This is How To Open Tesla Door Without A Key!

Last updated on April 18th, 2023 at 11:17 pm

To access your Tesla, you must first unlock the doors. The Tesla car requires a valid key fob or key card to unlock the doors. This feature ensures that your car is secure at all times.

If you carry some items in both hands, reaching from the key fob in your pocket would be hard. That leads you to ask how you can open your Tesla door without a key.

Your Tesla door will unlock if you have your key fob in a one-meter radius around the car. For the car to detect the key fob, you must first enable the passive entry feature from the car settings.

In this article, I’ll give you information on how to open your tesla door and trunk without a key. You’ll also get to know how to open the doors of different Tesla models from the outside.

How Do You Open a Tesla Door Without a Key?

All tesla models have sensors that can easily detect a valid key fob just a meter away. Once your Tesla detects the key fob, the system will unlock the doors.

You need to activate passive entry on your car’s settings for the sensors to work. 

Here are steps on how to activate passive entry on your Tesla:

• On the main screen of your Tesla, navigate to “controls” and tap on it
• After tapping on “controls,” go to “safety” and tap on it.
• From the options on your display screen, you’ll find one that says “passive entry.” Toggle it on to activate passive entry.

With the passive entry feature activated, you can unlock your door without directly using the key fob. Instead, the door will unlock when the key fob is within a one-meter radius of your Tesla.

You can also activate the feature in your Tesla for the doors to automatically extend when it recognizes your key fob.

Here are steps to activate the feature for your door to automatically extend:

• First, on the main screen of your Tesla’s touch screen, tap on “controls.” 
• After tapping on “controls,” tap on “vehicle.”
• On the following display screen, you’ll see an option that says “Auto-present handles.”
• Once you toggle on the auto-present handle option, your car door will automatically extend when it detects a valid key fob.

The door handle might retract after it extends, but you don’t have to panic. 

Here are some of the reasons why your car door handle will retract:

• You didn’t use the door handle within one minute of the extension
• The door handle will retract after the last door of your Tesla closes
• The door handle will retract if the key fob is out of range for up to 48 hours

If the passive entry feature doesn’t work even after activating it, you can try opening the door by double-clicking the key fob. But your key fob is probably faulty if the door refuses to unlock.

Try replacing the battery when you notice your key fob has stopped working. 

Here is a table showing the materials you’ll need to replace our key fob’s battery and its respective function.

Material/Tools	Function
A soft surface	You’ll place your key fob on the soft surface to prevent dents and scratches.
Flat bladed tool	To open up the cover of the key fob
Front retaining clips	To secure the battery in the key fob
A Panasonic CR2032 battery	To replace the old battery in the key fob
Wipes	Clean the new battery before you put it in

Here are steps to replace the battery of your key fob:

• The first step is to prepare a soft surface to place your key fob. You wouldn’t want your key fob to have dents or scratches.
• After placing the key fob on a soft surface, get a flat-bladed tool to remove the bottom cover of the key fob.
• Gently lift the battery away from the front retaining clips
• Get a new battery (preferably Panasonic CR2032). Clean the new battery and put it in the battery space with the plus side facing up.
• Put the broader side of the cover into the vital fob’s opening to close it up, and do a little push with your thumb to secure it.

Test out the key fob with the new battery and if it still refuses to work, contact Tesla to get a new one.

How Do You Open a Tesla Door Automatically From Outside?

Here are the steps to open the door of different Tesla models from the outside:

#1. Tesla Model S

Here’s how to open the door of your Tesla Model S from the outside:

• The first step is to press down on the handle of the car. When you press down on it, the handle will extend.
• Put your fingers into the space and pull the door open.

#2. Tesla Model 3

Here’s how to open the door of your Tesla Model 3 from the outside:

• The first step is to push the wide part of the door handle down using your thumb.
• After pushing the handle down, pull the handle towards you to open the door.

#3. Tesla Model X

Here’s how to open the door of your Tesla Model X from the outside:

• The first step is to press down on the handle of the car. When you press down on it, the handle will extend.
• Insert your fingers into the space and pull the door open.

#4. Tesla Model X Falcon

Here’s how to open the wing doors of your Tesla Model X falcon from the outside:

• You can easily open the wing doors by pressing the door handle or double pressing the far left button on the key fob twice.

Can You Open a Tesla Door From the App?

Yes, you can open your Tesla door from the mobile app. 

Here are steps to open your Tesla door through the mobile app:

• Log in to the Tesla app with your smartphone
• Navigate to “controls” and tap on it
• After tapping on the controls, click on the option “Start.”

When you finish carrying out these steps, your Tesla doors will unlock for only about two minutes for safety. 

Once you step into your Tesla, your Tesla will stay active for as long as you’re in it. This feature is on for emergencies, so I recommend you use it only occasionally.

How to Open Tesla Trunk Without Key?

You can open the trunk of your Tesla without using the key fob. However, it would be best to deactivate the driver door unlock mode to open your Tesla trunk without the key fob.

Here are steps to deactivate the driver door unlock mode on your Tesla: 

• First, on the main screen of your Tesla’s touch screen, tap on “controls.” 
• Then, after tapping on the controls, tap on “Vehicle.”
• Out of the options on the next display screen, you’ll find “Driver door unlock mode .”Toggle off the option to deactivate the feature.

Once you press the switch under the exterior handle of the powered liftgate and your car detects the key fob, the trunk will unlock. 

If the trunk refuses to unlock, try unlocking the trunk manually with the key fob. Double-click the key fob to unlock the trunk manually.

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