2013 TESLA MODEL S Electrical System Problems

MCU FAILURE. ONE YEAR AGO, MY MCU SCREEN WENT BLACK. IT WAS REBOOTED AND WAS TOLD THAT IF THE MCU HAD NEEDED REPLACEMENT, IT WOULD COST 4,000.00. NOW ONE YEAR LATER, IT HAS FAILED COMPLETELY AND NEEDS REPLACEMENT. THEY TELL ME THE COST WILL BE $2,000.00. WHEN I ASKED WHY THE PRICE DIFFERENCE, THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAD BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE THEIR ORDERS SO THE PRICE HAS COME DOWN. I HAVE COME TO LEARN THAT NUMEROUS TESLA OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE MCU FAILURE. MY PURPOSE OF THIS IS FOR YOU TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER OR NOT IT IS A DESIGN DEFECT. THE FIRST TIME THE SCREEN WENT BLACK, IT WAS IN MOTION ON THE FREEWAY IN MOTION. THIS MOST RECENT TIME, IT WAS STATIONARY IN MY GARAGE.

WHILE IN EITHER FUNCTION OF STATIONARY AT TRAFFIC LIGHT, PARKED AT WORK OR HOME, AND WHILE IN MOTION DRIVING ON A ROAD TRIP. THE TOUCHSCREEN BLANKS OUT, FREEZES AND LOCKS OUT THE TOUCH SENSITIVE FUNCTIONS, THEN IN TURN ELIMINATES CLIMATE CONTROL. GPS MAPPING, BACK UP CAMERA, AND THE NEWEST ONE IS PIXELATING SECTIONS OF THE SCREEN LIKE A CABLE CONNECTION ISSUE... I REALLY DON'T KNOW ANYMORE. THE LOCAL SERVICE CENTER IS RESISTANT TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.. BUT THEY WERE OVERLY EXCITED TO PITCH SELLING ME THE UPGRADES SCREEN AND COMPUTER FOR $2500 ..THEN BOASTED THAT IT LOADS FASTER LIKE YOUR CELL PHONE. THEY CONTINUED WITH SAYING I WOULD HAVE 4G OR 4G LTE ..WHEN I UPGRADE. OF COURSE I REPLIED.. HOW ABOUT TESLA JUST MAKING THE SYSTEM THE CAR WAS BUILT WITH JUST WORK PROPERLY. I DONT LIKE BEING STRANDED AND WITH NO AC OPERATIONS UNTIL HARD RESTART/REBOOTING THE COMPUTERS...

SCREEN OCCASIONALLY GOES BLACK EITHER WHEN STATIONARY OR DRIVING. AT THE MOMENT I CAN 'RESET' THE CAR AND GET THE INSTRUMENTS BACK, BUT RESEARCH TELLS ME THAT THIS WILL ONLY GET WORSE. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM (A MEMORY CHIP FAILS THROUGH WEAR OVER TIME). WHEN IT DOES FAIL IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS REAR LIGHTS CAN FAIL AND ALL INDICATORS (INCLUDING SPEED) DISAPPEAR.

WHEN TRYING TO START MY TESLA, I NOTICED THE LARGE TOUCH SCREEN WAS UNRESPONSIVE, AND I COULDN'T ENTER MY PIN CODE TO UNBLOCK CHANGING MY CAR GEARS, MY CAR GOT STUCK ON THE PARKING GEAR ON MY DRIVEWAY. WHEN SPEAKING WITH TESLA ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE, I WAS INSTRUCTED TO PERFORM A RESET PROCEDURE, AFTER WHICH THE LARGE SCREEN WENT DARK. AS REQUESTED BY TESLA ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE, I TOWED MY CAR TO THE NEAREST TESLA SERVICE CENTER, WHERE AFTER DIAGNOSIS I WAS TOLD MY CAR MCU HAD REACHED END OF LIFE, AND I WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE MCU AT MY EXPENSE ($1419.07), BUT NO CLEAR EXPLANATION ON WHAT CAUSED THE MCU TO SUDDENLY STOP WORKING. AFTER INSISTING ON GETTING AN EXPLANATION AND RESEARCHING/SHOWING AN ARTICLE ABOUT AN ONGOING NHTSA PROBE ON SOME MEMORY ISSUES(HTTPS://WWW.REUTERS.COM/ARTICLE/US-TESLA-SAFETY/U-S-PROBES-TOUCHSCREEN-FAILURES-IN-TESLA-MODEL-S-CARS-IDUSKBN23V1VG), TESLA CONFIRMED THAT THE NEW UNIT WOULD HAVE A NEWER REVISION, BUT THAT I'D STILL HAVE TO...

