2015 TESLA MODEL S Unknown Or Other Problems

PRIMARY TOUCHSCREEN FAILURE (MCU). THE CAR WAS STATIONARY PARKED IN GARAGE. THE PRIMARY TOUCHSCREEN FAILED AND WOULD NOT START. AIR CONDITIONING, TURN SIGNALS, AND BACKUP CAMERA STOPPED WORKING, ALONG WITH ALL OTHER SETTINGS BECAUSE NON-FUNCTIONAL. CAR IS 5 YEARS OLD AND 45,000 MILES. THE MCU TOUCHSCREEN HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TR

MY MCU OR MAIN TOUCH SCREEN HAS FAILED. I NO LONGER HAVE CONTROL OF NAVIGATION, MUSIC, HVAC CONTROLS, BACK UP CAMERA, TURN SIGNALS, AUTOPILOT, ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL, HEADLIGHT CONTROLS, SUNROOF CONTROLS, OR ANY FUNCTION BESIDES DRIVING, STEERING, AND BRAKING, THE CAR WAS AT MY HOME WHEN IT WAS RECEIVING AN OVER THE AIR UPDATE. THE CAR THEN NOTIFIED ME THAT THE DOWNLOAD HAD FAILED. I WENT OUT TO THE CAR TO FIND THE SCREEN COMPLETELY BLACK. TRYING TO RESET THE SCREEN DID NOT WORK AND TESLA DIAGNOSIS LED ME TO BELIEVE THAT THE MCU NO LONGER WORKS. DOING MY OWN RESEARCH I HAD MY EMMC CHIP LOOKED AT AND FOUND THE FILES WERE CORRUPT AND THE CHIP WAS 90% FULL. TESLA WILL NOT REPLACE JUST THIS CHIP AND ONLY THE MCU IN FULL. I HAVE NOT DRIVEN MY CAR SINCE THIS ISSUE. *LN*JB *TR

THE TOUCHSCREEN MEDIA CONTROL UNIT HAS COMPLETELY FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. TESLA SAID IT WAS THE MCU AND THAT I HAD TO DRIVE IT TO THE SARASOTA SERVICE CENTER FOR REPAIRS WHICH IS 2 HOURS DRIVE FROM MY HOME. THE BACK UP CAMERA, TURNING SIGNALS AND THE DASH BOARD WEREN'T WORKING DURING THE DRIVE. *TR

MCU1 TOUCHSCREEN HAS AN EXPECTED SHORT LIFE SPAN DUE TO TESLA'S LOGGING PRACTICES. THIS PRACTICE SHORTENS THE LIFESPAN OF MCU1 (MAIN CONTROL UNIT) DEVICES SIGNIFICANTLY AND HINDERS TOUCHSCREEN CAPACITY, REMOVES AUTO PILOT CAPABILITIES, AND PREVENTS AIR CONDITIONING CONTROL OR MEDIA CONTROL. *TR

MCU FAILURE (MARCH 2020) FROM EMMC MEMORY WEAR-OUT RESULTED IN NON-FUNCTIONING CAR. CAR WOULD NOT "TURN OFF," THEREBY ENTIRELY DRAINING BATTERIES. SINCE THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS ON DURING MCU FAILURE, IT WOULD REMAIN ON, NO MATTER WHAT I DID, THEREBY (A) RUNNING DOWN THE BATTERY, AND (B) POTENTIALLY CREATING A MAINTENANCE OR FIRE HAZARD (AC RUNNING FOR 12 HOURS). ALSO NON-FUNCTIONAL WAS CRUISE CONTROL, RADIO, REAR CAMERA, AUDIBLE WARNINGS (LIKE TURN-SIGNAL CLICKS), INABILITY TO CONTROL BATTERY CHARGING, LOSS OF NAVIGATION, PARKING WARNING CHIMES, ENERGY USAGE GRAPH, CELL FEATURES, ETC. SIGNIFICANTLY, THE "CREEP" FEATURE, WHICH MOVES THE CAR FORWARD WHEN PEDAL IS LIFTED, ALSO DID NOT WORK -- CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO RELEARN CERTAIN DRIVE FEATURES, AND AT ONE POINT ALLOWING THE CAR TO ROLL BACKWARD WHEN IT USUALLY WOULD HAVE CREEPED FORWARD. IT'S UNKNOWN IF CERTAIN EMERGENCY BRAKING FEATURES WOULD HAVE WORKED. MAIN VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEMS FUNCTIONED (STEERING &...

