NHTSA Complaint #11476697 — 2017 TESLA MODEL S

UNKNOWN OR OTHER issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number 11476697
Vehicle 2017 TESLA MODEL S
Component UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Date of Incident
Date Filed
Mileage N/A miles
Crash No
Fire No
Injuries 0
Deaths 0
Vehicle Towed No
State CA

Consumer Description

My vehicle had a 360-degree dashcam safety recording feature, and a safety feature called Sentry which warns people who are too close to the car or bump the car that it is recording them. Tesla removed the feature from my car, presumably because it did not work with the hardware (they quickly upgraded the next cars), and now shows the Sentry feature in the software and even pretends like it is recording, but it is not. The feature was removed on all HW 2.0 MCU 1 vehicles even though it's paid for in the Advanced Autopilot package. Tesla should have to recall these cars and put in the appropriate hardware that all cars built shortly after my car have once they learned that the equipment they put in was not sufficient for what was advertised. I have recordings from my vehicle from when the feature was there that I can share with you to prove that the feature was there, then it was removed because of the inadequate hardware in the car (rather than recalling them to upgrade the hardware).

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