JUST HAD AN MCU -1 FAILURE CAUSING MY CAR TO BRICK. IS NOW UNDRIVABLE. CAR WAS IN MOTION IN CITY STREETS WHEN THE SCREEN FAILED.

MY MCU1 (CENTER SCREEN) HAS DIED ONCE AND HAS BEEN REPLACED. IT IS STARTING TO FAIL AGAIN AS THE NAVIGATION IS STARTING TO BE NONRESPONSIVE, BLUE PERIODICALLY WORKS, AND NONRESPONSIVE TOUCH FUNCTIONS. THERE IS A DESIGN FAILURE WHERE THE CENTER SCREEN DIES AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME. THIS CONTROLS YOUR AC, RADIO, CHARGING, NAVIGATION, TURN SIGNAL AUDIO, ETC... IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND AFFECTS ALL VEHICLES FROM 2012 TO 2018. VEHICLE DOES NOT NEED TO BE IN MOTION.

OUR TESLA MODEL S 2013 WAS PURCHASED IN AUGUST OF 2013, 7YEARS AGO. THE CAR WAS ABLE TO COVER OVER 200 MILES WITH A FULL CHARGE. STARTING JUNE 2019, THE BRAKES STARTED TO SHAKE DURING BRAKING AND THE TRAVELED MILES DECREASED DRASTICALLY AFTER SUDDEN LOSS OF RANGE WITH 2019.16.X SOFTWARE UPDATE THAT THROTTLES BATTERIES. UNDER THE SAME CONDITIONS TRAVELING THE SAME ROUTE BY THE SAME PERSON. NOW, THE FULL CHARGE OF CAR LASTS APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES TRAVELED. TOTAL SUPER CHARGED BATTERY MILES DO NOT GO BEYOND 150 MILES EVEN AFTER WAITING MORE THAN 2 HRS. USING 220 AMPFOR 7 HRS, THE FULL BATTERY CHARGE GOES UP TO 160 MILES BUT EVEN THEN THE ODOMETER TRAVEL COVERED IS LESS THE 110 MILES UNDER SIMILAR CONDITIONS OF THE ORIGINAL 200 MILES TRAVELED. WE HAVE PAID FOR UNLIMITED USE OF SUPERCHARGER BUT WE ARE TOLD BY TESLA NOT TO USE SUPERCHARGER BECAUSE IT...

THE EMMC IS FAILING AND CAUSING THE COMPUTER SYSTEMS TO ACT ODD. I'VE REPORTED IT FOR THE FAILING MAIN SCREEN AND IT TURNING OFF FOR OVER 36 HOURS BUT YESTERDAY THE SPEEDOMETER SCREEN WENT BLANK AND WOULDN'T COME ON FOR A AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. THE CAR WOULDN'T START AT FIRST, AND WHEN IT DID, THERE WAS NO SPEEDOMETER (!), NO ODOMETER, NO BATTERY LEVEL READ OUT, NO GEAR INDICATOR, NO HEADLIGHTS, NOR ANY OTHER FUNCTION OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY WHEN IT FAILED. IT FLASHED ON FOR A SECOND, WHICH ALLOWED LIGHTS TO COME ON AND GO IN DRIVE, BUT IT IMMEDIATELY TURNED BACK OFF LEAVING THE CAR WITHOUT ANY SPEEDOMETER OR OTHER ITEMS LISTED ABOVE. THIS WAS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE CENTER CONTROL TOUCH SCREEN HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES SINCE RECEIVING THE CAR IN EARLY 2013. THERE ARE NO MANUAL CONTROLS FOR MOST OF THE CARS FUNCTIONS WHEN THIS HAPPENS AND LOSING CONTROL TO A/C, DEFROSTER AND SOMETIMES TURN SIGNALS IS DANGEROUS. THE MANUFACTURER NEEDS TO RECTIFY THIS MANUFACTURING DEFECT THAT CAUSES MULTIPLE FAILURES. THIS FAILURE HAPPENS AS YOU START UP THE VEHICLE.

