PIEDMONT, Calif. - Tesla said it will look into redesigning the way to open some of its car doors following a federal investigation into passengers, especially children, being trapped inside its vehicles.

Bloomberg first reported the news following its own investigation into the door issue, citing 140 occasions of people being trapped in their Teslas.

Tesla's announcement, although the company didn't give specifics, came one day after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration launched an inquiry into the company's electronic door handles becoming "inoperative."

NHTSA cited nine examples of Tesla's 2021 Model Y cars.

The most common complaint, the federal agency reported, was that parents could not get their children out of the back of the car, and they ended up breaking

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