I was approaching a stop sign with my foot lifted above both pedals (brake and accelerator) when my car accelerated forward. i had always thought that most of these unintended accelerations were due to a driver hitting the accelerator pedal instead of the brake pedal so i noted that my foot was not resting or pressing on either pedal. i put it down on the brake pedal and the car stopped, but this should never have happened. i had no cruise control or steering aid activated. i also have 'creep mode' turned off.
On 1/18/20, i was travelling in my 2016 tesla model s p100d eastward on anderson hill road toward the intersection with purchase street. the stop light was red. i was driving 1mi under the speed limit of 35mph. the outside temperature was around freezing, and a wet snow had begun 5-10min earlier, with minimal accumulation. i know exactly how fast i was going because i had cruise control on. i was not on autopilot. just cruise control. when the intersection and stop light came into view, i tapped the break to disengage the cruise control, and then depressed the break to slow the car. nothing happened. the breaks would not engage. and neither did the regenerative breaking. i do not feel that i was skidding or sliding. it simply felt as if the car had no idea i wanted to brake. it was very very strange. in those few seconds it became clear to me there was a good chance i would be dead shortly. as it happens, i was struck broadside by a large suburban travelling northbound on purchase street perhaps 25 miles an hour. both he and i seem to have emerged relatively unscathed (physically, anyway) thank god. but i want to know what happened to my car. can you please contact tesla and demand all the information from the cars computers - and their computers at hq - so we can find out??? what happened was extremely dangerous, and could have killed both me nd others. to summarize: brake failure, both manual and degenerative, in 2016 tesla model s caused massive collision with both cars totalled.
This is a complaint about tesla autopilot that applies to all models of tesla. i have used the vin of a junkyard tesla in order to complete this form. here is a discussion thread in which an owner complains that following a recent over the air update the car tries to swerve into oncoming cars or off the road even when autopilot is not engaged. https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/warning-for-tesla-drivers-on-steep-mountain-roads.180781/ snip**in our case this results in the car swerving towards the side of the road or into the oncoming lane and only very quick reactions and overpowering the wheel (and so far, luck) keeps the car on the road.** please read that thread. to compound the danger many tesla owners drive the car with one hand or finger on the wheel or hold the wheel in a manner that makes it difficult to grab the wheel firmly in an emergency. defensive driving schools teach that both hands should be holding the wheel whenever possible. in the event of a sudden glitch of the power steering it needs considerable force to prevent a disaster. here is an example of someone holding the wheel in the wrong way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_q-jwuqqzg consensus among tesla owners is that this is ok. tesla autopilot considers this meets the definition of "hands on wheel" it is time to rein in this reckless experiment. please take action. thank you keef wivaneff
I have also experienced the car accelerating on its own. while pulling into the garage while tapping the brake the car did propel foward hitting an item i had hanging on the wall.
I have a 90d that is now seem to be a 75d. tesla update 10 has taken away voltage. the car now drives in the low 300s whereas it used to be mid 250s. they've taken away range. before update 10, i got 277 miles at 90%. two super chargers ago, after loading update 10, it would only charge to 266 mi at 100% they've taken away fast charging speeds. the car used to charge between 107 to 110 kw per hour and now tops is 60s and 70s. i understand normal battery degradation but this is not it. i called tesla yesterday 11 /26 /2019, to find out what was going on. the service rep mentioned that the last updates may have rolled out fixes for battery longevity and health. my issues are that i paid for a 90d and now have the equivalent of a 75 d. why? if there are issues with battery health, and the possibility of it causing a fire as has appeared in the news lately, i would like to know about it and would like it fixed. i don't need a fire erupted in my garage right below my bedroom while i'm sleeping. also i need to take 1500 mile trip shortly and am now extremely nervous that something may happen. on top of that uncertainty, there is also extra the hours that will be added to my trip due to this decrease in mileage, charging speed and performance. as a lone female driver i don't like the idea of being on the road longer than i have to be, especially when i paid for something that should get there sooner than it will now. please help to get answers and to get this safety issue fixed.
My wife drove the tesla model s to work at o'connor hospital. once she at the parking lot and maneuvering into the parking space, the car suddenly accelerated and it end up over the curb into the landscape and crashed into a tree. after fixing, we have asked tesla center to look into the log to see what could have happened to the car but they said that because it took a month to fix the car so that log was filled with too many other notifications. the damage was almost 9k and we had insurance premium increase since the accident.
