{"id":5771,"date":"2026-08-31T15:17:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T15:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metafin.com.my\/blog\/china-recalls-4-3-million-cars-hidden-door-handles-tesla-ev-recall-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T15:17:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T15:17:21","slug":"china-recalls-4-3-million-cars-hidden-door-handles-tesla-ev-recall-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metafin.com.my\/blog\/china-recalls-4-3-million-cars-hidden-door-handles-tesla-ev-recall-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"China Recalls 4.3 Million Cars Over Hidden Flush Door Handles \u2013 Tesla &#038; Major EV Makers Affected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>China&#8217;s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) has issued a recall involving <strong>4.3 million electric vehicles<\/strong> equipped with electronic hidden flush door handles. The recall addresses emergency safety concerns where handles failed to deploy electronically after severe collisions.<\/p>\n<h2>Emergency EV Safety &#038; Insurance Protections:<\/h2>\n<p>Ensure your EV comprehensive insurance policy includes <strong>Driver &#038; Passenger Personal Accident (PA) Cover<\/strong> and <strong>24-Hour Flatbed Towing<\/strong> for emergency situations.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/metafin.com.my\/car-insurance-online.html?src=BLOG_RECALL_EV\"><strong>Check EV Insurance Rates &#038; Coverage Options at MetaFin<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China recalls 4.3 million electric vehicles over hidden pop-out door handle safety concerns during emergency power cutoffs. Impact on Tesla, BYD &#038; EV insurance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metafin.com.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5771"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metafin.com.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metafin.com.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metafin.com.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metafin.com.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/metafin.com.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5771\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metafin.com.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metafin.com.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metafin.com.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}