MCU FAILURE CONSISTENT WITH OTHER EARLY MODEL TESLA MODEL S. THE MAIN COMPUTER SCREEN IS DARK/BLANK AND MOST FUNCTIONS ARE NOT OPERABLE, SUCH AS NAVIGATION, LIGHTING CONTROLS, DIRECTIONALS, AUDIO AND HANDS-FREE PHONE, SUNROOF, CLIMATE CONTROL, SUSPENSION CONTROLS, ... THE FAILURE OCCURS ALMOST WITHOUT WARNING. THIS IS THE 2ND FAILURE AND THIS EVENT OCCURRED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED

THE MCU1 INFOSCREEN FAILED ON JUNE 4, 2020, WHILE THE CAR WAS STATIONARY IN MY GARAGE, IT ONLY HAS 43,750 MILES.. IT HAS NOW NOT BEEN SAFELY DRIVEABLE FOR 5 WEEKS WAITING FOR REPAIR AND TESLA CAN'T TELL ME WHEN A REPLACEMENT PART WILL BE AVAILABLE AND THE REPAIR WILL BE COMPLETED.

TOUCHSCREEN WENT OUT. ACCORDING TO THEIR SYSTEM THIS IS STILL A 'DRIVEABLE' CAR AND NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT TO THEM. THE BLINKERS AND HEADLIGHTS ARE CONTROLLED THROUGH THIS AS ARE MANY OTHER FEATURES.

COMPUTER DISPLAY MALFUNCTIONING HAS TO BE TURNED OFF AND ON. THIS IS DANGEROUS WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE VIDEO OF SCREEN BUT CANNOT UPLOAD THAT TYPE OF FILE. *TR

MEDIA CONTROL UNIT APPEARS TO BE FAILING. THE SYSTEM IS SLOW TO BOOT, THE MEDIA FUNCTIONALITY IS OFF-LINE, THE VEHICLE DOES NOT RESPOND TO DRIVER INPUT WITH RESPECT TO INPUT ON THE MAIN TOUCHSCREEN. THE MCU CONTROLS SEVERAL CRITICAL VEHICLE FUNCTIONS. *TR

TOUCHSCREEN STOPPED WORKING MULTIPLE TIMES OVER SEVERAL WEEKS, WHEN STARTING CAR OR WHEN DRIVING, AND HAD TO BE REBOOTED. THEN NAVIGATION FUNCTION STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY. I HAVE SEEN REPORTS FROM OTHER OWNERS INDICATING THAT THE SCREENS FLASH MEMORY DEVICES HAVE FAILED OVER TIME. *TR

MY MAIN LARGE SCREEN, WHILE MOVING IN REVERSE, SHOWS THE IMAGE FROM THE BACK UP CAMERA...IT WILL SUDDENLY AND RANDOMLY SHUT OFF AND ALMOST LIKE RESET OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND I WILL HAVE TO SLAM ON MY BRAKES AND WAIT TO SEE WHATS HAPPENING

2013 MODEL S 40. MCU FAILED DUE TO MEMORY CARD FAILURE IN DECEMBER 2018. CAR WOULD NOT DRIVE. HAD TO BE TOWED. CAR LOWERED WINDOWS BY ITSELF AND COULD NOT BE CLOSED. DRAINED BATTERY. CAR COULD NOT BE OPENED. CHARGED $2100 TO REPLACE MCU OUT OF WARRANTY. MCU ALSO FAILED ON MY 2015 MODEL S 70D [XXX] IN 2019. REPLACED EMMC CHIP. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE MCU IS THE MAIN CONTROL FOR EVERYTHING IN THIS CAR. IT'S NOT ACTING AS IT SHOULD, SLOW OR BLACKS THE SCREEN SOME TIMES AND HAS TO BE REBOOTED AGAIN.

VEHICLE MCU DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH STORAGE CAPABILITY THIS CAUSING IT TO FAIL AND NEED REPLACEMENT MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGH THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT IN THE VEHICLE AND FAILS AT RANDOM TIMES MAKING THE VEHICLE INOPERABLE.