I was driving my vehicle in autopilot mode going 50mph southbound in the left lane on a divided 2 lane highway, route 1 in delaware. it was clear and sunny, no fog. all these conditions are preferred when using autopilot on my vehicle. a white ford f150 perpendicular to my car was between the median in a turnabout to go northbound with its truckbed about 1 foot into my lane. autopilot did not alert me to this car, nor did it slow down or veer in order to avoid it (two features enabled on my vehicle and advertised by tesla). i was unable to grab the wheel in time to avoid the accident. i feel that the autopilot's feature of working without the hands on the wheel lulled me into a false sense of security and i most certainly would not have had this type of accident had i not had autopilot on my vehicle. i am so thankful i wasn't killed or injured, i feel that the way autopilot is handled is extremely dangerous and should require hands to be on the wheel at all times. i am hopeful something will be done to prevent accidents like this in the future. this system is being downloaded to cars with little to no regulation. i contacted tesla with my concerns with the hope their engineers could use the data from my car for further development, however tesla was immediately defensive about my serious car accident.
Reportedly at least one one dead after a tesla model s found crashed in a pond, in castro valley california, alameda county, 11567 canyon road. california highway patrol, alameda county sheriff, alameda county fire and paramedics responded to the scene of the crash. one man has been confirmed dead. it is suspected that the crash happened on sunday night. i suspect excessive speed, overconfidence, arrogance and possible intoxication may have contributed to this crash and death. i suspect the tesla culture of overhyping safety may contribute to crashes like these. i suggest that data from this and other events be checked and investigated. i suggest that a universal standard should be made so that governmental investigators can check without the risk of bias and manipulation bytesla and other manufacturers. i feel that tesla and their cult following falsely overstates the safety of tesla; thus leading to tesla drivers driving reckless, aggressive and arrogantly. the driver is often at fault for these types of accidents, however they are often used as scapegoats. as often there is more fault than just the driver. there are often other contributing and/or causal factors. such as tesla's tenancy to scapegoat drivers; rather than fix underlying faults/contributing factors from tesla design, neglect, hype and denial. the swiss cheese model of safety and investigation should be followed; rather than tesla's scapegoat methodology. it is also possible that known problems with tesla may have contributed to this crash like unintended acceleration, suspension and steering problems.
I was attempting to park in front of a retail business when the car suddenly and unexpectedly accelerated. i believe this accident was caused by a malfunction or glitch in the vehicles troubled software for driver assist and/or safety features. features which are unique to tesla. the sudden and unexpected acceleration happened with no input to the accelerator pedal. i was lightly braking, intent on coming to a complete stop. i had nearly completed the parking maneuver when the car raced forward, jumped a curb, knocked down a handicapped parking sign, traveled across a walkway and smashed into the front of the business. this happened so fast, i didnt realize what occurred until i could gather my thoughts after the incident. no audible or visual warning of an impending collision were heard or seen. no airbags deployed. fortunately no one inside the business, no pedestrian nor myself were injured. this could have been a trajic accident. my tesla sustained over $25,000 in damage and is still in the repair shop. as of this date, no claim has been settled for repairs to the business property. i have uploaded a photo showing the end result of the event.
This is a complaint about the fire danger in tesla vehicles. the latest crash in lake forest shows that burning fluid is escaping from beneath the car and is near impossible to extinguish. http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/tesla-lake-forest-home-fire-441816433.html this same fluid that burns with a yellow flame can be seen any many other tesla fires. pictures are attached. the tesla contains approximately 8 gallons of ethylene glycol mix in its battery coolant system. this circulates through radiators at the front of the car which are easily ruptured in a crash. it is a known fact that ethylene glycol is flammable especially if is preheated to high temperatures due to supercharging or hard driving. these are not the same kind of fires as happen when the lithium batteries themselves catch fire. they burn with a white flame and explode like firecrackers. it is apparent that the tesla coolant catches fire very easily and is extremely difficult to extinguish. please see attached photographs for examples of this. thank you. concerned citizen.
This a complaint about the tesla autopilot. here is a video of an owner in germany: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7whdlttcupm he drives at high speed on the autobahn and on narrow undivided roads using autopilot with his hands nowhere near the wheel. he also fiddles with the centre screen and even uses a hand held mobile phone. the irresponsible marketing of this autopilot by tesla and the claims of "40% safer than a human driver" have caused owners to have misplaced confidence in the autopilot. drivers of oncoming vehicles and other road-users did not give permission for this dangerous experiment. in every case where there has been a fatal crash tesla have claimed that autopilot was not responsible. this claim makes it even more probable that owners will drive hands free and trust in the highly dangerous so called autopilot. please take action.
