NHTSA Complaint #10853937 — 2016 TESLA MODEL X

THIS IS A COMPLAINT IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC SAFETY. HERE IS ANOTHER DEFECT IN THE TESLA MODEL X WHICH SEEMS TO INDICATE A FAILURE TO PROPERLY TEST THE VEHICLE BEFORE IT IS RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC. THE VIN IS A MADE UP ONE TO SATISFY YOUR WEB-SITE. THERE IS A THREAD RUNNING ON TESLA FORUM COMPLAINING OF DOUBLE OR TRIPLE VISION EFFECTS CAUSED BY THE WINDSCREEN. HTTPS://TESLAMOTORSCLUB.COM/TMC/THREADS/DOUBLE-VISION-AT-NIGHT-THROUGH-WINDSHIELD.60997/PAGE-2 SAMPLE: (EDITED FOR BREVITY) I AM SURPRISED THAT TESLA IS ORDERING YOU A NEW WINDSHIELD. I KIND OF EXPECTED THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH ALL THE WINDSHIELDS. ONCE YOU NOTICE THE BRIGHT DOTS FLOATING ABOVE SUN REFLECTIONS ON CARS, IT IS PRETTY DISTRACTING. (EVEN MORE DISTRACTING, MY POLAROID SUNGLASSES MAKE THE REFRACTED IMAGES BRIGHT GREEN). I WEAR POLAROID SUNGLASSES TO FIX A DIFFERENT DESIGN PROBLEM ON THE X, NAMELY THAT THE REFLECTION IN THE WINDSHIELD CREATES A HORIZONTAL LINE RIGHT ACROSS THE CENTER OF MY VISION. I AM SURPRISED THIS SUBTLE DESIGN PROBLEM WAS NOT NOTICED. ELEXTRONS, YESTERDAY AT 8:13 AM I NOTICED THIS ANNOYING DOUBLE IMAGE PROBLEM (ACTUALLY TRIPLE IMAGE IF LIGHT SOURCE IS BRIGHT ENOUGH). I SEE IT DURING THE DAY ON VERY BRIGHT SPECULAR HIGHLIGHT REFLECTIONS OF THE SUN. THIS IS ON A MODEL X DELIVERED LATE IN MARCH. I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM AND FOUND THIS THREAD. I FIRST NOTICED THE ISSUE WHEN LOOKING AT A BUNCH OF CARS STOPPED AT A STOPLIGHT FAR AHEAD OF ME, BUT IT WAS IN BRIGHT SUNSHINE AND THE BACKS OF THE CARS WERE GLINTING. THIS CAUSED VERY BRIGHT, SHARP GREEN DOTS FLOATING ABOVE THE CARS AT ABOUT THE PERCEIVED HEIGHT OF THE STOP LIGHTS. IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WERE MORE GREEN LIGHTS ON THE STOP LIGHTS THAN THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AND THAT WAS WHAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION. NOTE; NOT JUST DOUBLE VISION, GREEN/RED COLOR SHIFT ALSO