A gathering of posts that report on recalls and other safety issues.
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Rivian safety video. We’ve added an important safety video to YouTube which shows how to get out of the back seats of a Rivian R1S or R1T if the power is lost. See it below — not easy to say the least. These are also known as a manual door release or a manual override. …
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Mechanical door releases. Vehicles with electronic locks and latches lead to the requirement of back-up mechanical door releases, particularly to let occupants out in the event of a power failure or worse. These are also known as a manual door release or a manual override. Electric vehicles (EVs) are often blamed for the use and …
Permanent link to this article: https://dashboardsymbols.com/2026/09/five-worst-back-up-automotive-mechanical-door-releases-to-find-and-use/
Electronic door handles. On an issue we’ve harped on since 2015, China recently announced a recall of millions of electric vehicles (EVs), from foreign to domestic car makers, to have interior mechanical door handle releases replaced so that they stand out. This is in fact great news, and was reported by InsideEVs. But it forgets …
Permanent link to this article: https://dashboardsymbols.com/2026/08/china-recalls-evs-over-electronic-door-handles-ignoring-non-evs/
Read the manual. On July 22nd, the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) finished a review of a defect petition received on November 24, 2025 . The petition alleged that the controls for the emergency mechanical door release are not accessible and clearly identifiable and thus failed to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard …
Permanent link to this article: https://dashboardsymbols.com/2026/07/need-a-mechanical-door-release-nhtsa-says-read-the-manual/
Park outside. This past week, three recall notices from Hyundai and Kia called for 462,883 Telluride, Ioniq 5, EV6 and EV9 vehicles to park outside due to potential fire risks. The vast majority — 462,869 — touch 2020 through 2024 Kia Telluride models. In these vehicles, the front power seat motor may overheat due to …
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AutoPilot. A new Tesla crash with AutoPilot engaged has headlines screaming coast to coast and perhaps further. Video shows the vehicle racing down a side street and slamming into a brick home. Sadly, a resident in the home was killed. Data is fed to Tesla in real time and the company made a rare acknowledgement …
Permanent link to this article: https://dashboardsymbols.com/2026/06/new-tesla-crash-while-on-autopilot-suggests-3rd-party-oversight/
Two new videos added highlight the worst and the best interior emergency manual door overrides
Emergency manual door overrides. After posting about the good and the bad about interior emergency manual door overrides, we’ve now put them in video format and posted to our YouTube channel. The first, available here, discusses the top (or bottom) five worst and most dangerous emergency escape plans ever conceived by auto manufacturers. Given that …
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