Backing into a parking spot the driver side front fore link failed while turning the steering wheel. this damaged the wheel, tire and wheel well.
With the current release v9, in a specific location, under autopilot the vehicle attempts to suddenly veer off the road to the right, in a violent action. manually correcting causes autosteer to disengage but cruise control remains on exasserbating the situation. conditions: 2 lane highway, traveling at 45 mph. painted center line jogs slightly to accommodate center turning lane. travelled this road safely on autopilot for over a year without incident. now it happens everytime. attempts to contact tesla, thus far have resulted in no response.
This is a complaint about the tesla autopilot. here is a recently posted video: https://youtu.be/flxyhwfvaza the autopilot drives onto the wrong side of the road!!! this owner is a tesla enthusiast and presumably keeps up on the latest new about tesla crashes. despite this he is still under the mistaken impression that it is safe to use autopilot on narrow winding roads and against oncoming traffic. it is only a matter of time before this man collects his darwin award. unfortunately he will probably take the lives of innocent road users at the same time. please pass this information on to the ntsb who are investigating the tesla autopilot crashes. thank you. outraged citizen.
Yet another tesla in the junkyard: https://www.copart.com/lot/29600438 front rh suspension collapsed. wheels gone whompy and crosseyed. there have been hundreds of similar tesla suspension breakages that are due to fragile suspension components and not the result of crsh damage. please recall these dangerous cars before more people get killed.. thank you. concerned citizen.
This is a complaint about fragile alloy steering and suspension components used on all models of tesla cars including the s, x, and model 3. here is a thread in which several owners report the same snapped steering arm. https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/cracked-forelink.95637/page-2 photographs are attached which show that the eyelet of the steering arm has snapped. this is a classic "brittle fracture" *brittle fracture is the sudden, very rapid cracking of equipment under stress where the material exhibited little or no evidence of ductility or plastic degradation before the fracture occurs.* some of the posters on that thread have recommended that this failure should be reported to nhtsa. others have suggested just leaving it to tesla. since it seems that the original poster has not so far filed a complaint i am filing this report in the interest of public safety. this is not a one off failure. it is the result of poor design and manufacture. lives are at risk. please investigate this matter immediately.
This is a complaint about the tesla autopilot. despite several serious crashes involving autopilot owners are still placing too much trust in the device. videos have been posted of owners attaching weights and water bottles to the steering wheel to defeat the warning to hold wheel nag. a steering weight called autopilot buddy is now on sale. https://www.autopilotbuddy.com/ i believe that tesla has been highly irresponsible in its marketing and promotion of the autopilot and that use of a "nag defeater" will make it even more dangerous. it does not matter that tesla and the makers of autopilot buddy issue disclaimers that drivers must act responsibly. reality is that tesla owners really believe they are driving the safest car in the world. recent crashes involving drunk drivers and yet another crash into a stationary object show just how dangerous the situation has become. thank you. concerned citizen.
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 tesla s75. while the vehicle was in autopilot mode, it independently veered to the left to make a lane change. additionally, while the vehicle was at a traffic light, it independently accelerated, made a sharp left turn, and drove into vegetation on the off ramp of a freeway. there were no injuries and a police report was not filed. tesla of santa barbara (400 hitchcock way, santa barbara, ca 93105, (805) 770-6090) was contacted and the vehicle owner was informed to have the vehicle repaired. afterwards, a diagnostic test would be performed. the contact stated that the failure recurred three times. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 3,000.
This is a complaint about the absolute madness of tesla autopilot. here is just one more example of how dangerous this so called autopilot really is. from today's forum posts. https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/nag-reduced-with-2017-46.102558/ d21mike, today at 6:01 pm bertx said: ↑ hold the wheel lightly with one hand just above the flat portion at the bottom, along the side, just letting the weight of your hand bear down. don't steer, but don't keep the ap from steering. you will never, ever get a nag. if you need to do something with your hands, then do it and put one back when you can. switch hands if you need to. prop your elbow on the console. this is what i do as well. works really well. *** this is contrary to the advice given by every driving school and every regulatory authority in the world. having one hand loosely resting at the bottom of the wheel will not allow the driver to keep control of the vehicle . the marketing of this autopilot feature has been grossly irresponsible and the claim that it is 40% safer than a human driver is simply ludicrous. internet forums and youtube videos show that owners are putting lives in danger by using this feature on narrow winding roads and in inappropriate situations. tesla will always claim that autopilot was not engaged at the time of the crash because it disengages the moment before impact. this is not a laughing matter. please stop this madness before more lives are lost.
Please note - this is a complaint about the tesla model 3 which does not yet appear on your database. at least 50 of these have already been released to tesla employee guinea pigs and are loose on the highways. it is expected that thousands more will be on the roads soon. the following video shows just how much of a dangerous distraction the central touch-screen is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl7a-9dgsb0 almost every function of the car is controlled by the touch screen. the man who posted this video is probably typical of the type of person who will be driving these cars. he is young, enthusiastic about new technology and overconfident in his abilities. he states that he can see the touch-screen out of his peripheral vision while still watching the road ahead. this is absolutely impossible. a simple experiment using my own laptop whilst sitting in front of a window proves that although i can see the image of the screen in my peripheral vision it is impossible to place a finger on any of the icons without looking directly at the screen. this is the same kind of thinking that leads young people to text and drive and is causing a sharp rise in the road toll. the narrator of the video repeats the claim of elon musk that it doesn't really matter because teslas will soon be capable of self driving and already have automatic emergency braking (sometimes!) in many parts of the world it is illegal to even touch a phone whilst driving. this car is even more dangerous than that. even to control the screen wipers and air flow it is necessary to fiddle with the screen. please stop this dangerous experiment before it goes any further. this report will be forwarded to the media so that it is on record that nhtsa has been warned of the danger. thank you. concerned citizen dummy usa address used to satisfy your website. genuine contact details supplied.
On july 13, 2017, my tesla was driving south on the i-680 in the vicinity of fremont, california. my vehicle was in self-drive mode traveling in the left-most lane at 65 mph. my hands were on the steering wheel. we entered a long curve to the right and approached stopped cars ahead of us. the self-drive mode in my tesla then stopped operating and i was left to suddenly have to steer the tesla onto the left shoulder of the highway in order to avoid hitting the vehicle directly ahead of me. this all occurred under clear skies and dry road conditions. i could not simply accept this behavior by my vehicle without registering a complaint at my tesla dealer in seaside, california. the tesla service rep examined the logs on my vehicle and later that same day reported to me that the self-driving feature on my tesla was still in beta stage and that my new tesla's firmware was defective. i would now like tesla to take back this tesla and return to me a full refund. this is the second major failing of this tesla which has only about 700 miles on its odometer. i took initial delivery of this tesla on may 3, 2017. this failure of the self-driving feature occurred at around 10:30am on july 13, 2017. the first failure of the navigation system occurred on may 3, 2017, the original delivery date. the navigation system had simply frozen at the dealership. again, i would like to return this vehicle to tesla for a full refund.