"The car automatically unlocked. Everything was fine. She put our infant, baby Lyla, inside, strapped her in and closed the door. Gunn walked over to the driver's side to place her toddler Hazel inside, but noticed the handles were in. She says normally they pop out when the vehicle is unlocked. A pit in her stomach -- as she realized the car was completely unresponsive."
"She couldn't access the car! So obviously, the first thing that she does is to go into her purse to take out the key fob. The key fob wasn't working. Gunn says she then tried to access the car with the remote keyless entry feature via the Cadillac mobile app. Doesn't work! So, she got the second key fob and still nothing!"
"The baby starts to cry and is becoming really upset. It was a cold winter morning. She's in there by herself! This is a fatal flaw dude!"
A family in Antioch, California experienced a dangerous situation when their Cadillac Lyriq EV became unresponsive while transporting an infant. After placing their 12-month-old daughter inside and closing the door, the vehicle failed to unlock through multiple methods: the door handles remained retracted, both key fobs were ineffective, and the Cadillac mobile app remote entry feature did not work. The parents attempted various solutions while their baby cried inside during cold winter weather. The family called OnStar for assistance. This incident reveals a critical safety vulnerability in the electric vehicle's locking and access systems that could endanger occupants.
#vehicle-safety-defect #cadillac-lyriq-ev #child-endangerment #locking-system-malfunction #consumer-safety-investigation
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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