NHTSA Complaint #11408406 — 2019 TESLA MODEL X

HISTORICALLY (MAY 2019 - DEC. 2020), THE SCREENS (SHOWING SPEED, AUTOPILOT STATUS, AND OTHER INFORMATION) WOULD SOMETIMES GO BLANK. I REPORTED THE PROBLEM IN MY 1ST WEEK OF OWNERSHIP (IN MAY 2019) AND PERIODICALLY THEREAFTER. TESLA REMOTELY SENT A FIX FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. I THEN LEARNED FROM THE MEDIA (NOT TESLA OR THE NHTSA) THAT NHTSA HAD MANDATED A FIX ON 2016-2018 MODEL X'S BECAUSE OF SCREEN FAILURES. I ASKED TESLA TO FIX MY 2019 (NOTING THAT IT APPEARED TO BE THE SAME PROBLEM AS WHAT HAD REQ'D. THE NHTSA MANDATE, AND TESLA DID FIX IT (OR SAID THEY DID) A FEW MONTHS AGO. BUT ON APRIL 13, 2021, THE PROBLEM CAME BACK AND FAR WORSE. ON THAT DAY AND WHILE DRIVING MY SON TO UPSTATE NY BY HIGHWAY, THE SCREEN DID NOT SIMPLY GO BLANK (AT LEAST NOT INITIALLY ... IT DID EVENTUALLY) BUT FIRST "FROZE" FOR OVER A MINUTE WHILE FALSELY STATING THAT I WAS STILL IN AUTOPILOT (HANDS OFF PEDALS AND STEERING WHEEL) GOING ROUGHLY 70MPH ON A HIGHWAY. AGAIN, DURING THE FREEZE, THE SCREEN (FROZEN) FALSELY SAID I WAS STILL IN AUTOPILOT (WHEN, IN FACT, AUTOPILOT HAD DISENGAGED). I ALERTED TESLA TO THE PROBLEM APRIL 14 AND BROUGHT THE CAR IN FOR AN APRIL 15 FIX. TESLA ADDRESSED IT, BUT I CAN HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN THE FIX (1) GIVEN THE HISTORY; AND EVEN MORE SO BECAUSE (2) TESLA'S INVOICE FALSELY DESCRIBES THE PROBLEM AS SIMPLY A "BLANK SCREEN" (WHICH IS NOT NEARLY AS DANGEROUS, BC THE DRIVER IS AT LEAST ALERTED TO THE PROBLEM), AND SAID SIMPLY THAT ITS "ENGINEERING TEAM IS AWARE ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON A RELIABLE SOLUTION. ISSUE WILL BE RESOLVED IN ONE OF FUTURE FIRMWARE REVISIONS." THIS SEEMS DANGEROUS AND UNACCEPTABLE.