A KNOWN MCU FAILURE, DUE TO A MANUFACTURING ERROR ON THE PART OF THE CAR COMPANY, REQUIRES MULTIPLE REPLACEMENTS OF THE MAIN ELECTRICAL CONTROL. THE FAILURE OF THIS PART RENDERS THE CAR INOPERABLE. *TR

THE MEDIA CONTROL UNIT (MCU) HAS FAILED ON MY VEHICLE OVER A MONTH AGO. I AM STILL WAITING FOR THE TESLA SERVICE CENTER TO NOTIFY THEY HAVE A REPLACEMENT FOR ME. TILL THEN, THE REPRESENTATIVE SAID THE VEHICLE IS STILL SAFE TO DRIVE. FAILURE OF THE MCU MEANS I AM UNABLE TO CONTROL MOST OF THE VEHICLES FUNCTIONS. MOST NOTABLY, I CANNOT RAISE THE VEHICLES SUSPENSION, TURN ON THE AIR CONDITIONING, OR VIEW THE REAR VIEW CAMERA. OTHERS THINGS AFFECTED ARE OPENING THE SUNROOF, LISTENING THE THE RADIO OR MUSIC AT ALL, USE GPS, CONNECT MY PHONE TO THE VEHICLES BLUETOOTH, CONNECT TO MY PHONE VIA TESLA APP, THE ODOMETER READING ISN'T VISIBLE ANYMORE, THE WALK-AWAY LOCK FEATURE IS INOPERATIVE SO IF I FORGET TO MANUALLY LOCK THE VEHICLE IT WILL STAY UNLOCKED, AND THERE MAY BE MORE FEATURES INOPERATIVE THAT I AM UNAWARE OF. THE FAILURE OF THE MCU...

THE TOUCH SCREEN FOR THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE (TESLA) WENT BLACK RENDERING THE VEHICLE TO UNABLE TO BE CHARGED AND ANY ENTERTAINMENT, CLIMATE AND OTHER BASIC FUNCTIONS FOR THE VEHICLE TO BE USED. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND PARKED WHEN THIS HAPPENED BUT THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF THE SCREEN GOING OUT WHILE DRIVING FOR OTHER OWNERS.

MY TOUCHSCREEN MEDIA CONTROL UNIT (MCU) COMPLETELY FAILED. THIS HAS RESULTED IN NO BACKUP CAMERA, NO TURN SIGNALS, NO ABILITY CONTROL AC, THE SEATS DO NOT MOVE TO PREVIOUS POSITIONS, AND WORST OF ALL, THE CAR CANNOT BE CHARGED. I LIVE ABOUT 350 MILES AWAY FROM THE CLOSEST SERVICE CENTER SO I CAN'T EVEN ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THERE BECAUSE IT WOULD REQUIRE CHARGING ALONG THE WAY. THE CAR WAS PERFECTLY FINE ASIDE FROM BEING VERY SLOW TO TURN ON EVERY DAY. YESTERDAY MORNING ON GOING TO WORK 6/26/20 I FOUND THE MCU TO BE BLACK AND UNABLE TO BE TURNED ON WITH ANY REBOOTS. I CALLED TESLA SERVICE, AND THEY ARE SENDING A MOBILE RANGER TECHNICIAN BUT THEY TELL ME THE CAR WILL NEED TO BE LOADED ON A FLATBED TO BE SERVICED IN DALLAS. THIS APPEARS TO BE ANOTHER EMMC MEMORY FAILURE ON THE EARLY TESLA NVIDIA MCU SYSTEM....

YOU HAVE A CURRENT INVESTIGATION REGARDING THE TOUCHSCREEN. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY COMPLAINT TO YOUR FILE. BECAUSE OF THE TOUCHSCREEN FAILURE, I HAVE HAD THE CAR TOWED 3 TIMES. "TOUCHSCREEN UNRESPONSIVE". WITHOUT THE TOUCHSCREEN, YOU CAN DO VERY LITTLE WITH THE CAR. ON OR ABOUT 2015 I HAD COMPLAINED TO THE SERVICE DEPT. THAT I THOUGHT I HAD A CRACKED SCREEN. THE COST OF REPAIR WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY..OK, I THOUGHT I COULD LIVE WITH A COSMETIC PROBLEM BUT IT WAS NOT COSMETIC. OVER THE PAST 2 WEEKS, WHEN I PLACE MY HAND IN THE SMALL STORAGE AREA BELOW THE SCREEN, I FOUND A VERY STICKY LIQUID ON MY HAND. IT WAS FLUID LEAKING FROM THE SCREEN WHICH I WAS TOLD NOT TO TOUCH BECAUSE THAT LIQUID IS CONSIDERED A CARCINOGEN. I AM UNABLE TO USE THIS CAR FOR FEAR I WILL BE STUCK FAR AWAY FROM HOME...

