On january 28, 2019 i backed out of my driveway in my 2016 tesla x, braked, stopped, put it in drive and barely, slowly started down my lane when the car suddenly accelerated at full speed down the lane. i tried the brake twice but it did nothing to slow the acceleration.approximately 75 yards down the lane the tesla entered the cross street below and clipped another car, demolished a large bank of mailboxes across the street, took briefly to the air several feet due to the hillside there, hit a large cedar tree, glanced off and finally stopped nose down, high sided on a large landscape boulder. but for the boulder, i would have continued down into the deep ravine behind the neighbor's house. the airbags had deployed during these events. i was taken to the hospital by ambulance and diagnosed with a t-12 spinal compression fracture, which is still painful a year later. the car was totaled. police report and medical records available on request.
Here is a report of a tesla model x in china having every air-bag in the car suddenly go off whilst the car was stationary at a traffic light. http://hznews.hangzhou.com.cn/shehui/content/2017-06/27/content_6588362.htm (google will translate) occupants were slightly injured by the air-bags. if tesla air-bags were to go off randomly they could cause a major crash. the owner claims that tesla is being uncooperative. please investigate
I had pulled into a parking lot, proceeded to pull into a spot adjacent to a cinder block building. i had my foot lightly on the gas pedal, then as i made the turn into the spot, my foot was on the brake - the car lurched forward and sped up and the brakes did not stop it. i went right into the concrete building, head on - air bags deployed. the front end crushed and the 2 airbags on the drivers side deployed and were smoking. i read on line that there have been numerous incidences of this happening with the tesla. spontaneous acceleration with my foot not on the gas pedal. the car would not stop by the brakes! i could have been seriously injured or hit another persona or vehicle. the car hit the building as well as a natural gas pipe that was running along the buildings side at the level of my front bumper. i filed a police report.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 tesla model x. while attempting to park, the vehicle independently accelerated without warning and crashed into a wood fence. the air bags failed to deploy. there were no injuries. a police report was filed. the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 49.
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.
Our 5 day old tesla x while entering a parking stall suddenly and unexpectedly accelerated at high speed on its own climbing over grass and and crashed into a building. the airbags deployed and my wife's arms have burn marks as a consequence.