Tesla is facing another safety investigation over reports that some vehicles' doors can trap children inside, as billionaire CEO Elon Musk reportedly bought about $1 billion of his company's stock.

The Tesla Model Y's flush-mounted electronic door handles are under scrutiny after U.S. regulators started looking into more than 174,000 Model Y crossovers with door handles that could fail during ...

Tesla is again under scrutiny from the safety regulators, this time because of its electronic door handles. After receiving nine complaints about inoperative door handles, the NHTSA opened a ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is looking into reports that faulty electronic door handles on 2021 Tesla Model Y SUVs prevented owners from entering and exiting the vehicles, ...

The U.S. has opened a probe into 174,000 Tesla Model Y vehicles after door handles failed without warning. In some cases, parents smashed windows to free children trapped inside. Tesla is facing ...

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has launched an investigation into about 174,000 Tesla Model Y vehicles from the 2021 model year after reports that their electronic ...

Tesla is now under a new federal investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, according to an Office of Defects Investigation announcement on September 15, 2025—but it isn't ...

Tesla's potentially deadly door handles attract more scrutiny as more petitions arrive at the NHTSA. After opening an investigation into the emergency door release system in the Tesla Model Y, the ...