MCU FAILURE WITH LESS THAN 3,400 MILES ON CAR. TESLA CLAIMED IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE CAR CAN NOT CHARGE OR DO ANYTHING WITHOUT MCU. NO WINDOWS, NO CLIMATE, NO CHARGING, ETC. A SOLID STATE DEVICE LIKE THE MEMORY SHOULD NOT FAIL. IT IS BEING OVERWRITTEN TWO OFTEN AND TESLA SHOULD HAVE SPEC OUT BETTER MEMORY. FURTHER THE UNIT FAILED WITH VERY LOW MILES AND USAGE. I TRIED TO FIND THE INVOICE BUT IT SEEMS TESLA KEEPS THE INVOICE ON THEIR SERVER. A FAILURE OF MCU BECAUSE OF UNDER SPEC MEMORY SHOULD NOT BE THE CONSUMER ISSUE. TESLA SHOULD REPLACE THE MCU OR MEMORY FOR FREE. I AM VERY UPSET THE WAY THIS WAS HANDLED. FURTHERMORE I WAS TOLD I WOULD BE GETTING A NEW MCU WITH UPGRADED MEMORY BUT NOW I HAVE DOUBTS AFTER READING TESLAMOTORFORUM.COM THAT I WILL HAVE ANOTHER FAILURE IN THE SAME TIME PERIOD. THIS...

MY MCU FAILED IN JANUARY 2020 AND I WAS CHARGED $1,429.73 FOR REPLACEMENT. I FOUND A NEWS ARTICLE TODAY THAT NHTSA IS INVESTIGATING THIS ISSUE, I WANTED TO ADD MY COMPLAINT AS WELL. THERE WAS NO INCIDENT PRECEDING THE FAILURE, IT JUST WENT DARK ONE DAY. AS A RESULT HEATING/COOLING, NAVIGATION, AUDIO, ETC. WERE UNAVAILABLE WHILE I WAITED A MONTH FOR THE SERVICE APPOINTMENT. *TR

APPROXIMATELY 5 YEARS AFTER PURCHASING MY TESLA MODEL S, THE MEDIA CONTROL UNIT FAILED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET (DOING A REBOOT DUE TO SOME SYSTEM FAILURES). MUCH OF THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE CAR BECAME INOPERABLE BECAUSE OF THE FAILURE, INCLUDING CLIMATE CONTROL, NAVIGATION, MUSIC AND MORE. A WEEK LATER TESLA'S MOBILE TECHNICIAN DID A HARD REBOOT, WHICH THEN ELIMINATED THE ABILITY OF THE CAR TO CHARGE (MAKING IT EFFECTIVELY INOPERABLE). WHEN I FINALLY GOT AN IN-SHOP APPOINTMENT, A WEEK LATER, I HAD TO PAY TO REPLACE THE MCU, AS MY WARRANTY PERIOD WAS OVER. EVEN NOW, THERE ARE CONTINUING ISSUES WITH THE VOICE RECOGNITION SYSTEM. *TR

THE SCREEN ON THE CAR WENT BLANK AS THE MCU FAILED. WHILE THE CAR WORKED THE AUDIO, AUTOPILOT, RADIO, GPS, NAVIGATION, TURN SIGNALS STOPPED WORKING. THE CAR ONLY HAD ~46,700 MILES ON IT WHEN THE SCREEN FAILED. CLEARLY A DEFECT WHICH SHOULD BE COVERED BY TESLA 2 MONTHS AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED IN DEC 2019. THIS HAPPENED WHILE THE CAR WAS PARKED. *TR

SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. I HAD ALMOST COMPLETED A U TURN (BUT NOT COMPLETELY) TO SLOWLY PULL INTO A PARKING SPOT PARALLEL TO THE SIDEWALK WHEN THE CAR ALL OF A SUDDEN LOUNGED FORWARD (SEE SKID MARKS). IT ONLY SLOWED AFTER HITTING AND DAMAGING THE BRICK WALL.I PRESSED ON THE BRAKES, THE SCREEN FLASHED SOMETHING LIKE: YOUR AUTO PARK IS NOW DISABLED. I WAS ABLE TO SLOWLY EASE INTO MY INTENDED PARKING SPOT AND COME OUT AND ASSESS THE DAMAGES. IT ALL HAPPENED OVER A SPLIT SECOND. THE COLLISION DEFINITELY FELT LIKE THERE'S A MAJOR FAULT WITH THE CAR'S COMPUTER SYSTEM - INSTRUCTING IT TO LURCH FORWARD AT RAPID SPEED AND NOT ABLE TO AUTOSTOP WITH AN OBJECT (BRICK WALL) IN FRONT OF IT. I WAS AT A RESIDENTIAL AREA WITHIN A GATED COMMUNITY. WHEN CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL CAME, THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FILE A REPORT WITHIN PRIVATE PROPERTY. *TR

