NHTSA Complaint #11501003 — 2023 TESLA MODEL S

The steering wheel and lack of lane change and transmission stocks makes the vehicle hard to control at low speeds. Swiping the screen forward for Drive and backward for Reverse does not create any tactile confirmation. Low speed parking lot maneuvers have already resulted in a few close calls. Along the same lines, the steering wheel makes low speed control difficult. Finally, the missing lane change stocks creates an obstacle for normal and high speed maneuvering as the process is not intuitive, confirmation of the blinker is somewhat absent, and you can’t always use the signal depending on the wheel angle. If the yoke is turned the stocks are impossible to signal as well honking the horn. I encourage the reviewer to simply turn the wheel and attempt to honk or signal a lane change. As a final note, I’d prefer not to share my personal information with the manufacturer. The companies ability to follow up with all its in car electronics and software is impressive but can be detrimental to the end users experience. Software rollbacks, feature rollbacks, etc is not a foreign tactic to get users to comply for Tesla. Other than that, it seems like a fantastic car.