OCCASIONALLY, THE VEHICLE CENTER DISPLAY HAS VARIOUS ISSUES: BLUETOOTH WILL DISCONNECT, VOICE COMMANDS WILL STOP WORKING, THE CAR WON'T START WHEN I GET IN IT (THE CENTER SCREEN WILL REMAIN BLACK UNTIL I EXIT THE VEHICLE THEN SHUT THE DOOR THEN RE-ENTER IT. IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE FOR ME, WHERE I MOVED MY CAR OUT OF A PARKING SPOT, EXITED THE VEHICLE TO CHECK SOMETHING, THEN THE CAR WAS TOTALLY UNRESPONSIVE AFTER GETTING BACK IN. IT TOOK ME UPWARDS OF 5 MINUTES TO GET THE VEHICLE STARTED AND OUT OF PARK AND INTO DRIVE. LUCKILY, I WAS IN A LOW-TRAFFIC PARKING LOT, BUT IF THIS WAS A BUSY AREA IT COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ISSUE. THE CENTER DISPLAY HAS BEEN REPLACED IN THIS VEHICLE BEFORE AS WELL. I AM AFRAID THAT MY CAR IS APPROACHING THE INEVITABLE EMMC FAILURE WHERE THE FLASH MEMORY WEARS OUT AFTER TOO MANY WRITE...

TOUCHSCREEN FAILURE. THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE 8GB EMMC NAND FLASH MEMORY CHIP IN THE NVIDIA TEGRA 3 PROCESSOR. TESLA PROVIDED FREE LOANER CAR. REPLACEMENT MEDIA CONTROL UNIT ON ORDER FOR YOUR VEHICLE. THEY CURRENTLY ARE ON A GLOBAL BACK ORDER BUT TESLA SAID THEY ARE WORKING WITH SUPPLY CHAIN TO PRIORITIZE VEHICLES ON SITE. TOTAL FOR REPLACEMENT IS $1,516.32. *TR

LOST TOUCHSCREEN ENTIRELY WHICH MEANT I HAD NO TURN SIGNALS! REQUIRED TRIP TO TESLA TO FIX. HEARD YOU WERE HEARING ISSUES ABOUT THIS. CONCERNED SCREEN WILL FAIL ONCE OUT OF WARRANTY. NOT SAFE TO DRIVE WITHOUT SIGNALS! *TR

WHILE MOVING OR STILL INTERFACE/MCU THAT CONTROLS NAVIGATION, CLIMATE CONTROL, AUDIO EQUIPMENT, ETC. RUNS VERY SLOW AND SOMETIMES RESETS ITSELF WHILE UNDERWAY. THIS IS DISTRACTING IF IT OCCURS WHILE DRIVING. MOST RECENTLY THIS OCCURRED WHILE MERGING ONTO I95 AT NIGHT. ALSO, CAR IS NOW SLOW TO "BOOT UP" ON MOST DAYS TO THE POINT I'M SOMETIMES CONCERNED IT WON'T START. FINALLY, RECENTLY THE CAR WOULDN'T ACCEPT CHARGE FROM HOME CHARGER. A SOFT REBOOT OF THE MCU ALLOWED ME TO CHARGE. CONCERNED THE PROBLEM MAY REOCCUR WHEN ON LONG TRIP LEAVING ME STRANDED. *TR

THE ELECTRONIC TOUCHSCREEN THAT ALLOWS ACCESS TO MOST OF THE CARS FUNCTIONS STOPPED WORKING. THE CAR WOULD NOT WORK TO BASIC STANDARDS ONCE THIS HAPPENED. CAR WAS IN MOTION AT THE TIME ON CITY STREETS. *TR

