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
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.
Seeing the vehicles a considerable distance ahead of me stopped for a traffic light i took my foot off the accelerator and allowed the regenerative brakes to slow my tesla down. when i put my foot on the brakes to stop the car it accelerated very fast and i hit the pickup truck in front of me which hit the car in front of it. the airbags failed to inflate. although there were no injuries the pickup driver is suing geico for neck injury. this was a very frightening situation. my car sustained severe damage and had to be towed to repair. it will take at least 30 days to repair. the pickup also sustained considerable damage. the car it hit had very little damage.
Reportedly several tesla model s' have had antilock and power assist failures with the braking system. *tr