MY CAR SUDDENLY LOST APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES OF BATTERY RANGE OVERNIGHT AFTER AN OVER THE AIR UPDATE BY TESLA. THE CAR ALSO BEGAN CHARGING SLOWER AFTER THE UPDATE. I BELIEVE THE UPDATE HAS DECREASED THE BATTERY LIFE OF MY CAR AND CAPPED IT TO PREVENT THE CHANCE OF THE CAR CATCHING ON FIRE SINCE THAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED TO SEVERAL TESLA MODEL S VEHICLES. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT A FAULTY BATTERY IS STILL IN THE CARS

2015 MODEL S 85D WAS REVERSED ONTO DRIVEWAY THEN PLACED IN PARK AND DOORS WERE CLOSED AND LOCKED. A FEW MOMENTS LATER THE VEHICLE STARTED ACCELERATING FORWARD TOWARDS THE STREET AND CRASHED INTO A PARKED CAR. FRONT WHEELS WERE RECEIVING POWER WHILE REAR WHEELS WHERE LOCKED AND DRAGGING RATHER THAN WHEELS SPINNING. I REVERSED VEHICLE BACK ONTO DRIVEWAY AND IT HAPPENED ANOTHER 2 TIMES AFTER FIRST INCIDENT WITHIN A 30 MINTUE TIME SPAN.

TRY TO BACK UP & CAR WILL AUTOMATICALLY GO INTO PARK. HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY -~20 TIMES OVER LAST ? 45 DAYS, DID NOT RAISE MY BODY TO LOOK OVER SHOULDER. LAST FRIDAY, I WAS ON THE ON RAMP OF A INTERSTATE (I-5), & THE CAR WENT FROM DRIVE TO PARK. FIRST & ONLY TIME THIS HAS OCCURRED.

THE TRUNK SENSOR MALFUNCTIONED RESULTING IN THE TRUNK REGISTERING AS OPEN BUT BEING CLOSED. AS THERE ARE 3RD ROW SEATS IN THE TRUNK THIS MAKES IT PASSENGER SPACE AND THE EMERGENCY TRUNCK OPEN DID NOT WORK, MANUAL OPEN DID NOT WORK, KEY FOB OPEN DID NOT WORK RESULTING IN THE TRUNK PASSENGER COMPARTMENT BEING LOCKED SHUT WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR CHILDREN IN IT WITH NO WAY TO GET THEM OUT OTHER THAN TO SMASH THE REAR WINDOW. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT SAFTEY RISK!

NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: DP19005 - INVESTIGATION SUBJECT : BATTERY MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE UPDATES

ON MAY 15TH, 2019 WITH 103,249 MILES ON MY ODOMETER, I UPGRADED MY TESLA MODEL S 70D FIRMWARE FROM VERSION 2019.12.11 TO 2019.16.1.1. ON MY NEXT CHARGE TO 80%, MY MILEAGE CAPACITY WAS DRASTICALLY REDUCED FROM 199 MILES TO 167 MILES FOR A LOSS OF OVER 30+ MILES FOR NO KNOWN REASON. I DISCUSSED THIS WITH A COWORKER WHO HAS A SIMILAR EARLY 2016 MODEL S 70D WHO EXPERIENCED THE SAME SAME LOSS OF RANGE. MY RESEARCH HAS LEAD ME TO UNDERSTAND TESLA TOOK ACTION TO DOWNGRADE HORSEPOWER AND RANGE ALONG WITH ALL OTHER ASPECTS OF PERFORMANCE THROUGH A TOTAL VOLTAGE CAP AFTER CLAIMING TO BE RELEASING A FIRE-SAFETY UPDATE, BUT OFFICIALLY NO SAFETY UPDATE WAS RELEASED. THIS CHANGE HAPPENED WHILE THE CAR WAS PARKED IN MY GARAGE AND STATIONARY.

TOUCHSCREEN THAT CONTROLS MOST VEHICLE FUNCTIONS INCLUDING HVAC BECAME DISABLED BECAUSE A CHIP IN THE TOUCHSCREEN WENT BAD. THE CAR WAS UNABLE TO CHARGE AND WOULD TAKE APPROX 5 MINS TO START AT TIMES. UNABLE TO CLEAR FOGGED WINDOWS WITH HVAC

