Tesla Roadster No Door Handles

Have had two door handles different doors replaced and now looking at my third.

Tesla roadster no door handles.

Investor hamid shojaee took the opportunity to share a 39 second video clip on twitter. In it he tries out tesla s latest approach to door handles and looks to the squared off formula 1 style. Because i have driven more than 80 000 miles in two years the warranty is expired on door handles. I hope tesla chooses a simpler more robust design for the model 3.

Yup the door handles look cool but i d much rather have something simpler like the aston martin vanquish door handles. An all electric vehicle the tesla roadster is the quickest car in the world with record setting acceleration range and performance. Turned out it was a broken wire in a wiring harness. My car was bought in december 2014.

If i could get your help in ordering 4 or more of these i would be in your debt. The new tesla roadster has some unique door handles and by unique we mean that it doesn t have any. Tesla s cost to repair is 900. First one the door handle presented and the window dropped when i pulled on it but the door would not open.

Ebay has them but for around 50 which is quite the mark up. Has anyone had a repaired door handle fail again. The replacement cost people are quoting is ridiculous. Tesla s next generation roadster uses a fingerprint swipe in lieu of a handle to open its doors as demonstrated in a video captured by an attendee of tesla s autonomy day event.

Second time the handle got stuck in the out position and did nothing. The third handle just broke and i m in need of the paddle gear 1042845 00 b from what i can tell tesla sells them for 1 or so but they won t sell anything to those of us with rebuilt titles. Tesla replaced the whole handle mechanism. Two door handle problems this year on 2013 p85.

The roadster s futuristic handles make it seem even more like tesla is looking to stuff the vehicle with as many innovative ideas as possible with musk even announcing 10 optional rocket.