The Cybertruck’s flush door handle design, while common, may create a pinch point between the opening and closing doors
3 hours ago
- A Cybertruck owner says that a mishap sent his father-in-law to the emergency room.
- Seven stitches and a splint later, the man is okay but there’s a potential safety issue.
- The area where the door button rests can also end up being a pinch point.
The Tesla Cybertruck has received a lot of flack from people for its alleged safety dangers. Most of these folks seem upset at how boxy it is without realizing that basically every modern SUV and truck is similarly sized and dangerous.
On the other hand, some rightly point out that the body panels and design can be unforgiving in other situations. One owner found that out the hard way when their father-in-law went to the ER after simply trying to get into the truck.
Read: Tesla Cybertruck Turns Turtle, Revealing Chink In Its Badass Armor
The owner in question says that he had to show his father-in-law how to open the door which makes sense. Unlike a door with handles, this truck has buttons that pop the doors open. It’s not the first car like this and it won’t be the last. What makes it unique though is the placement of that button.
It just so happens to sit between the front and rear doors. So when one person is about to close the rear door and another is hunting for the button to pop the front door, bad things can happen. In fact, that’s exactly what happened in the case of Cybertruck Owners Club member SpykeDaddy.
“It was a traumatic experience for us all,” he wrote in a forum post. “We are fortunate that my father-in-law “only” received seven stitches and a splint in the emergency room. The fact that the pinch point was on the top joint of his index finger was lucky. This was a very serious laceration. After looking at the pinch point on the truck last night, I was shocked he did not lose the tip of his finger, or break it.”
That’s pretty serious talk from someone who kicked off the post with “I absolutely love the truck and have really put it through its’ paces.”
Clearly, they hope that other CT owners will recognize the potential safety risk and avoid it. That said, it’ll be interesting to see if Tesla relocates the door button or changes something else in future iterations.