Tesla Model Y Owners & Service Manuals

Tesla Model Y: Opening Doors from the Interior

Model Y doors are electrically powered. To open a door while sitting inside, press the button located at the top of the interior door handle and push the door open.

Using Exterior Door Handles

NOTE: To prevent children from opening the rear doors, turn on child locks.

To open a front door in the unlikely situation when Model Y has no power, pull up the manual door release located in front of the window switches.

Using Exterior Door Handles

NOTE: Only the front doors are equipped with a manual door release.

CAUTION: Manual door releases are designed to be used only in situations when Model Y has no power. When Model Y has power, use the button located at the top of the interior door handle.

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    While sitting inside Model Y, you can lock and unlock all doors and trunks by touching the lock icon on the touchscreen. The icon changes to indicate whether doors are locked or unlocked. You can al

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    Press down on a switch to lower the associated window. Window switches operate at two levels: To lower a window fully, press the switch all the way down and immediately release. To lower a windo

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    To engage the parking brake, touch Controls > Safety > Parking Brake. Follow the onscreen instructions. You can also engage the parking brake by pressing and holding the button on the end of the drive stalk while in Park. Use the touchscreen to manually release the parking brake (which a

     Manually Releasing Charge Cable

    If the usual methods for releasing a charge cable from the charge port (using the charge handle release button, touchscreen, or mobile app) do not work, carefully follow these steps: 1. Ensure that Model Y is not actively charging by displaying the charging screen on the touchscreen. If necessa

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