TESLA MAIN COMPUTER IS DESIGNED TO FAIL AND DISABLE THE ABILITY TO TURN ON THE HEADLIGHTS, TURN SIGNALS, REAR VIEW CAMERA, AND SO ON. THE MAIN COMPUTER LOGS EVERYTHING HAPPENING IN THE CAR EXCESSIVELY (THEY DO THIS SO PRESS REVIEWS CAN BE REFUTED, IT HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES) BUT THAT LOGGING CAUSES THE CHIP TO FAIL. THE SOLUTION IS TO TURN OFF LOGGING BUT THEY REFUSE, SO THESE COMPUTERS FAIL PREDICTABLY ON SCHEDULE. ALL TESLAS ARE AFFECTED. *TR

THE TOUCHSCREEN CONTROLS ARE VERY SLOW. THE TOUCHSCREEN FAILS INTERMITTENTLY, SOMETIMES RENDERING THE BACK UP CAMERA INOPERABLE WHEN DRIVING IN REVERSE. FREQUENT REBOOTING IS REQUIRED WHEN IT HANGS UP. A NOTICEABLE DETERIORATION HAS OCCURRED IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 TESLA MODEL S. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE THE MEDIA CONTROL UNIT (MCU) MALFUNCTIONED AND WAS PERMANENTLY DISABLED. DUE TO THE FAILURE, THE BACKUP CAMERA FAILED TO DISPLAY. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO MAKE ANY AUTOMOTIVE ADJUSTMENTS DUE TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. DUBLIN TESLA LOCATED AT 6701 AMADOR PLAZA RD, DUBLIN, CA 94568, WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED.

MEDIA CONTROL UNIT FAILED WHILE IN THE CUSTODY OF THE DEALER AFTER A DRIVE UNIT FAILURE. THE UNIT BEGAN MALFUNCTIONING A FEW DAYS BEFORE. THE DIRECTION INDICATORS AND RADIO WERE WORKING INTERMITTENTLY WITH THE AUDIO BLANKING OFF AT 12 SECOND INTERVALS. THIS COINCIDED WITH A DRIVE UNIT FAILURE. THE CAR HAD TO BE TAKEN TO TESLA BY A FLAT BED. WE WERE CHARGED NEARLY $3000 FOR THE REPAIR. SERVICE INVOICE ATTACHED. *TR

SCREEN STOPPED WORKING. TESLA SAYS THAT THE CONTROLLER BOARD FOR THE SCREEN FAILED. AS A RESULT, CAR WAS UNABLE TO CHARGE, A/C DISABLED, NO RADIO, NO BACKUP CAMERA, ETC. TESLA HAD TO REPLACE THE CONTROLLER, AT A COST TO ME OF OVER $2500.

TOUCH SCREEN LEAKING LCD FLUID BOTH MAIN DISPLAY AND DRIVERS DISPLAY. SEEMS LIKE MANUFACTURER DEFECT IT ALSO KNOWN THESE TOUCH SCREENS WILL FAIL EVENTUALLY DISABLING REAR VIEW CAMERA. *TR

THE MIDDLE CONSOLE SUDDENLY BLACKED OUT AND WOULD NOT REBOOT. THIS RESTRICTED DRIVE FUNCTIONS INCLUDING REVERSE CAMERA, NAVIGATION, AIR CONDITIONING ON A HOT SUMMER DAY, NO ENTERTAINMENT IN THE VEHICLE. THE BLACKOUT OCCURRED AS I WAS AT A STOP SIGN IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. I GRAVELY FEARED THE CAR WOULD SIMPLY TURN OFF IN TRAFFIC AS IT FELT LIKE IT WAS STALLING / DRIVING DIFFERENTLY. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK MY CAR TO A SUPER CHARGER TO SEE IF THAT WOULD HELP. I WAS TOLD BY A REMOTE TESLA OPERATOR THAT THE DISRUPTION WAS DUE TO SOFTWARE ATTEMPTING TO UPDATE - WHICH, WAS NOT PROMPTED AS IT TYPICALLY DOES. COMPLETELY BLINDSIDED BY THIS MALFUNCTION, THE NEXT DAY THE CAR WOULD NOT UNLOCK IN THE TYPICAL FASHION BY KEY DETECTION. IT ALSO WOULDN'T CONNECT TO THE APP TO UNLOCK. I AGAIN CALLED TESLA AND THEY ATTEMPTED A REMOTE UNLOCK WHICH WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THEY...

