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Problems with 2018 Tesla Model X STRUCTURE

On average, the 2018 Tesla Model X starts to “feel” problems with the STRUCTURE and its various aspects after 7 800 miles.

Components Affected by STRUCTURE Issues

We have classified the 1 complaints from 2018 Tesla Model X about STRUCTURE into the following categories.

BODY 5

Recently reported STRUCTURE problems on 2018 Tesla Model X

Trunk flew open while driving after screws attaching latch to hood stripped or loosened to point of detaching.

It happened at 7/21/2019, 1pm. the place is a parking lot in front of a store. i was driving my tesla x. before i reached there, i was already in that parking lots for several minutes; the speed was very low, about 3 miles/hour. when i found the store, i wanted to turn left and park next to a car in front of the store. at that time, i loosed the accelerator panel. since my tesla has the default regenerative brake setting, the car speed is almost zero. as usual, i touched a little bit of the accelerator panel to park into the parking space. however, the tesla had a big acceleration during the turn. i realized something was wrong, then elevated my feet and touched nothing at that time. my tesla still forwarded and jumped the curb and hit the concrete garbage bin in front of the store. after tesla crashed the concrete garbage bin, it still has acceleration and moved forward. it scratched a car, which was parking in the next parking space, then moved forward until it hit the wall of store. i'm 100% sure my feet touched nothing before my tesla jumped the curb.

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.

Sudden acceleration pulling into a parking space head first with foot on the break. next thing my wife knew was that she had jumped the curb and hit 2 other cars. her foot was still on the brake. tesla downloaded the black box. tesla told us that the car was traveling at 3 mph and that the accelerator had bee depressed. tesla refused to share the black box print out due to "proprietary information". 3 mph in a parking lot, dry pavement, clear sky, 10:00 am. repair estimate was low by $10,000.

When slowly pulling into a parking spot, the car accelerated on it's own jumping the curb and slammed into a chain link fence. i pressed the brake pedal but it didn't respond. my ten year old child was in the back seat and thankfully we are both unharmed. this is the second incident of the car accelerating on it's own. the first time this occurred was during my first week with the car and when i was slowly driving around a traffic circle in a residential area and the car took off on it's own. no damage other than misalignment that time but i was very scared and called tesla service. it took several weeks for them to respond with the data report from the car and said that the vehicle increased speed due to the driver pressing the accelerator. i accepted their explanation and assumed that i was indeed at fault even though i was positive that i didn't press the accelerator. i'm incredibly saddened by this situation as i truly loved this car but i'm too frightened to drive it again. it's currently at a body shop.

Tl* the contact owns a 2018 tesla model x. while driving approximately 65 mph, the vehicle suddenly began to drift from side to side. later, a scraping noise was present coming from the vehicle. while attempting to drive, the vehicle suddenly would not move. upon inspection, the contact discovered that the front passenger wheel had separated from the vehicle and made contact with the wheel well. the vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic and repaired. the cause of the failure was not determined. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the dealer was not contacted. the failure mileage was 7,800. the vin was unknown.

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