SHORTLY AFTER A SOFTWARE UPDATE IN JUNE, 2019 I NOTICED THAT MY CHARGE CAPACITY HAD DIMINISHED SIGNIFICANTLY (APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES OR 15%). I RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT MY BATTERY KNOWING THAT TESLA REPRESENTS AN UNLIMITED MILE 8 YEAR WARRANTY ON THE BATTERY. MY BATTERY WAS TESTED REMOTELY AND I WAS ASSURED IT WAS NOT A BATTERY ISSUE. SHORTLY THEREAFTER I BECAME AWARE THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND ACTUALLY THE SUBJECT OF CLASS ACTION LITIGATION. I HAVE TEXT MESSAGES WITH TESLA GOING BACK TO JUNE, 2019 AND AGAIN IN OCTOBER, 2019 - THE DATE OF MY MOST RECENT SERVICE. TESLA HAS FAILED TO ACKNOWLEDGE A PLAN OF ACTION RELATED TO THE ISSUE AND WILL NOT "ROLLBACK" THE UPDATE. I WANT TESLA TO STAND BEHIND THEIR BATTERY WARRANTY AND MAKE THE NECESSARY REPAIRS TO ENSURE SAFETY AND PROVIDE ME WITH WHAT I PAID FOR. I HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT SLOWDOWNS OF...

IN EARLY JULY 2019 I NOTICED THAT MY 2015 TESLA MODEL S 85D WAS NOT CHARGING AS IT SHOULD BE. MY 85 KILOWATT BATTERY WAS CHARGING AT A GREATLY DIMINISHED RATE. I TRIED CONTACTING TESLA FOR SERVICE BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET THROUGH TO THEM. IT TOOK OVER 3 VERY FRUSTRATING WEEKS FOR ME TO FINALLY GET THROUGH TO SCHEDULE A SERVICE APPOINTMENT. MY SERVICE TECHNICIAN REPLACED SOME PARTS THAT HE BELIEVED WOULD REMEDY THE PROBLEM HOWEVER WHEN HE TOOK THE CAR TO THE TESLA SUPERCHARGE STATION THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTED. HE REACHED OUT TO THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AT TESLA AND WAS INFORMED THAT MY CARS CHARGING CAPACITY HAD BEEN LIMITED AND RESTRICTED BY TESLA. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH TESLA AND REQUESTED THAT MY BATTERY BE REPLACED UNDER THE FACTORY WARRANTY. IT TOOK 3 MORE WEEKS FOR ME TO GET A RESPONSE FROM TESLA WHICH RESULTED IN A DENIAL...

SINCE MAY SOFTWARE UPDATES, I DON'T KNOW THE REAL REASON WHY TESLA LIMIT MY CAR'S BATTERY: MAYBE TO SHUT OFF A SINGLE BATTERY MODULE LIKE THE ONE THAT CAUSED A CAR TO CATCH FIRE IN SHANGHAI (SAME YEAR MODEL AS MY CAR)... OR DECREASE THE BATTERY VOLTAGE TO REDUCE POTENTIAL FIRE...BUT IS IT RIGHT AND LEGAL THAT I PAID FOR A TOP OF THE LINE PERFORMANCE MODEL S P85D AND NOW TESLA LIMITED IT TO ONLY 68-69 KWH? I WOULD NOT MIND IF I PAID FOR 70 KWH AND BE LIMITED BY TESLA TO 68 KWH, BUT MY BATTERY IS 85 KWH AND LIMITED TO ONLY 68KWH! THE POWER ALSO SEEMED TO BE REDUCED AND CHARGING IS TAKING MUCH LONGER. WHAT MADE ME REALLY MAD IS THAT TESLA WENT BEHIND MY BACK AND CHEATED LIKE THAT USING OTA UPDATES.

ON MAY 20, 2019, THIS CAR WAS ISSUED A FORCED, OTA-UPDATE FROM TESLA, VERSIONS 2019.16.1 AND 2019.16.2 AS A RESULT OF WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE A RESPONSE TO THE SERIES OF MULTIPLE BATTERY FIRES WORLDWIDE INVOLVING TESLA'S ELECTRIC VEHICLES. WITHOUT DISCLOSING WHAT THE SOFTWARE UPDATES WOULD DO OR WHAT NEGATIVE AFFECTS THEY WOULD HAVE, TESLA FORCED THESE UPDATES WITHOUT TELLING MY CLIENT AND OTHER AFFECTED OWNERS THAT THEIR BATTERIES WOULD BE LIMITED AND CHARGING SPEEDS WOULD BE THROTTLED, EFFECTIVELY AND SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASING THE RANGE AND SPEED OF CHARGING FOR THEIR CARS. TESLA ADVERTISED MY CLIENT'S SPECIFIC YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL (2015 MODEL S 70D) AS HAVING AN APPROXIMATE EPA ESTIMATED 240 MILES OF RANGE. THIS CASE HAS BEEN FILED AS A CLASS ACTION WHICH IS ALREADY PENDING IN THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT, NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CA, CASE NUMBER 5:19-CV-04596-VKD, BY THE NAMED CLASS PLAINTIFF AND REPRESENTATIVE DAVID RASMUSSEN. THIS...

