From a coasting position in an underground garage, i turned right to round a 90 degree corner. after completing the turn my car began to speed up rapidly. when i first noticed the acceleration beginning, i stepped on the brake, which had no effect. the car continued to accelerate over a distance of about 50 feet and collided head-on with a concrete wall. front airbags on the driver's side deployed and my body struck them: face, chest, and lower legs. i have injuries from the incident.
In december 2016 the car accelerated spontaneously while i was in my driveway. tesla maintained i pushed on the excelerator instead of the brake going from 2 to 92 miles an hour in just a few seconds. the car was repaired and on january 12,2020 the car once again self accelerated. both times substantial damage was done to the front of the car and to my home. i was not injured however a passenger was in the car in 2016 and maintained she had hip injuries as a result. the insurance company did settle with her. both accidents were not the result of my inadvertently depressing the excelerator. there definitely is a substantial danger to the public. the car is currently at raintree auto body in scottsdale arizona. i have not called tesla az yet as i do not particularly want them to get the black box. i do have a photo of the car impacting the courtyard wall of my house however it is on my iphone and i do not know how to send it to you.
Tl* the contact was loaned a 2014 tesla model s. while attempting to park the vehicle in the driveway, it spontaneously accelerated and crashed into another vehicle parked in the driveway. the air bags deployed. there were no injuries. after approximately one hour, the vehicle doors automatically locked and could not be unlocked with the key fob. a police report was not filed. the vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the failure mileage and vin were unknown. *dt
I have experienced many times that i press the brake pedal and the gas (acceleration pedal on the tesla) pedal at the same when i try to use the brake. i have own 4 different cars and i never experienced that i am pressing the brake and the gas pedal at the same time. so i pay a bit attention on how the gas pedal and the brake pedal design. i notice the gas pedal is bigger in size and the clearance between the brake and gas pedal is less than all the cars i own (two lexus and one mercedes bens) or another word, the brake pedal and the acceleration pedal is too close. also the brake pedal seems a bit higher. anyway, such design layout seems to cause the driver pressing the brake and the gas pedal at the same time and hinder the action to stop the car. i even experienced that the car accelerate forward when i try to brake the car. i saw the news today that there is a car crash involving a tesla. i hope the above may be something interesting for you to look into and see if it is related to what i have experienced. any question, please feel free to contact me. [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).' *pm
Stopped the car on a very quiet back road with no traffic to perform some launches. first i performed a "launch mode" launch where max battery was on and then initiated the sequence with hold brake, hold accelerator, release brake. this successfully launched the car. then performed a regular launch (without "launch mode") in which i stomp the accelerator pedal like i've done numerous times before. on this occasion the accelerator pedal broke off and the car came to a quick stop via regenerative braking as i pulled over onto the shoulder. luckily there was no traffic on this road; if this had happened on the highway or on a busy road it could have been dangerous as i had no real way to accelerate to get to the shoulder or avoid traffic.
I was parking my car i heard and felt the car begin to accelerate. i put the car in park and step firmly on the brake peddle.then of it own volition it mounted the adjoining embankment and collided with the tree. this caused extensive front end damage.
Car had been rented in november 2016 from a turo member for four days in las vegas. the car had been in stop and go traffic with the autopilot on. the car sensed traffic moving causing the tesla's autopilot to move at 10mph. then the car's autopilot malfunctioned and crashed into another car that was attempting to merge lanes. damages totaled $3100 for the tesla and unknown for the other vehicle. car had been advertised as being able to drive itself
Driver purchased a 2014 tesla model s car in june 2015 from the hangzhou china dealership. this car was driven moderately in the following months. in september 14, 2015, the car was being driven within a small, enclosed housing compound. the car was going very slow as the driver was turning to exit the compound through a gated entrance. the car suddenly accelerated without the driver's assistance and drove through the traffic gate before the driver was able to quickly break and bring the car to a stop. electronic records accessed on september 15, 2015 revealed the following information: the car was originally being driven at 4.7 km/hr with the acceleration pedal depressed at 2.8%. within one second, the acceleration pedal went from being depressed 2.8% to 84.8% and the car increased to 10.75 km/hr. during the following second, the car's records show the acceleration pedal to continue to be compressed at 84% with the speed increasing to 18.35 km/hr, but with the break pedal also being simultaneously compressed. in the subsequent second, the anti-lock brakes initiated, and the car was brought to a stop a second later. we reject the dealership's decision that this was driver's error. in such a narrow environment as the housing compound, and during a slow and controlled turn, there the driver had no reason to put significant pressure on the acceleration pedal as the records show ' whether intentional or unintentional. we also feel that it would have been difficult for the driver to push both the accelerator and break pedal to such a degree simultaneously. therefore, we believe that the car experienced an unintended acceleration, which was not of the driver's causing. there have been many similar reports of tesla model s unintended acceleration crashes in china. we feel that this is a serious safety hazard which needs to be further investigated.
I pulled slowly in to a parking spot & my car was at a stop position just ready to push park button. within a split of a second, my car (tesla) jumped the curb and traveled 5' of sidewalk breaking a glass wall & traveling through a restaurant breaking tables & chairs within couple of seconds w/o me accelerating the pedal. brake pedal was applied by me half way through the restaurant before the car stopped. no serious injuries to anyone. tesla was notified & this is the log file data word by word from them. ?at the time of the incident that resulted in damage to your vehicle, you increased the accelerator pedal position from 1% to 50% in less than one second without depressing the brake pedal. one second later, you increased the accelerator pedal to 100% without depressing the brake pedal. one second later, you continued depressing the accelerator pedal at 100% without depressing the pedal; however, the vehicle's traction control engaged & therefore limited the vehicle's torque despite the fact you were depressing the accelerator pedal at 100% until you depressed the brake pedal in the following second.? insufficient information provided by tesla. how much was the accelerator pedal depressed? speed of the car? distance travel? how does this prove that this is not sudden acceleration? the log does prove that i was at a stop. my car will be totaled but is still sitting at storage with insurance company for a short period of time. many accidents with tesla has occurred, even just like mine in to a restaurant( http://insideevs.com/tesla-model-s-crashes-through-restaurant-driver-blames-it-on-unintended-acceleration/) (http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1087171_tesla-model-s-unintended-acceleration-complaint-filed-with-nhtsa.) they can't all be drivers fault. nhtsa needs to investigate the box in the car before fatal injuries occur. public safety should be the priority. *tr
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 tesla model s. while pulling into a parking space, the vehicle surged forward, jumped the curb, and crashed into a building. a police report was filed. there were no injuries. the vehicle was towed to an impound lot. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 1,200.