This is a complaint about the tesla autopilot. this video has just been uploaded: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvokisddxyw in this video a tesla employee is demonstrating the autopilot to the passengers. she drives on undivided roads just inches from oncoming traffic with her hands completely off the wheel. she encourages the passengers to believe that this is safe and that it is only necessary to squeeze the wheel occasionally to keep the autopilot happy. lives are being placed at at risk by the irresponsible marketing of this glitchy and unsafe contraption. thank you. concerned citizen.
This is another complaint about the tesla autopilot. here is a video of an owner using autopilot hands free at high speed on a freeway and inches away from many oncoming cars on an undivided road. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piqyoop5pyc rather than keeping her hands on the wheel she instead gives the wheel a regular tweak every about once a minute but the remainder of the time her hands are nowhere near the wheel. this is just one of many videos showing owners driving in dangerous ways. i believe that these owners have been duped into having misplaced confidence in the autopilot and that the situation has been made worse by tesla using nhtsa apparent endorsement of the autopilot. nhtsa has stated that tesla autopilot is 40% safer than a human driver based on the number of incidents which resulted in air-bag deployment according to data supplied by tesla. the publication of this finding has caused owners to have high confidence in the autopilot. might i politely ask - what is the sample size? if the sample size was for example 100 air-bag deployments then that is a rather large number of crashes in proportion to the number of cars on the road. it is also far too low a sample to provide statistically reliable results. whenever a crash occurs tesla claims that the autopilot was not engaged at the time. this is probably true because the autopilot will disengage if the owner touches the wheel or the brake in the instant before impact. at 3:20 in the video you can see the owner grab the wheel after the autopilot crosses double lines. please take action to prevent further loss of life.
Another complaint to draw attention to the dangers of autopilot. here is a video of a driver in europe driving with autopilot hands free on narrow winding roads with pedestrians cyclists and oncoming traffic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chihrwjddyc none of these road users deserve to have their lives placed at risk. people have already been killed. please stop this irresponsible experiment.
This is another complaint about the tesla autopilot. here is a recently posted video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dplw8y6ajg the owner merges on to a busy freeway at 70 mph while performing the hand jive and turning to face the camera. owners have misplaced confidence in autopilot and regard the instruction to keep hands on the wheel as mere legal boilerplate. repeated claims that autopilot is 40% safer than a human driver make matters even worse. when a crash does occur tesla will claim that the car was not on autopilot. this is technically correct since the autopilot will disconnect moments before impact if the brake or steering wheel is touched. please halt this reckless experiment.
This is a complaint about the tesla autopilot. here is a thread in which the original poster and many other drivers complain that the autopilot is extremely dangerous: https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/autopilot-2-0-is-dangerous.89985/ the owner states - 1) when i turn on ap 2.0 while driving on a highway the car swerves like a bloody drunk person sometimes veering so close to the vehicles in adjacent lanes that i have no option but to take over. its just friggin dangerous? 2) at other instances the car chooses to slam on the brakes while going on curves at highway speeds. like without any rhyme or reason it'll literally brake so hard for a second that it's enough to make an un-belted passenger fly out of the windscreen. 3) at certain occasions i have experienced that going under bridges and overpasses it momentarily again slams the brakes. like what the heck tesla? what the heck!? *** it seems bizarre that the owner would not file a complaint and that posters are defending this crazy experiment. please investigate
Tesla has released a version of its "enhanced auto pilot" that is extremely unsafe for public use. it does not appear to have been tested. (1) on local roads, at low speed, it's auto steering function will often drive across a double yellow line with no warning. even a small turn will cause this. (2) its tacc (traffic aware cruise control) can not consistently see buses directly in front of it. the buses are moving in the same direction as the tesla and not stopped. tesla's latest release see nothing in front and will re-end the bus if no action is taken. i have seen this for myself and at least one other person is reporting the same issue here: https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/8-1-ap2-ms-tacc-did-not-see-a-bus-stopping-in-front-this-morning.88620/#post-2041065 finally, the tacc system is braking hard in response to some stationary objects, such as bridges and signs, exposing the driver to being rear ended. please ask tesla to demonstrate what testing has been done before releasing it to the general public.