WHILE CRESTING A HILL ON AUTOPILOT, THE VEHICLE ABRUPTLY ATTEMPTED TO STEER INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THIS APPARENTLY IS NOT AN ISOLATED ISSUE. SEE THIS INTERNET THREAD: HTTPS://TESLAMOTORSCLUB.COM/TMC/THREADS/AUTOPILOT-ISSUES-WITH-HILLS-AP1.141429/

* THE FIRST INPUT VIN IS PROVISIONAL. THE CAR CORRESPONDS TO TESLA MODEL S, BUT ALSO INCLUDES OTHER TESLA. HELLO. I AM ONE OF THE JAPANESE DRIVERS. I SAW THE FOLLOWING NEWS YESTERDAY (8/26). --------------------------- SUYASUYA SLEEP IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT, AUTOMATIC DRIVING OVER 100 KM? 8/24 (SAT) 18:21 BROADCAST TELE MORNING NEWS ALL NIPPON NEWSNETWORK (ANN) A MAN WHO SLEEPS IN A CAR THAT RUNS AT A SPEED OF MORE THAN 100 KM / H. SITTING IS THE DRIVER'S SEAT, NOT THE PASSENGER SEAT. --------------------------- I SAW THIS NEWS AND THOUGHT IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT. IN OTHER WORDS, IT IS NOT 'NOT RECOMMENDED TO DOZE DURING AUTOMATIC DRIVING', BUT 'DOES NOT FALL ASLEEP DURING AUTOMATIC DRIVING'. IN ADDITION, THE FOLLOWING IS WRITTEN IN THE NEWS READER COMMENTS. -------------------------- ②UNKNOWN TESLA VEHICLES DON'T WEAR A DETECTOR TO DELIBERATELY FALL ASLEEP. THERE IS A REASON WHY YOU CAN'T DO IT WITH...

ON THURSDAY , JUNE 7 AROUND 6:30 PM I MET WITH A BIZARRE INCIDENT ON MY 2015 TESLA MODEL S , 70D. INCIDENT TOOK PLACE ON RT 83 NEAR OAK BROOK MALL NEAR CHICAGO. THE CAR SLOWLY ROLLED AND APPROACHED A SEMI IN FRONT IN A TRAFFIC JAM. I HEARD A BEEPING SENSOR AS IT WAS ABOUT TO TOUCH THE SEMI, I IMMEDIATELY PRESSED THE BRAKE BUT THE CAR STARTED ACCELERATING INSTEAD. I THOUGHT I MUST HAVE PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL, SO IMMEDIATELY LIFTED MY FOOT TO MAKE SURE I WAS PRESSING THE BREAK PEDAL. THE SECOND TIME ALSO IT STARTED ACCELERATING AND KEPT PUSHING THE SEMI IN FRONT BECAUSE IT WAS TOUCHING IT. PERPLEXED I THEN BROUGHT THE CAR TO PARKING MODE TO MAKE IT STOP. AS THE SEMI STARTED MOVING AGAIN AND THERE WAS SUFFICIENT GAP, THE CAR STARTED FUNCTIONING NORMALLY. I GOT A REPAIR ESTIMATE ON THE...

I WANTED TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS RELATING TO TESLA'S TREATMENT OF OWNERS WHO HAVE A SALVAGED CAR. TESLA ACTIVELY BLACKLIST CARS WITH SALVAGED TITLES AND MAKES IT NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO PURCHASE REPLACEMENT PARTS. LEAVING OWNERS WITH NO OPTION BUT TO BUY PARTS SECOND HAND OR OTHERWISE PAY TESLA A FEE TO HAVE THE CAR RE-CERTIFIED AFTER THE REPAIRS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. WITH TESLA'S DIRECT CONTROL OF THEIR SERVICE CENTERS, LACK OF DEALERS OR INDEPENDENT SHOPS. THIS MEANS THAT THE ONLY WAY TO GET PARTS OR SERVICE IS THROUGH TESLA THEMSELVES. YET IN THE PAST THEY HAVE REFUSED TO WORK ON SALVAGED CARS UNTIL THEY HAVE BEEN RECERTIFED BY TESLA. THIS COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CAR ON THE ROAD THAT NEED ACCESS TO PARTS, SERVICE AND REPAIRS. THAT DUE TO TESLA'S POLICIES COULD POTENTIALLY BECOME A LIABILITY ON THE ROAD. THE SECOND AREA OF CONCERN IS...

