Doors

Opening and Closing Doors from Outside

Doors are electrically powered. When you approach Cybertruck carrying a phone key, the doors and tailgate automatically unlock. To open a door, press the exterior door release button on the pillar to the right of each door.
Side view of the vehicle with arrows pointing to the exterior door buttons

The doors do not automatically lock/unlock when you approach Cybertruck carrying only a key card. You must manually lock/unlock the vehicle. See Keys for more information.

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Use caution around the panel edges on Cybertruck, including the doors, powered frunk, tailgate, and surrounding panels.
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When pulling the door open, always grasp the door at the top, as shown. Keep hands and fingers away from the opening edge and supervise children if they open and close the doors. This is especially important when handling a front door where the opening edge can cause injury when opening or closing the associated rear door. Neglecting to follow the correct opening procedure for front and rear doors can lead to injury.
Close-up view of a hand opening the driver door by grasping the top edge, which is highlighted in blue
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Whenever a door is open, the Door Open indicator displays on the touchscreen. Also, the image of the Cybertruck on the touchscreen's Controls window provides a visual representation of the open door(s).

To close a door from the outside, manually push it shut. Make sure no objects are in the way before closing the door.

Opening Doors from the Interior

To open a door while sitting inside, press interior door open button, located at the top of the interior door handle, and push the door open.

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To prevent children from opening the rear doors, turn on child locks (see Child Locks).
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In the unlikely event that Cybertruck has no low voltage power, you will be unable to open the doors with the interior door open button. See Opening Doors with No Power for more information.

Interior Locking and Unlocking

While sitting inside Cybertruck, you can lock or unlock all doors, the tailgate, and the powered frunk by touching the lock icon on the touchscreen.

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The icon changes to indicate whether doors are locked or unlocked.

When you stop Cybertruck and engage Park, you can choose to unlock all doors. To turn this feature on or off, touch Controls > Locks > Unlock on Park.

Cybertruck automatically locks all doors (including the powered frunk and tailgate) when your driving speed exceeds 5 mph (8 km/h). The touchscreen displays a message if the tailgate remains open after the vehicle locks.

Walk-Away Door Lock

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Cybertruck will still lock, even if the tonneau cover is open. In other words, once the vehicle is locked, the tonneau cover is locked in its current position and cannot be open/closed using the tonneau cover switch on the vehicle. Always double check to make sure the tonneau cover is closed.

The doors, tailgate, and powered frunk can automatically lock when you walk away carrying your phone key. To turn this feature on or off, touch Controls > Locks > Walk-Away Door Lock.

When the vehicle locks, the exterior lights flash once. To also sound a confirmation chime when Cybertruck locks, touch Controls > Locks > Lock Confirmation Sound.

Cybertruck does not automatically lock if:

  • You choose Exclude Home and Cybertruck is parked at the location you have designated as Home. For details on how to designate a location as Home, see Home, Work, and Favorite Destinations.
  • A key is detected inside Cybertruck (such as your phone or a key card resting on the card reader).
  • A door or the powered frunk is not fully closed.
  • The phone key's Bluetooth is not able to communicate with the vehicle or the phone's battery is dead.
  • If Cybertruck detects an authenticated phone key for several minutes after you exit the vehicle and close all doors, Walk-Away Lock disables and doors do not lock when you walk away. In this case, you must manually lock your vehicle using a key card until after your next drive.
  • The driver exits the vehicle without using the driver's door.
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It is your responsibility to ensure Cybertruck is locked, even when Walk-Away Door Lock is enabled. You can check if Cybertruck is locked from the Tesla mobile app (see Mobile App).

Driver Door Unlock Mode

Enabling Controls > Locks > Driver Door Unlock Mode only unlocks the driver's door when you first unlock Cybertruck. To unlock the remaining doors, long press the interior door open button, or use the touchscreen or mobile app.

Disabling Driver Door Unlock Mode unlocks all doors, the powered frunk, and the tailgate when you first unlock Cybertruck.

Car Left Open Notifications

Receive a mobile notification if a door, the powered frunk and/or windows are left open or if Cybertruck is left unlocked unexpectedly. Touch Controls > Locks > Car Left Open Notifications.

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Cybertruck will still lock, even if the tonneau cover is open. Always double check to make sure the tonneau cover is closed. Car Left Open Notifications may not notify you if the tonneau cover is left open.

Child Locks

Cybertruck has child locks on the rear doors to prevent them from being opened using the interior door open buttons. On the touchscreen, touch Controls > Locks > Child Lock. You can choose Both to engage the child lock on both rear doors, or you can choose Left or Right to engage it on just a specific door.

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Tesla recommends turning on child locks whenever a child is seated in a rear seat.