In my Audis at least, the child safety is disabled together with the locks opening within a few milliseconds of the airbag control unit sending a crash signal across the CAN. That message is sent immediately when the decision to open at least one airbag has been made and therefore will reach all components while the crash hasn’t even had time to finish, so all wires and stuff is most likely still in place
Apart from that, the doors have an emergency mechanical release that is “just pull a bit harder and further on the handle”. Which is what you’d do anyway.
JordanZ@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s a problem when none of the doors work. The only person that survived was because somebody not involved came and broke the window. They said they didn’t even know anybody else was in the car because the smoke was so thick. Not the best time to be searching for a hidden door handle.
The C7 Chevy corvette has a similar issue because the doors are electronic. To put insult to injury the location of manual release is in the owners manual…which is stored behind the radio screen that power retracts into the dash. So no power and you can get to the manual either. Brilliant.
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Tesla rear doors don’t open on button press from the inside with no power, but I bet they do from the outside. Just like the child locks. I’ve never tried it unpowered to confirm though.
JordanZ@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Having never owned a Tesla I searched their forum and somebody asked the relevant question. Both the interior and exterior handles are electric. So no power, no doors handles. You have to use the manual releases from inside the car.
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Huh. TIL.