This is another complaint about the tesla autopilot. forum members have been discussing how easy it is to defeat the autopilot "nags" by hanging a weight on the steering wheel. this video shows someone doing just that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3ypldhvwuy in the first 4 minutes of the clip the driver gets a nag every 3 minutes approx. then the owner's son takes over and he has clipped a pink weight to the center spoke of the steering wheel. the car is then driven for about 20 minutes on narrow winding roads whilst the driver fools around paying zero attention to the road. when he enters a long stretch of straight road he need to nudge the wheel because the inertia of the weight has little effect. owners are lead to believe that the autopilot is 40% safer than a human because nhtsa has published this as a fact (based on data supplied by tesla) owners now feel justified in defeating the nags with a strategically placed weight and feel confident that it is entirely safe to do so. can you see a problem here? concerned citizen shaking his head in disbelief. thank you.
This is a complaint about the tesla autopilot. here is a video that was just uploaded to youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3ypldhvwuy the video shows drivers using the autopilot hands free for long periods in totally unsafe situations. the driver is cleaning his glasses and sprawling sideways in his seat whilst passing oncoming cars and motorbikes only inches away. how is this even possible? owners are being duped into believing that the autopilot is capable of full autonomous operation. please terminate this reckless experiment before more innocent lives are lost. thank you. concerned citizen.
Complainant, a physician, had taken delivery of a 2016 tesla model s on december 22, 2016. the following day, she pulled into her driveway at home and brought the vehicle to a stop. with her foot still on the brake, the vehicle suddenly accelerated on its own from a stopped position to speeds of between 40-60 mph. the vehicle plowed through the bricks of her driveway, through shrubs separating her property from her neighbor, went through and across the neighbor's yard and onto and adjoining street, where it collided with a truck.
This is a complaint about the tesla autopilot. please watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyrwnxzrnai the driver starts off cautiously keeping his hands near the wheel. by about 7 minutes into the video he has become so trusting in the autopilot that he drives past oncoming traffic in a road tunnel completely hands free. there is nowhere to escape if the car takes a sudden leap to the left. this is the reality of how drivers are putting other road users lives in danger. please stop this reckless experimentaion.
The tesla autopilot is not only a feature that does not work, it is seriously dangerous. the new version 8 software is actually more dangerous than version 7. the car regularly steers out of its lane and does not detect cars to either side that are less than 2 car lengths in front of the vehicle. the same defect applies to cars on its rear wings. i have had several instances where cars have either cut in front of my vehicle or have come very close to the side of the vehicle without the car adjusting or braking at all. i have given the feature many opportunities (>100) and can say for certain that it would have caused an accident on a significant percentage of occasions, if i had not intervened in time. the emergency braking feature is also ineffective, and only works in very limited circumstances. i can compare this to the audi system, which is excellent and fully functional. the issues are hardware related which tesla have just understood, announcing that future cars will have hardware that works. existing vehicles will only get software upgrades that will not correct the issues. i have videos that show cars are not detected, so can prove it is impossible to fix with software. this must be considered a recall on the vehicle so that the feature can be corrected and the safety improved to acceptable levels. i have owned the vehicle since august, 2016 and the issues i have described have occurred between august and november., 2016. i am filing this complaint now as the system is labeled 'beta' so i was aware that improvements were needed. this week tesla announced that all new vehicles will have hardware that addresses the problems, but that this will not be replaced on existing vehicles.
This is a complaint about the tesla autopilot. this report has just been posted on the tmc forum. https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/autopilot-crash-today-tesla-response-less-than-stellar.80594/ i i took my friend to a local tesla store and we went for a drive. ap was engaged. as we went up a hill, the car was not slowing down approaching a red light at 50 mph. the salesperson suggested that my friend not brake, letting the system do the work. it didn't. the car in front of us had come to a complete stop. the salesperson then said, "brake!". full braking didn't stop the car in time and we rear-ended the car in front of us hard. all airbags deployed. the car was totaled. i mention this for the obvious reason that ap isn't autonomous and it makes sense to have new drivers use this system in very restricted circumstances before activating it in a busy urban area. the salesperson was understanding and apologetic. when i called to make sure it was cancelled, they said they were aware of my salesperson's notes in the system, but didn't mention it until i asked and only after asking my why i canceled. they promised to send me an email confirmation of the cancellation. it didn't arrive. this evening i received a call from tesla. they wanted to know if i wanted to cancel(!). the person was totally uninterested in the crash, even after i asked if she knew about it (from the system notes). totally flat. they sent me a cancellation email, but didn't specify that the deposit would be refunded. this isn't cool and i cannot believe a company with this much positive p.r. wouldn't have moved this way up the ladder immediately to make sure that someone who'd already ordered a car and was introducing a potential buyer was taken care of. this crash could easily have resulted in death or injury. please take action to stop this dangerous experiment.
