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There have also been reports of the door electronics failing entirely in cold weather. Since the electronics fail, you can't get the door open due to the design requiring electronics to open the door in the first place, so you can't get into the car to turn on the heat to warm the electronics.

> Car door handles, what the hell is this problem?

The design leaves you nothing to grab, like a more traditional car door that can be grasped?

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> so you can't get into the car to turn on the heat to warm the electronics.

All Teslas, especially the M3 since it doesn’t even have a traditional key fob(I think they’re going to start selling those for the M3 as well), have remote lock/unlock and remote controlled heating from the app, so that’s a non-issue.

IIRC the remote unlock means the door will open once you pull the handle. It doesn't actually unlatch the door so you could just pull it open. If the electronics are on the fritz, you can't unlatch the door.

With a software revision, the door could actually open with the app.

I think they don't want to do it because they're worried if you open the door with the car in a slope, it could swing into the road or hit another car. The door has no way to close itself too.

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