tesla Model Y in his garage back in June.
"If that battery is not reliable or if for some reason the consumer isn't aware of how to override a problem with the battery, then you can have real safety problems," she said. "The button that you use every single day to get in and out of our car no longer works. You have to transition to a lever," Shoemaker said.
Dozens of Tesla drivers have filed similar complaints with the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, the federal agency responsible for safety, which can force recalls.In July, a Tesla driver filed a complaint with NHTSA which said, "The car was completely dead with my dogs inside. I live in Palm Springs. It was 90 and sunny outside."
Meggison said Tesla did send him an alert on his phone about his 12-volt battery, but he said it came too late after his car was already towed.
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