As the vehicle self driving system was active it came to a full stop in a red light. the vehicle stopped behind an 18 wheeler. as i was in a full stop, i stopped looking to the front of the car and looked for a document and checked messages. suddenly the vehicle accelerated fully, impacting the 18 wheeler in front of me. my reaction was not fast enough as i was very confused, eventually i hit the breaks and activated abs system but not with enough time to stop before impact. this has been confirmed by the tesla report that the vehicle acceleration occurred with out drive input. they seem to ignore the fact that i was at a red light and state it is operator error not to be attentive, but regardless, accelerating at full speed with no input towards another vehicle is a hazard to the population. they have not shared the report from engineering, only read the statement over the phone once and have not been able to ask for the written report. significant avoidance in occurring from the company.
Note: i am not a tesla short seller, i am real owner, driver of tesla for the last 19 + months. 1.sudden acceleration happened many times during autopilot, vehicle doesn't decelerate even when another vehicle is in front, i had to take control from autropilot with this sudden acceleration and i apply brake. this has been many many times at different locations (freeways ~65mph, expressways ~45/50mph speeds). i did not apply any gas pedal/other techniques to increase the speed, but the vehicle suddenly without any intervention speeds up, i was terrified with this and took control from autopilot. contacted tesla earlier regarding this, but their poor customer service, service center did not help much. 2.automatic emergency braking...which is supposed to stop if any objects infront, does not stop. its just the visible clear objects, vehcile does not stop even at lower, higher speeds. i request nhtsa to kindly take note of these issues with teslas and appreciate your action in this regard.
Using the self-park system, from a stationary position and pressing the touch screen prompts to use the self-park, and having hands and feet away from the gas, brake and steering wheel, and parking between two cars, the car accelerated backward on its own and i had to slam my foot on the brake to stop it but it still hit a pole going in reverse and damaged the body of the car. had i not hit the brake my son and i would have been injured. tesla has denied responsibility.
Model x accelerated by itself on the wall at the parking lot,filed complain through tesla
It happened on freeway 57 when i was on the way to work in the early morning. i was driving my tesla model x, and in the autopilot mode. supposedly in the autopilot mode, tesla will detect the speed and the object in front and slow down or accelerate. if tesla is too close to an object, it will beep and stop. but in that morning, the car slowed down but did not stop. and also there is no 'beep' the warning sound when car is too close to the car. because the video is too large, i can not upload so i put sharing link you can review: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11h_pdlkslg0jarlnkevf9ytf6wk0hwkd/view?usp=sharing. also i called tesla and reported same day, i had been told they will investigate and call me back but it never happened. accident happened on april 29 2019, and it has been 4 months. tesla is still ignoring every call i made in the past.
Was parking my 2018 model x on feb 1, 2019, in my driveway. the vehicle suddenly accelerated, hit the garage door(closed. no warning from sensor), went through garage door( vehicle did not stop after hitting the garage door), did not sense things(like washer, dryer, water heater, wall to my kitchen) in the garage door and finally smashed the washer/dryer before coming to stop. washer/dryer hit the wall and damage the entire kitchen. no airbags came out. my wife was in the front seat, my daughter was in the backseat and my son was inside the home when it happened.
Audio warning glitch in tesla model x. scenario is that the car is in park with the passenger's door and hatchback open. car is placed in to reverse gear and the audio tone sounds warning of open door and open hatchback. passenger's door is closed by occupant and audio signal stops, although rear hatchback is still open. audio tone is still silent if the vehicle moves in reverse gear although the hatchback is still open. risk of potential and actual damage to vehicle, building structures, and people nearby due to audio tone silencing prematurely. tesla acknowledges reproducibility of the problem in my vehicle and the entire model x fleet but refuses to notify current model x owners per my request. also, spontaneous shut down on tesla auto pilot system and vehicle media control unit while driving. driver is deprived of speed information and turn signalling information during the shut down. driver unable to comply with local driving laws requiring signalling when changing lanes and making turns. tesla seems unwilling or unable to fix these safety issues. arbitration in process per tesla warranty terms and conditions. link to documenting videos below, also already given to tesla service department: https://photos.app.goo.gl/x2murk4biia5ktpe7
On nov 17, 2018 at 4:50 pm, i was driving my tesla x slowly with auto pilot off and auto steer off on a surface street in san clemente, ca. i was trying to do a u turn. i verified that there was no traffic, that there was an area where cars were not parked on the left side of the street and could use a parking driveway on the right that will allow more space to perform the u turn. i gently pressed the break to further slowdown and then veered a little to the right into the driveway at less than 5 mph. i started to turn to the left while still gently pressing the break. as soon as the front right wheel left the driveway and before i had completed the u turn, the tesla all of a sudden, on its own spontaneously accelerated to full power (a tesla x can go from 0-60 miles in approx. 4 seconds). my foot was still on the break, i did not move it and therefore i did not press the accelerator. there were no objects obstructing the pedals. in a small fraction of a second, the tesla traveled at full speed towards the tacoma car parked ahead on the left (less than 20 feet). something in the tesla system triggered the sudden spontaneous full acceleration resulting in this collision. the tesla had major damage in the front, the air bags were deployed. i had a major bruise on my abdomen and several small bruises on my chest. the tacoma suffered damage in the front, moved backwards and hit the car parked behind it. there were no passengers in the other vehicles. it is my firm belief that this accident occurred due not to a driver's error but to a technological error within the tesla vehicle. i found more than 60 complaints for spontaneous sudden acceleration for tesla vehicles that have been filed to nhtsa. what these complaints have in common are that vehicles are traveling slowly trying to park or make turns at low speed when sudden spontaneous full acceleration was triggered.
Cannot open doors. locked out with no way to enter with keys or manually. car is only four months old and had plenty of charge. tesla roadside assistance has needed to send someone out to try and fix
According to an article that i just read on yahoo finance, the telegraph has reported today that british tv director's tesla bursts into flames sitting in traffic. actor mary mccormack has shared video of her british husband's tesla car shooting flames while in southern california traffic. he had been driving along a major route through los angeles, when the fire was first spotted by other road users.she said there was no accident, and the incident was out of the blue. this is what happened to my husband and his car today. no accident, out of the blue, in traffic on santa monica blvd. she also said, thank you to the kind couple who flagged him down and told him to pull over. and thank god my three girls weren't in the car with him. sheriff's lt. willian nash in west hollywood said on saturday that deputies saw smoke coming from the electric vehicle and then fire. deputies requested help from firefighters who quickly extinguished the flames. here is the link: here is the link: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2018/06/17/actormary-mccormack-shares-video-husbands-tesla-car-going-flames/ (lol)