NHTSA Complaint #11364864 — 2019 TESLA MODEL X

TESLA REBOOT WHILE DRIVING ON A FREEWAY! SUPER SCARY EXPERIENCE DRIVING HOME ON COLD AND RAINY OCTOBER NIGHT IN MY ONE YEAR OLD 2019 MODEL X. I TURNED ON MY AUTO-PILOT AND WITHIN FEW SECONDS, THE DASHBOARD AS WELL AS THE SPEEDOMETER TURNED BLACK. THE DASHBOARD TURNED DARK, LIGHTS OUT, AND THE CAR SEEMED TO BE FREE ROLLING AT A HIGH SPPED ON THE FREEWAY...NO INDICATORS, NO SPEEDOMETER. NOTHING. I THOUGHT THAT THE CAR SYSTEMS FAILED AND I PANICKED, DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO AND MY WHOLE LIFE FLASHED IN FRONT OF ME WITH THE IMPENDING CATASTROPHE. I CONTINUED DRIVING. AFTER A FEW MINUTES I TURNED ON MY RIGHT INDICATOR (NOT KNOWING WHETHER IT WAS WORKING) WITH THE INTENT TO EXIT THE FREEWAY. AFTER A FEW MINUTES I MANAGED TO EXIT THE FREEWAY, FOUND A SPOT TO STOP THE CAR AND WAITED FOR THE FUNCTIONS TO RESUME IN 5-7 MINS. AFTERWARDS I CALLED UP TESLA ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. TO MY SURPRISE, IT SEEMED THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF SUCH ISSUES. THEY ADVISED ME TO NOT TO USE AUTOPILOT FEATURE FOR 24 HOURS. THEY PROMISED TO EVALUATE THE REASONS AND GET BACK TO ME. IT'S BEEN 2 DAYS AND I HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM THEM. FROM THE USER FORUMS I GATHER THAT THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED DUE TO REBOOTING OF THE CAR'S SYSTEMS ON ITS OWN AND IS NOT RARE AND OTHER OWNERS HAVE EXPEREINCED THIS NASTY ISSUE. I AM SHOCKED THAT HOW COULD TESLA NOT FIX THIS ISSUE WHEN THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS? BY NOT FIXING THIS ISSUE, WE ARE WAITING FOR A TRAGEDY TO HAPPEN OR PROBABLY IT HAPPENED ALREADY AND NO ONE KNOW OF THE REASONS. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE THIS CAR KNOWING THAT THIS ISSUE CAN HAPPEN AGAIN. I HAVE PUT THROUGH UNDUE STRESS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA DUE TO THIS INCIDENT.