From Tesla to Lexus, more and more vehicles have doors with an electronic button instead of a manual latch. CR lets you know how to open them in an emergency.

Federal regulators ordered Tesla to comply with an investigation into possibly defective door handles that reportedly led to ...

More families are coming forward saying Tesla’s electronic door handles failed, trapping their children inside as panic set ...

The U.S. auto safety regulator investigating whether certain Tesla Inc. door handles are defective received more complaints ...

Reporting from the Chinese outlet Mingjing Pro suggests China may soon ban completely hidden exterior door handles. Globally, hidden handles have been criticized as being finicky and possibly ...

Learn More › With the help of clever new technologies, keyless door locks are designed to make everyday life easier and safer. To see for ourselves, we decided to test a few of the best ones on the ...

In some ways, the humble door handles we use to open our vehicles haven’t changed much in over five decades. In others, today’s modern handles represent a leap forward in technology. In the formative ...

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