AS I PARKED MY CAR IN MY GARAGE ON 1/19/2019, I HAD PLACED THE CAR IN PARK AND WAS PREPARING TO EXIT THE VEHICLE WHEN IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND HIT THE FRONT OF MY GARAGE WALL. THE CAR WAS IN PARK AND NOT MOVING. I HAD MY HAND ON THE DOOR HANDLE TO EXIT. I IMMEDIATELY SLAMMED THE BREAKS BUT THE CAR SEEMED TO KEEP GOING INTO MY WALL AND THEN IT JOLTED AND STOPPED. IT WAS LIKE IT HAD A MIND OF ITS OWN. THERE WAS NO ALERT OR ANYTHING. IT JUST SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WHILE IN PARK. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THIS IS A VERY SCARY OCCURRENCE AND I AM NOT GOING TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE UNTIL IT IS RENDERED SAFE. I'M VERY CONCERNED WITH WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF THIS OCCURRED IN A PARKING LOT OR AREA WITH PEOPLE. I CONTACTED TESLA IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT TO FILE A...

CPSC: HOW MUCH RESPONSIBILITY DOES TESLA HAVE IN THE [XXX]/[XXX] TRAGEDY? IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR [XXX] AND [XXX] DIED IN A HORRIFIC CAR CRASH. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED IN MR. [XXX]'S 2015 MODEL S TESLA. MS. [XXX], WHO WAS DRIVING THE CAR, AS REPORTS STATE HAD A VERY HIGH BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL, APPEARED TO BE SPEEDING, SWERVED TO MISS A CAR GOING THE WRONG DIRECTION, CRASHED AND DIED IN A FIRE SO DANGEROUS FIREFIGHTERS WERE CONCERNED FOR THEIR AND OTHERS WELL-BEING AS WELL AS THEIR INABILITY TO REACH THE FIRE AS THEY WOULD HAVE LIKED. *DT PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *JS

A MALFUNCTION CAUSED THE SUDDEN DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIRBAGS AND SUBSEQUENT UNINTENTIONAL UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO JUMP A CEMENT BLOCK AND VIOLENTLY SMASH INTO A POLE WHILE I WAS SLOWLY PULLING INTO A PARKING STALL AT A GROCERY STORE.

WAS USING THE AUTO-SUMMON FEATURE TO GET THE CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE AND IT CRASHED ON THE GARAGE WALLS.

REPORTEDLY A 2015 TESLA MODEL S ON "AUTOPILOT" CRASHED INTO A LAGUNA BEACH POLICE PATROL VEHICLE ON TUESDAY ABOUT 11AM 5-29-18 @ 20652 LAGUNA CANYON ROAD, LAGUNA BEACH, CALIFORNIA. THE DRIVER OF THE TESLA WAS INJURED. THE DRIVER IS PROBABLY AT FAULT FOR INATTENTIVE DRIVING, HOWEVER THE HYPE FROM TESLA, ELON MUSK AND THE CULT FOLLOWING HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO TESLA DRIVERS DRIVING RECKLESSLY BY OVERHYPING THE SAFETY AND AUTONOMY OF TESLA VEHICLES. IT SEEMS THE VEHICLE LEFT THE DRIVING LANE AND ENTERED THE PARKING LANE AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. REPORTEDLY ELON MUSK AND OTHER MANAGEMENT REJECTED SENSORS AND OTHER TECHNOLOGY THAT COULD HAVE IMPROVED SAFETY AND AUTONOMY. REPORTEDLY TESLA MANAGEMENT REJECTED REQUESTS BY THEIR OWN ENGINEERS THAT WANTED LIDAR, EYE SENSING AND OTHER TECHNOLOGY THAT WOULD HAVE IMPROVED SAFETY. TESLA HAS A HISTORY OF CENSORING SAFETY ADVOCATES AND TRYING TO CENSOR THE MEDIA, THUS PREVENTING WHISTLEBLOWERS FROM IMPROVING...

