Woman Who Was Stuck In Her Tesla For 40 Minutes In 115 Degree Heat Shares Surprising Fact About Car

Brianna Janel, who found herself stuck inside her Tesla during a particularly hot day, shared a surprising detail about her car with her followers.

While parked at a Chick-fil-A lot, Brianna decided it was a good time to update her car's system.

She expected the update would only take about 24 minutes, but it ended up trapping her inside for 40 minutes.

To make things even more uncomfortable, this all happened in Costa Mesa, California, where the temperature had soared to 103 degrees Fahrenheit, which is about 39 degrees Celsius.

As she began to feel the heat, Brianna realized she couldn't roll down the windows and started to worry about the lack of air.

This panic-inducing experience led her to record a TikTok video, which has since racked up nearly 30 million views.

Despite Tesla cars having a manual door release for situations like power loss, Brianna didn’t use it.

She was worried about potentially damaging her car if she forced the doors or windows open, as she explained to her followers in a distressing video: 

"Inside my car, it's 103 degrees, so I'm slightly freaking out. I hope I don't run out of air.

"I can't open up the doors or the windows otherwise I could potentially damage my car, so I'm just stuck in here roasting like a frickin chicken dripping sweat.

"My Chick-fil-A order has been done for 30 minutes. I'm literally sitting outside."

At that point, it's likely the inside of her car was even hotter than her burger.

In a follow-up video, she let her followers know she finally managed to escape, revealing the inside of the car had reached a staggering 115 degrees. 

Sweating profusely, Brianna shared her relief: "I literally made it out of my car.

"The AC has never felt so good, and I've never felt better. I feel like I just took a bath."

Despite having the car for six years, this was the first time she attempted an update on the vehicle herself.

She tried to turn on the air conditioning using the car's app but to no avail.

Her tip for other Tesla owners was straightforward:

"Do not update it when you're sitting in the car. Stick to updating it at 2am like I used to do it."

It's worth noting that Tesla isn’t unique in featuring electronic interior door releases.

Consumer Reports points out that other models with this technology include the Ford Mustang Mach-E, Chevrolet Corvette, Audi E-Tron, and the Lucid Air.

They also recalled an incident from 2006 where a driver was trapped inside their car for 14 hours due to a dead battery.

The driver didn’t know about the manual release and couldn’t get out on their own.