A couple who took a Tesla out for a test drive found themselves in a terrifying experience when their 10-month-old son got locked in the car.
Tesla allows customers to take their car on an overnight test drive to experience “living with the car.”
But the couple regretted their decision after the car automatically locked when it was “turned off” with the key card still inside, as well as their 10-month-old baby once they got out.
Video footage, captured by the baby’s mother, showed emergency services arriving at the scene as her partner attempted to call roadside assistance and Tesla dealerships for advice.
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The baby’s cries could be heard after EMS workers broke the driver’s side window and pulled him out of the car.
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Emergency services were seen breaking the driver’s side window to get her out while the crying baby was still trapped inside.
The father was heard muttering ‘Fuck you, Elon’ off camera as EMS workers searched for the key card to open the door.
“Thankfully it was around 6pm and the temperature was no longer over 90 degrees, but needless to say, I will NEVER put my babies in a Tesla,” the mom wrote.
The couple said they got out and were planning to immediately get their son out of the back seat when the Tesla locked and shut off.
Comments on the video were disabled, but the couple received many questions in separate videos about why they left the key card or the child in the car.
The mother responded to many by saying that they had no intention of turning off the car. When they got out, she said they locked the doors and had been planning to get her son out of the back seat.
But before they could, the car locked and turned off, adding in his response video: “There’s a place where you leave the card, and it basically tells the car that it needs to be on… so that’s where the card is. key”. remained.’
One commenter wrote: ‘Forget the card, why did you leave the child inside?’
He reiterates in another video that they planned to take his son out of the back seat and leave the car running to continue looking at the car.
“Remember, this is a car we were planning to buy… it turned itself off and locked instantly,” he said.
Comments came and went, questioning how they managed to get to this situation.
One wrote: ‘It still doesn’t explain why you left the key card inside… I got out of my car while it was running and when I want to open the back doors I take the key out with me or make sure at least one window is up. descent’
To which she responds by saying: ‘I will answer this for the sake of others who will ask the same thing. Ha ha ha. The key was in the “ignition” slot that keeps the car on. I hope this helps.”
However, other viewers have said that this is not a unique incident and other stories have supposedly emerged facing the same problem.
“It’s crazy because you’re not the first mom this has happened to. I literally saw a news story about a mom whose Tesla was also locked in while she was carrying her baby in the back seat,” one wrote.
The couple wanted to return the car that night, but even after calling many times they couldn’t and didn’t bother to cover the window after suffering “enough trauma.”
Tesla, however, was very apologetic despite being returned without a window because it suffered further storm damage overnight.
One commenter asked if the couple was responsible for the window, to which their account responded by saying, “No, we weren’t.” They felt very bad about the situation and didn’t care about the car or the window.’
The mother said this situation is where “it becomes a safety issue for manufacturers,” but added, “I don’t want to say I blame Tesla entirely because yes, there are ways to prevent this from happening.”
She continued: “But when you have a demo car and you don’t have the app, which isn’t available, you don’t have a lot of options and it’s just ridiculous.”