WHILE PULLING INTO A PERPENDICULAR PARKING SPOT IN A PARKING GARAGE, AT ~4-5 FEET FROM A WALL, THE CAR EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION, SLAMMING INTO THE WALL, RESULTING IN MODERATE BODY DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE CAR AND DEPLOYING THE DRIVER-SIDE AIRBAGS. THERE WERE NO OTHER PASSENGERS IN THE CAR, AND THERE WAS NO SIGNIFICANT INJURY OR DAMAGE TO THE GARAGE OR OTHER CARS. THOUGH I RECOGNIZE THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF ACCIDENTS OF THIS TYPE ARE DUE TO DRIVER ERROR, THERE ARE SEVERAL FACTORS THAT LEAVE ME WITH CONCERN FOR A POSSIBLE ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS MALFUNCTION. SPECIFICALLY, ~3 DAYS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, THE CAR BEGAN DISPLAYING A CONSTANT ERROR MESSAGE: 'DRIVER ASSISTANCE FEATURES UNAVAILABLE". I NOTIFIED TESLA SERVICE BY PHONE AND EMAIL, AND ON THEIR INSTRUCTIONS, REBOOTED THE COMPUTER SYSTEM, AND FULLY POWERED DOWN AND RESTARTED THE SYSTEM. HOWEVER, THE ERROR MESSAGE PERSISTED. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED BEFORE I WAS...

DOOR HANDLE BECAME INOPERATIVE WHILE CAR WAS STATIONARY, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO ENTER CAR VIA DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. HANDLE IS NORMALLY FLUSH WITH BODY. WHEN CAR DETECTS FOB PRESENCE, OR FOB BUTTON IS PRESSED, DOOR HANDLE IS SUPPOSED TO EXTEND TO PERMIT OPENING OF DOOR. CONTACTED SERVICE AND WAS REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. BROKEN PART IDENTIFIED AS PADDLE (PIVOT) GEAR, PN 1042845-00-A. THIS MALFUNCTION IS VERY COMMON IN THE MODEL S. THE HANDLE MECHANISM SHOULD BE REDESIGNED AND REPLACED VIA RECALL.

THIS IS A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE TESLA AEB. HERE IS A CRASH REPORT HTTPS://FORUMS.TESLA.COM/FORUM/FORUMS/MAJOR-AUTO-PILOT-SAFETY-ISSUE#COMMENT-1183233 MAJOR AUTO PILOT SAFETY ISSUE SUBMITTED BY MELISCU ON JUNE 29, 2017 I HAVE (HAD) A 2015 P90 D. IT IS NOW TOTALLED AND I WANTED TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCE WITH AUTO-PILOT. MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE OF THE DEATH THAT OCCURRED LAST YEAR WHEN A TESLA DROVE UNDERNEATH A SEMI. IT WAS EXPLAINED AS HAVING TO DO WITH THE ANGLE OF THE CAR ON A HILL, THE LOCATION OF THE SUN . . . THE CAR SEEING UNDER THE TRUCK . . . WELL, I HAVE RECENTLY HAD TWO EXPERIENCES, BOTH CALLED INTO TESLA, WHERE THE SENSORS DID NOT DETECT ENORMOUS TRUCKS THAT WERE STATIONARY, PERPENDICULAR TO THE LANE OF TRAVEL, AND ENTIRELY BLOCKING THE ROAD. IN THE FIRST INSTANCE AUTOPILOT WOULD HAVE DRIVEN ME DIRECTLY INTO A GARBAGE TRUCK. A GARBAGE TRUCK! AUTOPILOT SIMPLY...

DRIVING WEST ON HAMPDEN AVE TOWARDS INTERSECTION AT TAMARAC ST. GOING THE SPEED LIMIT, & RELEASED THE ACCELERATOR SO THAT "ENGINE BRAKING" WOULD SLOW THE CAR. BUT I WAS SLOWING DOWN FASTER THAN NECESSARY WITH ~100 YARDS REMAINING TO REACH THE INTERSECTION. I LIGHTLY PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR TO STOP ENGINE BRAKING BRIEFLY, THEN RELEASED THE ACCELERATOR TO REINSTATE "ENGINE BRAKING". INSTEAD OF SLOWING, MY CAR BEGAN TO WILDLY ACCELERATE. ALARMED AT THE INCREASING SPEED OF THE CAR, AS I WAS RAPIDLY APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION WHERE THE SIGNAL WAS RED, (ANOTHER CAR WAS ALREADY STOPPED AT THE SIGNAL). QUICKLY APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT CAR WAS TRAVELING TOO FAST TO AVOID IMPACT WITH THE OTHER CAR. OTHER CAR WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED, THOUGH IT SEEMED UNLIKELY (BASED ON COMMENTS FROM THE PARAMEDICS & POLICE) THAT THE OTHER DRIVER & PASSENGER WERE INJURED, BUT WERE TRANSPORTED TO AN ER TO BE CHECKED. I WAS...

