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A video posted on Weibo by Yuan Qicong, a veteran car critic, shows a Toyota Corolla twin-engine accident in Guangdong, with the front of the car badly damaged, white smoke rising and airbags ejecting in the front, but the door remained locked after the accident.

According to the video at the scene, the vehicle continued to smoke after the crash, and the man tried to open the door but failed. Then the vehicle began to open fire. The man found a fire extinguisher to put out the fire. Other people came to help put out the fire when they heard the news. The vehicle fire was contained. At the same time, a number of people participated in the rescue, pulling together and even trying to pry open the car door with a crowbar, but did not successfully open the door, until the end of the video, the door did not open.

This has to be reminiscent of the Lexus LM incident at the end of last month. At noon on July 28th, a Lexus LM300h was involved in a traffic accident on the G7212 Quannan Expressway in Guigang City, Guangxi. The front of the car was seriously damaged and kept smoking. All the front airbags bounced off, the doors of the car were locked, and the passengers in the car could not escape in time.

The video shows that all the doors of the Lexus LM were locked after the accident, and the people in the car could not escape normally. Drivers passing by got out of the car to rescue people trapped in the car. A truck driver used a steel pipe to continuously pry the co-driver's door but failed to open it. Finally, passers-by rescued the passenger from the co-driver through a broken window, and the driver of the main driver was also successfully rescued. When passers-by found that there was still a passenger waiting for rescue in the back of the vehicle, the rear and side doors still could not be opened. Passers-by tried to rescue the rear passengers by smashing the windowpanes and getting into the car, but then the front of the car caught fire and passers-by had to stay away from the scene. Finally, the Lexus LM was burned down and the rear passengers were killed.

It is understood that Toyota models in the main driving side is equipped with a switch to disconnect the power of the electric door, that is, "PWR DOOR OFF", press this button, the door may be opened. Yuan Qicong, a veteran car critic, questioned this: "except for the car body deformation and jamming the car door, according to the safety logic, with the explosion of the airbag, all the door locks must be opened automatically, and there is no reason for someone to press it."

It is not a unique instance, but has its counterpart. In March this year, Lexus ES collided head-on with LinkedIn 03+. After the accident, Lecker 03+ driver opened the door to get out of the car and slowly joined the rescue operation for the Lexus ES driver. That's right! The primary and secondary drivers of the Lexus ES could not get out of the car because the door could not be opened. Passers-by tried to pry the door open many times with iron bars, but finally failed to return, and finally succeeded in breaking it down after firefighters arrived at the scene.

In addition, the understanding car emperor once carried on the Carola to hit the speed to rise the collision test. In this test, Carola and Suiteng carried out a 50% offset collision at a speed of 64 km / hour. as a result, one side of the front car door of Suiteng unlocked itself after the collision, and the other doors could be easily opened with a force of 40 Niu. Carola did not unlock the door itself after the collision, and each door had to be manually unlocked from the inside before it could be opened.

Carola collision speed Teng, Lexus ES collision Lecker 03+, Lexus LM accident, Toyota seems to have a wide range of car doors can not be unlocked after the collision. Perhaps, different automakers have different logical understandings of door unlocking. In addition to Toyota / Lexus, there are two other ways: first, the airbag pops up, the car lock is released automatically, and the common practice of the Volkswagen system; second, unlocking once is not enough. Unlock again, the typical representative is Xiaopeng car.

Toyota has not responded to the Carola double engine incident, and the cause of the accident and casualties will have to be officially announced.

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