THE MAIN TOUCHSCREEN ON MY 2012 TESLA S HAS STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY- TOTALLY BLANK, RESULTING IN NO REARWARD FACING CAMERA, LOWER CHARGING RATES, NO CONTROL OVER SUSPENSION HEIGHT OR STEERING STIFFNESS; NO A/C, NO HEAT, NO SUNROOF CONTROLS, NO WIFI, NO BLUETOOTH AND NO CELLULAR; NO MAP, NO GPS. NO RADIO. *TR

THE MCU WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING. LOST ANY OF THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL OF THE CAR INCLUDING BACK UP CAMERA. *TR

RE: NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: PE20010 HELLO I SAW THAT AN INVESTIGATION WAS OPENED FOR THE MCU GOING COMPLETELY DEAD. MY CAR WAS AFFECTED (OCCURED FEB 21ST, 2018 AND MCU REPLACED AROUND MARCH 8TH, 2018 AT MY EXPENSE). I WOULD BE WILLING TO PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION NEEDED. THANKS

TOUCH SCREEN DOES NOT WORK. TESLA SAYS MCU MUST BE REPLACED. *TR

THE CENTER MEDIA TOUCHSCREEN (MCU) IN MY VEHICLE STOPPED FUNCTIONING AND SEVERAL FUNCTIONS CEASED WORKING. INITIALLY I RECEIVED A "TOUCHSCREEN UNRESPONSIVE" MESSAGE WHILE DRIVING SO WHEN I STOPPED AT A STOPLIGHT I ATTEMPTED TO REBOOT THE MCU USING THE STEERING WHEEL CONTROLS. THE SCREEN STARTED THE REBOOT PROCESS BUT EVERYTHING THAT WAS ON INCLUDING HVAC AND RADIO TURNED OFF FOR THE REMAINDER OF MY DRIVE AND WERE INOPERABLE UNTIL AFTER THE SCREEN WAS REPLACED. THE TOUCHSCREEN NEVER TURNED BACK ON. MANY FUNCTIONS DID NOT WORK WHEN THE MCU DIED WITH THE ODDEST ONE OF ALL BEING THAT I HAD NO TURN SIGNAL SOUNDS WHICH I THINK ARE CREATED BY THE CARS AUDIO SYSTEM AND THE MCU. WITH THE LOSS OF THE MCU, I LOST THE USE OF MY BACKUP CAMERA AND MY HVAC WHICH WAS STUCK IN AN OFF STATE SO I HAD TO ROLL DOWN MY WINDOWS IN ORDER...

MAIN TOUCHSCREEN UNRESPONSIVE OR BLACKED OUT. NO CONNECTIVITY AND ERROR 'TOUCHSCREEN UNRESPONSIVE'. REBOOT FIXES FOR ABOUT AN HOUR THEN FAILS AGAIN. HAPPENS CONSISTENTLY NOW EVERY TIME THE CAR IS PARKED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 TESLA MODEL S. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AT START-UP THE MEDIA CONTROL UNIT (MCU) MALFUNCTIONED. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE REAR CAMERA, HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONER, GPS AND WEB BROWSER TO BECOME INOPERABLE AND FOR THE BATTERY TO BECOME DRAINED. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TESLA LOCATED AT 135 US-22, SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, NJ 07081, TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE MEDIA CONTROL UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 110,000. *BF*JB

MY SCREEN AND BACK-UP CAMERA BOTH FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TR

VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, EMMC FAILED. TESLA TOOK 13 MONTHS TO "GET THE PART" AND VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT TESLA. CAR SAT DUE TO THE INABILITY TO CHARGE, CHANGE SETTINGS, ETC. AND THIS CREATED ADDITIONAL FAILURES (TO INCLUDE 12V BATTERY, ETC.) *TR

THE TESLA SCREEN ABRUPTLY FREEZES AND SHUTS DOWN. AS A RESULT, THE REAR VIEW CAMERA BECOMES UNAVAILABLE AND THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. I AM REQUESTING TESLA RECALL THIS VEHICLE AND OFFER A REPLACEMENT. *TR