HERE IS A TESLA IN THE SALVAGE YARD. HTTPS://WWW.IAAI.COM/VEHICLE?ITEMID=23943967&ROWNUMBER=20&LOADRECENT=TRUE THE ATTACHED PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS THAT THE TOP BALL JOINT ON THE FRONT RH WHEEL HAS SEPARATED CAUSING GOUGING OF THE TIRE TREAD. THE WHEEL IS DISPLACED TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE WHEEL WELL WHICH IS MOST LIKELY THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. THE FIRE HAS BEEN HOT ENOUGH TO MELT METAL SO IT IS ALMOST CERTAIN THAT THE LITHIUM BATTERIES WERE THE SOURCE OF THE FIRE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEMS WITH TESLA SUSPENSIONS AND ALSO THE ISSUE OF BATTERY FIRES. LITHIUM BATTERY FIRES BURN BURN EXTREMELY HOT, EMIT TOXIC FUMES, AND ARE DIFFICULT TO EXTINGUISH. I REQUEST THAT YOU INVESTIGATE THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS INCIDENT. I AM NOT THE OWNER, JUST A VERY CONCERNED CITIZEN. DATE OF INCIDENT IS AN APPROXIMATION.

ANOTHER YOUTUBE VIDEO JUST UPLOADED. HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=DBPQIHWSHOS&LIST=PLGHIWFEZNJ69DIFSUAGINJCL2GGYRRXBC THIS OWNER HAS ASTONISHING OVERCONFIDENCE IN THE AUTOPILOT AND IS USING IT ON UNDIVIDED ROADS WITH PARKED CARS AND MANY OTHER HAZARDS HANDS FREE EXCEPT FOR A LIGHT TOUCH ON THE WHEEL TO DEFEAT THE NAG. THE WAY THAT AUTOPILOT HAS BEEN ADVERTISED HAS LEAD TO A DEADLY FAITH IN THE SYSTEM. PLEASE STOP THIS CRAZY EXPERIMENT IMMEDIATELY

THE ONLINE OWNER'S MANUAL STATES THERE SHOULD BE 144MM OR 5.65" OF GROUND CLEARANCE ON MY 90D. I HAVE LESS THAN 5". I HAVE BROUGHT THIS TO TESLA'S ATTENTION AND THEY STATE THAT THERE IS A RANGE THAT THEY CAN HAVE. I HAVE BELOW THE MANUAL CLEARANCE. THIS LOWER CLEARANCE HAS MADE ME BOTTOM OUT AND TO TAKE SPEED BUMP/DITCHES SLOWER MAKING CARS ALMOST HIT ME FROM BEHIND. I'M NOT SURE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BUT IT DOESN'T MEET THEIR OWN SPECIFICATIONS. IT IS VERY UNNERVING TO WORRY ABOUT IMPEDING TRAFFIC OR DAMAGING MY VEHICLE.

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR AND ACCELERATING TO HIGHWAY SPEED, WITH AUTOPILOT/TACC ENABLED IT WILL BRAKE HARD FROM HIGHWAY SPEEDS TO AND INCORRECT "KNOWN" 45 MPH (+5 MPH AUTO PILOT THRESHOLD). I USE "KNOWN" AS IT APPEARS TO BE GPS DATA THAT PRESENTS THE MPH. THE ACTUAL SPEED LIMIT IS 65 MPH. DRIVERS WILL NOTICE THE CARS DASH BOARD WILL DISPLAY THE INCORRECT MPH AS WELL. RESULT IS THAT WHEN GETTING ON TO HIGHWAY, IT SLOWS YOU BACK DOWN TO 45-50 MPH. IF ACCELERATING ON AN ON RAMP, WITH CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVE IT WILL SLOW THE VEHICLE. MERGING INTO TRAFFIC ALREADY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND HAVING THE MODEL S CRUISE CONTROL/ AUTOPILOT SLOWING DOWN WILL CAUSE REAR END ACCIDENTS INTO THE MODEL S. THIS SPECIFIC SCENARIO WAS ON A HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES AND I HAVE MADE TESLA AWARE OF THE DEFECT/BUG. THIS ALSO HAPPENS WHEN PASSING UNDER OVERPASSES WITH A...

THE CAR WAS BEING SLOWLY PULLED INTO A PARKING SPACE AT A BANK WHEN IT EXPECTANTLY ACCELERATED. IT JUMPED A CURB, PASSED THOUGH SHRUBS, CLIPPED A TREE, AND WAS ABLE TO BE STEERED AWAY FROM A LIGHT POLE. IT CAME TO REST HALF INTO THE ROAD. THERE WERE SKID MARKS FROM THE ATTEMPTED BRAKING THAT WERE PHOTOGRAPHED. NONE THE SAFETY FEATURES INCLUDING PROXIMITY WARNING, AND COLLISION AVOIDANCE OR AIR BAGS ACTIVATED.