Tesla autopilot vesion 8 is still placing lives at risk. just read the owners comments on the forums. https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/8-0-lost-or-degraded-capabilities.77927/page-9 [xxx], wednesday at 5:10 am new autopilot is definitely more dangerous in 8.0 than it was in 7.1. i have had several close-calls where if i had not taking over, i would have veered off the road, into another vehicle, or slammed into the back of a slow-moving vehicle in my lane in front of me. [xxx], today at 5:03 am i was driving yesterday with autopilot at about 80 mph approaching stopped traffic (separation setting 7). as usual the car didn't start stopping in time and then when it did begin to stop it didn't apply the brakes hard enough to actually stop in time. even the collision warning went off just as i began manually hitting the brakes. i don't know how we pass this info to tesla but that surely was not optimal. ap is definitely smoother in terms of acceleration and deceleration, but i can't use it as i seriously fear for my life. not good. [xxx], tuesday at 5:17 am well - finally updated and took a 200 mi trip. aesthetically pleasing to me but functionality took a couple of steps back. running ap i had 3 occasions where ap swerved another direction. i am confident that had i not been holding the wheel there was great potential for an accident. several occasions when the car quickly slowed down and came back up to speed with nothing nearby. navigation was all messed up. had me doing loops and cutbacks adding many miles had i blindly followed it. not even going to mention the audio and lack of waypoints, etc....and the new frequency of the nag is annoying. the car remains awesome, but this stuff is going to bite them in the [xxx] if they can't get their act together. please can you ensure that tesla has some adult supervision. information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6) *tr
Here is another burned out tesla in the salvage yard https://www.copart.com/lot/34875876/photos?resultindex=14&totalrecords=21&backto=%2flotsearchresults%2f%3ffree%3dtrue&query=tesla&query=tesla&displaystr=search%20results tesla claims the fire problem has been cured by the addition of a titanium shield. so why are there so many burned out teslas in the junkyards?
This is a complaint about the tesla autopilot upgraded version 8.0 it is clear from the many youtube videos already posted that owners are now placing even more trust in the autopilot because they believe that the radar and other enhancements make it safer than before. also the message to hold steering wheel is still being ignored and owners are operating hands free for more than 3 minutes at a time while fiddling with the display screen and taking their eyes off the roads. i will give you links to videos that have already been posted and i am sure that there is even worse behavior happening off the camera. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isz3fsbe_pg owner testing how long he can drive hands free before autopilot is disabled https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g42wdku11k8 using autopilot on local roads rather than freeways with a solid barrier against oncoming traffic, much of the time hands free. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7jnhfwz3ec hands free, overconfident and using autopilot in inappropriate circumstances. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrm0e5zo4kq using autopilot on freeway but with a lot of hands free time and fiddling with touch screen. there are also comments on the videos that the autopilot braking is left until the last moment and that owners fear it will not stop in time. then they say that they learn to trust it after a while this leaves little time to react if the system fails. i believe that the inquiry into autopilot should not only look at the performance of the hardware and software but more importantly at the human factor. i believe that this deceptively titled autopilot is causing drivers to behave in extremely dangerous ways and that this will certainly lead to more deaths.
This is another complaint about the tesla autopilot to try and bring attention to the danger posed to all road users. here is a forum post discussing how to avoid the nag. pedriscoll, today at 2:51 pm gavin.belson said: ↑ i have this exact same experience. i have always assumed that it's like this for everyone, but from some of the other posts in this thread, maybe i'm wrong. do others find that simply resting their hands comfortably on the bottom of the wheel is sufficient to avoid the "hold steering wheel" prompt or to dismiss it when it appears? https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/7-1-8-0-seems-like-an-update-for-teslas-legal-team-and-a-net-loss-for-customers.77702/page-6 "for me, even though i'm always holding the wheel, i still get the prompt on every curve, and i have to "jiggle" the wheel to make it go away. i keep one hand comfortably resting on the bottom of the wheel and never get a nag. this has been the same since ap was originally released for me. interesting that others have a different experience" driving with one hand loosely gripping the bottom of the steering wheel is intrinsically unsafe. coupled with the false sense of security created by autopilot, distraction, and sleepiness it means that the reaction time need to regain control in an emergency is dangerously increased. please look at the overall picture of how autopilot is being used by owners, it cannot possibly be twice as safe as a human driver as elon musk has claimed.