MCU FAILURE DUE TO EMMC FAILURE. EMMC FAILS DUE TO FINITE WRITE ENDURANCE WHICH OCCURS ON ALL CARS WHILE EITHER STILL IN WARRANTY OR OUT OF WARRANTY. I PERSONALLY HAVE NOT BEEN IN A SITUATION WHERE THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE AS OF YET, HOWEVER IF IT FAILS COMPLETELY AND RESULTS IN THE MCU BEING UNABLE TO BOOT, OR LOOPING. THE CAR WILL NOT BE ABLE TO "START" OR BE MOVABLE WITHOUT A TOW. THIS SCENARIO COULD BE DANGEROUS TO ME OR MY FAMILY DEPENDING ON WHERE AND WHEN IT HAPPENS. *TR

THE CENTER TOUCHSCREEN ON MY CAR FAILED, AND WAS TOLD BY TESLA TECHNICIAN IT WAS DUE TO THE MEMORY BEING FULL. FROM FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT APPEARS THAT MEMORY BECAME FULL DUE TO SOFTWARE UPDATES PUSHED BY TESLA AND LOG FILES SAVED ON HARD DRIVE BY TESLA SOFTWARE. WHEN TOUCHSCREEN FAILED I LOST HVAC, STEREO, REAR VIEW CAMERA, NAVIGATION AND POTENTIALLY TURN SIGNALS (WHEN TURN SIGNAL STALK WAS HIT THE DASH DID NOT INDICATE TURN SIGNAL WAS ON, BUT WHEN HAZARD BUTTON WAS PRESSED THE DASH SHOWED THE TURN SIGNAL WAS ON). THE TOUCHSCREEN FAILED WHILE THE CAR WAS PARKED AND I WAS NOT IN IT. I GOT INTO CAR ONE MORNING AND THE TOUCHSCREEN NO LONGER WORKED. THIS SAME TOUCHSCREEN ALSO HAD ANOTHER ISSUE WHERE THE ADHESIVE ON THE SCREEN HAD MELTED AND LEAKED UNDER TOUCHSCREEN. THIS MELTED ADHESIVE CAUSED WHAT LOOKED LIKE A BUBBLE AROUND ~70% OF THE SCREEN....

THE SCREEN GOES BLANK OFTEN. THE COMPUTERS REBOOT EVEN WHILE DRIVING. TOUCH SCREEN NOT RESPONSIVE. CAR DIDN'T CHARGE AND NOW THE INTERNET CONNECTIVITY IS COMPLETELY GONE. THE AUDIO COMPLETE CUTS OUT. THE RADIO AND ALSO THE BLINKER CLICKING WHEN THE BLINKERS TURN ON. TESLA ATTEMPTED TO FIX BY DELETING DRIVING HISTORY. IT BOOTS FASTER AND FREEZE LESS BUT DID NOT SOLVE ANY PROBLEMS. THE PROBLEM HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR IS PARKED AND NEEDS TO BOOT BUT ALSO DEGRADES WHILE DRIVING AN CAN HAVE THE DISPLAY GO UNRESPONSIVE DURING DRIVING. *TR

TWICE MY TESLA LUNGED FORWARD ACCELERATING SPEED WHEN TRYING TO PARK RESULTING IN ACCIDENTS. I REPORTED BOTH ISSUES TO TESLA. FIRST TIME THEY DENIED THAT HAPPENING AND THE SECOND TIME THIS PAST YEAR THEY NEEDED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. THEN WHEN I PROVIDED THE INFORMATION MY EMAILS KEPT GETTING BOUNCED BACK. FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN PARKING IN A SCHOOL PARKING SPOT WITH A CEMENT BLOCK. AS I WAS SLOWLY DRIVING INTO THE SPOT THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED SO FAST MY CAR WENT COMPLETELY OVER THE BLOCK AND I PULLED THE STEERING WHEEL LEFT TO AVOID HITTING THE BUILDING IN FRONT OF ME. I REMEMBER I KEPT PUMPING THE BRAKES AND IT KEPT GOING FASTER. I CLIPPED THE CAR PARKED NEXT TO ME AND MY CAR WE TO INTO THE DIRT AREA AND SINCE I PULLED THE WHEEL LEFT TO AVOID THE BUILDING IT CONTINUED OFF THE DIRT AREA BACK ONTO THE PARKING...