As i was driving, i heard loud grinding noise when i turned the steering in either direction and i lost power to my steering and a message "power steering failure, may need extra effort to steer" was on the dashboard. luckily i was not too far from my house and was able to go back home with lots of extra effort turning the steering. i don't know what would have happened if i was going full speed on a busy highway? i called tesla service and had my car towed to tesla latham, ny service center. i have 60,000 miles. so i was out of manufactures warranty. i was told that i need new rack and pinion for my car and the cost would be $3863.40 parts & labor. to say the least, i was shocked. i was told that three aluminum bolts that holds the electric motor attached to rack and pinion, two were completely broke off and the third was barley holding the motor hanging. please see attached photos of the damaged parts. i did notice on the repair invoice that new rack and pinion now is updated with steel bolts.
Was driving at 19 mph in city street and had to make a panic stop due to a car about to cut me off. heard a loud bang. i got out of the car and the driver side front wheel is displaced. further investigation i can see the lower driver side control arm had broken . car was not drivable without a loud crunching sound. i had it towed to the tesla service center.
Left front suspension fore link cracked and fell off. vehicle was only backing up out of garage and steering wheel was turned to the left when a loud crack was heard from under the vehicle. the back up speed was only 1-2 mph. luckily, i was still in my driveway taking my kids to school. i can't imagine what the outcome would have been if it broken 5 minutes later on the highway with the kids inside the car.
The control arm broke while backing out of parking space. i did not run over anything when it happened. when i pulled back forward the front end lifted up. i hate to think what could have happened at high speed,
Here is a tesla model x in the junkyard: https://www.copart.com/lot/25589048 the front rh wheel is jammed back in the wheel arch and yet there is no collision damage forward of the wheel. even the headlight glass is intact. the driver's airbag has not gone off just the side curtain air-bags. the side impact probably happened after the driver lost control when the wheel went whompy. please investigate. concerned citizen etc.
The enhanced autopilot software drives the car over lane lines and inconsistently maintains speed and braking. it is unsafe.
This is a complaint about the tesla autopilot. the cat is now out of the bag. the way to cheat the "hands on wheel" nag is to tie a water bottle to the wheel. since there is a widespread belief that autopilot is 40% safer than a human driver it is probable that this enhancement will be adopted by tesla owners worldwide. here are just 2 videos of the bottle technique. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmmgwtgtcjq and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsgtvrbegpq please investigate.
This is the worst case imaginable of irresponsible use of the tesla autopilot. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=863138560487599&id=336451809822946 the man is driving through a densely built up area with many pedestrians about. he has 6 passengers in the car he passes through several red lights. all no hands no feet. and he treats it all as a huge joke. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=863138560487599&id=336451809822946 no need for me to say more.
This is a complaint about the tesla autopilot here is a video that was uploaded on sept 04 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrzaz3buw7y here is what appears to be a tesla employee demonstrating autopilot to a potential customer and encouraging him to drive hands free. the autopilot is still permitting hands free driving without sounding any alarms. the passenger/demonstrator assures him that tesla monitors the road and constantly improves by self learning. i understand that an inquiry into the tesla autopilot is underway. please watch this video to see how owners are still being given false confidence in the system.
Update to the autopilot situation. forum posts today show that the situation is getting even worse. https://forums.tesla.com/forum/forums/dangerous-autopilot-nagging-every-15-seconds-why sample: aesculus | august 25, 2016 mine works by holding with a few fingers at the bottom. i think it just wants to measure some amount of resistance when it moves the wheel. rossrallen | 25. august 2016 i agree with @aesculus - light finger pressure biasing the wheel to one side is enough, but you also need to be ready to assume control. so, a hand resting at 5, 6, or 7 o'clock should provide adequate pressure to be sensed by the ap. btw - use caution with ap on two-lane roads: ap stays too close to the centerline for my comfort, and many approaching drivers drive too close to the centerline. also from another forum https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/dangerous-autopilot-is-nagging-every-15-seconds-why.76141/ aesculus | 25. august 2016 mine works by holding with a few fingers at the bottom. i think it just wants to measure some amount of resistance when it moves the wheel. cgiguy, today at 8:20 am brandon332 said: ↑ it's dangerous because i have to look down at the screen rather than on the road, i almost crashed once! wow. i'm somehow not surprised by how many people are crashing their cars on ap with statements like this. at least you weren't petting your dog and cleaning the interior of the car around a curve while on ap. these comments are from enthusiasts who should be expected to know better. the behavior of the typical tesla owner in various countries around the world is likely to be even worse. tesla owners seem to have blind faith in the tesla and in the creator elon musk (blessed be his name)
Here is another example of the danger posed by the beta release autopilot . from the tmc forum. https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/fl-i95-auto-pilot-jax-drivers-heads-up.75990/ discussion in 'model x' started by x fan, today at 7:54 am. i was in left lane using ap near where road splits to i295 loop. i was following a vehicle in front of me traveling at speed limit with cars in adjacent lane to right. action: all of a sudden, the car in front of me makes a beeline to get to far right hand lane to get to i295 split. instead of staying in left lane, my x makes a decision to sharply follow that car right. unless i had taken over i believe would have hit the car adjacent to me in the next lane over. after adjusting and regaining composure, i quickly looked at screen and saw that road striping was dimmed and i was unable to re-engage ap. it appears that the white concrete roadway coupled with intense sun facing car was impacting the x's ability to traverse the road properly." note having hands near the wheel or lightly resting on the wheel (coupled with autopilot induced inattention) is not good enough to prevent a crash please bring this uncontrolled experiment to an end.
Here is a freshly uploaded video of an owner using autopilot hands free. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro4dhfcuyeo at 2:10 into the video he passes an oncoming school bus on an undivided road whilst waving his hands around and talking to the video recorder. there needs to be a very loud and clear warning issued to drivers that such behavior is dangerous and illegal. better yet, the autopilot experiment should be halted immediately. please act before more lives are lost.
Here is a tesla model x in the salvage yard. it has been in a major crash the front lh suspension top link is torn away which could have happened in the crash. however, the tire has had the tread severely worn away over the entire circumference. this could not have happened after the impact unless full power was still applied to the motor post impact. it is far more probable that the tire damage was caused prior to the crash by a mechanical fault in the suspension. several other model x cars have been reported with broken suspensions. please investigate this matter urgently. please note that the date of crash, details of injury are only estimates.
Autopilot safety hazard creating a crash with me and my son. on july 25th, 2016 at 4:30am i was involved in a accident with my tesla model x 2016 within 3 weeks of ownership. the road was wide open with only a few cars and great condition for autopilot, we entered in a construction zone without any construction occurring at the time. per the picture attached you will see that there is 2 yellow lanes, but the tesla detected on autopilot only the farthest closest to the guardrail making the car driving straight to the have duty construction cones. the road was in good condition and acceptable to activate autopilot. airbags was not deployed.
I am not owner but am filing on behalf of chinese owner who had accident in montana at 2am 7/09/2016. driver not sure what caused car to veer to the right off the road but front right wheel is off. speed was 56 to 60 mph montana state police responded. https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/my-friend-model-x-crash-bad-on-ap-yesterday.73308/ i'm sharing this information because the response from fellow tesla owners can be borderline hostile when unexplained incidents occur and may suppress reporting as you can see by viewing the above thread.