Here is a very dangerous development in the tesla autopilot situation. here is a new youtube video that shows how to defeat the autopilot nag and warning beeps by the use of 2 rubber bands. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whhrnhnm1xk this video has already had over 300 hits. it will very soon be common knowledge that this is all you need to do to eliminate those annoying nags. owners are now free to indulge in whatever recreational pleasures they enjoy the most. the only way to cure this kind of reckless behavior is to ban the tesla autopilot. please take action immediately.
Here is a forum post started today. https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/90-degree-left-turn.77349/ this shows not only that the autopilot is unreliable but that that it is still being used in city traffic on undivided roads. quote:sir guacamolaf, yesterday at 10:22 am something strange happened with autopilot today (1 year old). i was using ap in an inside road (city), on a light behind a uglier than yeti's butt porsche panamera. light turns green, and my car, totally negotiated a full left turn across 3 lanes into a divided two lane road, all on it's own. yeah i had my hands on the wheel, but wow! never experienced that before. i haven't received a s/w update lately btw. and i've driven on this road numerous times, this is the first time ap has done this. it was promised that the autopilot would be restricted to use on divided roads. this has not happened if this situation continues then it is a certainty that more lives will be lost please take immediate action.
An even more dangerous development in the autopilot experiment. this man has collected a rental tesla to perform his pranks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmvoalpqhjc just as soon as he drives away from the hire depot and on an undivided busy road he engages autopilot and goes hands free whilst taliking to the camera. every customer that rents one of these cars is likely to do the same thing. this is a matter of life and death. please do not wait any longer to complete your investigation of autopilot. have this system disabled right now until it can be proven to be safe.
Here is another complaint about the tesla autopilot. here is a recently uploaded video of a tesla employee giving a customer a test drive and demonstration of autopilot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbcx2o-otso the demonstrator is only playing lip-service to the requirement that drivers should keep hands on the wheel. he assures the driver that the autopilot is perfectly safe and allows him to take his hands off the wheel and drive while distracted. he even reaches over and puts his hands through the spokes of the steering wheel to perform an automatic lane change without even glancing in the mirror. if this is the kind of instruction being given to new owners then the situation will only get worse when the new owner becomes overconfident in the system and perhaps instructs his partner or other people to have a go at letting autopilot take care of everything. the problem is not just that the system is flawed but that the way it is being pitched to customers is reckless in the extreme. please stop this experiment immediately.
Here is a new youtube video in which the owner pranks passengers using autopilot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uml4pml22pm this is meant to be funny. i doubt that the other road users or indeed the passengers would have found it so amusing if they had known that their lives were being placed in danger. it is impossible to prevent owners fro doing stupid things like this especially when they have been told that the autopilot is twice as safe as a human driver. i intend to report this case to the highway patrol and have preserved the video as evidence. please halt this experiment immediately
Tesla s offer rear seat option for kids but its not safe for the kids and tehy should stop offering that. the fact is that there is no air vent for the erar seats . another words kids will feel hot in the summer and cold in the winter which could results in incidents . i have talked with tesla corporates and they dont feel like caring about . wondering how would so called vehicle safety department approved it which checking the facts and safety for the kids . hope to get answer and resolution on this
Must we wait for more deaths before the tesla autopilot is banned? here is a new video from russia? showing the driver placing lives in danger. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm_5oeidd_e here is a video showing the death of a young man in china and the effect this tragedy has on his family. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rsiek9afug the victim was an intelligent and successful man who was using the autopilot in just the way that it has been marketed as being capable. lives are at risk all over the world and tesla has been slow to come forward with reports of crashes. please stop this experiment immediately.
This a complaint about the tesla autopilot. this video has just been uploaded. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcc7jh8ux-e here is an owner driving hands free at high speed while waving his arms around and even crossing his arms across his chest. the irresponsible marketing and promotion of the tesla autopilot has encouraged this kind of behavior. whilst an inquiry into the autopilot is still in progress tesla is planning to roll out yet another version beta release. i believe that is another attempt to shift the goal-posts and sidestep the inquiry. the prudent thing would be to disable the autopilot until it is proven to be safe.
