First of all, i was pulling the tesla out of our garage. i was completely out maneuvering the car to make it parallel to the right side of the street when suddenly, i felt the car moved extra backward. fortunately, it did not hit the neighbors' parked cars. the move startled me. and surprised my husband and son who are passengers at that time. my husband blurted, "what are you doing?". i replied, "i'm driving, i did not do anything extra to make that move. i wondered and also asked, "how did that happen?" and my husband said "i don't know you're the one driving, be careful." my response was, "i am being careful!". my husband thought i pressed the accelerator hard but i know i did not. the conversation almost lead to an argument but we somehow diffused the topic. i don't want to argue and ruin the mood because we were on our way to our son's soccer game that morning. to make the story short. i continued driving until we reached our destination. i chose to park on the right side of the parking lot. as i was slowly pulling the car in, i felt the car suddenly accelerated. at the blink of an eye, our car hit another car parked in front of us and the car next to it. i felt that the car controlled my move before i could even react. for 20 years of driving, i have never hit an accelerator by mistake or caused any collision. i have driven this vehicle a couple of times before this incident happened and i drove and parked it the way i did previously. the unintended acceleration was something new that day. i am deeply concerned with the safety of this vehicle for my family and others.
When i slowed down on a city street, and turned into a parking lot, the car speeded up by itself. and the brake didn't respond when i stepped on it. the car glided into a power post.
The auto steer in my tesla model 3 failed today when the car was turning on a curvy downhill road. i believe it's because the lane markings on the right side ended just before the curbing started. the car suddenly turned right and hit the curb brushing the right front wheel. it would have been a fatal accident if i hadn't taken over. auto steer technology is not yet ready for use on all the roads and it should not be included by default in all the tesla models. my car did not brake because the cruise control was still on. i am still in shock and afraid to use the auto steer again.