On ih90 between gillette wy and billings mt on aug 8, 2016 i was driving at 75 mph with autosteer engaged. the day was clear, it was about 9am, and the road lanes were clearly marked. as i was going around a moderate curve (no speed reduction suggested) in the right lane, the car suddenly veered toward the right shoulder. i had my hand on the wheel, but the right two wheels went past the rumble strip and onto the shoulder before i could bring the car back onto the road, disengaging autosteer. if autosteer had continued the control the car, i am certain we would have left the road at high speed and crashed the car. however, there was no crash, and we continued on our journey. i reported this incident to tesla at the time it occurred. at the time we were on a 26 day road trip across country. i had previously noted that autosteer had tried to veer the car to the right, but not as aggressively as this incident. each time it occurred, however, i had to disengage autosteer and take back control of the car.
This is another complain about the tesla autopilot made in the interest of public safety. here is a new youtube video showing a driver in mexico driving hands free on curving undivided roads and passing oncoming traffic just inches away. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nb_eu43o1y "usando el autopilot de tesla en carreteras secundarias" the driver is obviously unaware of how dangerous this practice is. the car permits him to do this. there do not appear to be any hold steering wheel nags. a large number of owners have gained the perception that this is a true fail-safe autopilot rather than a beta release. please halt this out of control experiment before more lives are lost.
One august 1, approx. 8am while driving northbound on the veterans expressway without any other vehicles around. i was on autopilot going exactly the speed limit and my model s suddenly gave me an alert, showed a red flashing car touching the front of my car in the display, and slammed on the breaks in the middle of the highway. i recovered and reported the incident to tesla who responded that this was "normal" and no faults were detected.
This is a complaint about the tesla autopilot here is a very recent video made by an owner in czechoslovakia. . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hguq-6hgm0u he is not taking the advice to hold the wheel seriously and his placing lives at risk by his reckless behavior. this same behavior is taking place all over the world and will certainly cause more deaths unless this unregulated experiment is stopped immediately. please take action
Here is a recent youtube video showing what appears to be a tesla employee demonstrating the use of autopilot and encouraging the driver to take his hands off the wheel. this is utterly irresponsible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jptyoykotps
This is a complaint about the tesla autopilot made in the interest of public safety. the vin is not the actual vehicle involved. here is a freshly posted youtube video in which an owner drives hands free for almost an hour without receiving any "hold steering wheel" nags. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq_otcncph0 he is travelling at speeds above the posted limit both on freeways and on undivided roads. he passes close to pedestrians and even a school bus whilst waving his hands about and even crossing them over his chest. he is not ready to take over control of the car quickly enough to ensure that an accident does not happen. this situation is not the fault of the driver alone. this feature has been described and promoted as being a true autopilot. even elon musk and his partner taluah have been demonstrating how to drive hands free on youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr7balrs_qc this system is still in beta. it does not have sufficient built in safety and redundancy and is lulling owners into a false sense of security. the message that owners must be ready to take immediate control is being widely ignored. please rein in this dangerous experiment before lives are lost. here is a grandmother using the autopilot in an extremely dangerous manner. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlf2d9e0gb4
This is a complaint about the tesla autopilot. despite warnings in the fine print that the driver should be ready to take control at any time it is clear that many drivers are using it in a dangerous and reckless manner because they are under the illusion that it is a completely fail safe true autopilot system. the hold steering wheel nag seems to vary from car to car and changes with each software upgrade. here are a few recent youtube videos of drivers using autopilot in a dangerous fashion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pinpxkuwqcq this is meant to be amusing but it is placing lives in danger. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqqte6n_ghm 70 mph hands nowhere near the wheel and not ready to take control. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaafe7i3ywq owner places far too much faith in the autopilot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dymfiq2ol8o using autopilot on undivided road in heavy traffic and with misplaced confidence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg4zgfvp0j4 on the autobahn, coffee in one hand, burger in the other hand and busy making a video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkkdzjnwta8 another driver holding a coffee and a sandwich while travelling at 60 mph. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4agxej_9g3y a journalist who ought to know better drives hands free inches from oncoming traffic. i believe this is a reckless experiment that is placing lives in danger. elon musk claims he has approval for autopilot in most countries of the world. i find that very difficult to believe.