2016 TESLA MODEL S Electrical System Problems

FOR MULTIPLE MONTHS MY CENTER SCREEN OF MY 2016 MODEL S 90D HAS BEEN FREEZING, DISPLAYING STRANGE CHARACTERS, TAKING A LONG TIME TO RESPOND, AND REBOOTING. UPON ENTERING MY VEHICLE TODAY THE SCREEN FAILED TO TURN ON. AFTER PERFORMING A RESET WHICH FAILED, AND CONTINUING TO DRIVE, THE SCREEN REBOOTED WHILE DRIVING. ABOUT 2 HOURS LATER, UPON ENTERING MY CAR TO DRIVE HOME, THE SCREEN WAS AGAIN DEAD. THE BRAKE LIGHTS, TURN SIGNALS, REVERSE CAMERA, AUDIO CHIMES, HIGH BEAM HEADLIGHTS, AUTOPILOT, ETC DO NOT WORK. TESLA SERVICE IS BOOKED OUT FOR OVER A WEEK.

MAIN CONTROL UNIT FAILED MAKING THE ENTIRE CAR UNABLE TO DRIVE. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE BY TESLA. EVERY CAR WITH AN MCU1 WILL EVENTUALLY AND PREMATURELY FAIL.

MCU FAILURE

THE MAIN CONTROL SCREEN HAS BEEN INTERMITTENTLY INACTIVE OR BLACK. ALMOST EVERYTHING IN THE CAR IS CONTROLLED BY THIS SCREEN. I HAVE ASKED THEM TO FIX IT FOR OVER TWO YEARS ON OVER SIX OCCASIONS WITH NO RESOLUTION. THE SCREEN NOW AT 64K MILES IS TOTALLY DEAD AND WILL NOT RESTART. IT DISABLES THE ABILITY TO CHARGE THE MOTOR DRIVE SYSTEM BATTERY, THE AC HEAT AND DEFROSTER SYSTEM, CONTROL OF THE LIGHTS AND WIPERS. ACCORDING TO THOUSANDS OF WEB PAGES THIS ISSUE IS CAUSED BY SOFTWARE DISABLING THE MAIN FILE SYSTEM MEMORY CHIP PREMATURELY. TELSA SERVICE WANTS ME TO PAY $1146 TO FIX THIS OUT OF WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH I COMPLAINED ABOUT IT MULTIPLE TIMES DURING WARRANTY. IT MAKES THE CAR USELESS AND UNSAFE AND THERE SHOULD BE A FACTORY RECALL ISSUED.

THE MCU FAILED RENDERING THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE.

CENTER SCREEN GOES DARK AND NO ACCESS TO CONTROLS DURING DRIVING. IT HAPPENS WHEN BACKING UP OR RANDOMLY DURING DRIVING. TESLA FIRST SENT A SOFTWARE UPDATE TO FIX THE ISSUE AND SCHEDULED A MOBILE TECHNICIAN VISIT. AFTER THE SOFTWARE THEY SENT I WAS TOLD IT'S TAKEN CAR AND CANCELLED THE JULY 2ND 2020 TECHNICIAN VISIT. ON 6/30/2020 AFTER THE UPDATE THE SCREEN WENT BLAND AND YESTERDAY 7/1/2020 THEY SCHEDULE A SERVICE CENTER VISIT ON THE 7/17/2020 IN BLOOMINGTON IL, THEY HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE PARTS TO ARRIVE. YESTERDAY NIGHT 7/2/2020 I GOT A EMAIL THAT PARTS HAVE BEEN ORDERED, MY CONCERN IS THAT THEY MIGHT USE REFURBISHED PARTS OR USE THE SAME DEFECTIVE SCREEN AND I WILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM IN FUTURE.

MEDIA CONTROL UNIT CONSTANTLY REBOOTING WHILE DRIVING RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF NAVIGATION, REARVIEW CAMERA, HAND FREE, DRIVER ASSIST SAFETY CONTROLS ETC. MEMORY CARD FAILING IN UNIT. THIS HAS BEEN GETTING STEADILY WORSE OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS. THE LAST OCCURRENCE WAS 6/30/2020. *TR

THE CENTER SCREENING (MCU) IS DEFECTIVE. IT OFTEN WILL BE REBOOTING BY ITSELF WHILE DRIVING. WHILE THIS DOES NOT AFFECT THE MEAN DRIVE MOTOR FUNCTIONS, IT DOES AFFECT THE BACKUP CAMERA. ALSO THE RANDOM REBOOT IS DISTRACTING WHILE DRIVING. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH TESLA MCU1 UNITS.

ECU1 IS FAILING. MEMORY CHIP, PAINT ON MIRROR PEELING.

THE COMPUTER UNIT ON MY TESLA MODEL S OCCASIONALLY EITHER GOES BLACK OR GETS PIXILATED AND TURNS INTO ALL KINDS OF RAINBOW COLORS AND STOPS BEING FUNCTIONAL. THIS IS ESPECIALLY CONCERNING BECAUSE ALL OF THE VEHICLE INFORMATION AND CONTROLS ARE PROCESSED THROUGH THE UNIT. *TR

THERE ARE TWO THINGS. FIRST THE BATTERY PACK DOES NOT HAVE THE ORIGINAL PERFORMANCE AS TESLA SLOWED DOWN SUPERCHARGING AND NOT GETTING THE MILES THE BATTERY IS SUPPOSED TO GET WITH A SAFETY UPDATE. SECOND THE TOUCH SCREEN GLITCHES AND HAS TO BE RESET MANY TIMES AND IT HAS A COMMON ISSUE OF THE MEMORY GOING BAD AND I AM NOW SEEING SYMPTOMS OF IT GOING BAD. *TR

MY MEDIA CONTROL UNIT (MCU) HAS FAILED AND TESLA IS SLOW TO PROVIDE ME A REPLACEMENT. THEY CLAIM THAT I WILL BE PROVIDED A "REFURBISHED UNIT" AS SOON AS ONE BECOMES AVAILABLE. THE MCU FAILURE HAS IMPACTED MY CARS REAR BACKUP CAMERA, THE CHARGING SYSTEM, THE ABILITY TO TURN ON/OFF HEADLIGHTS AND FOGS LIGHTS, DRIVER SETTINGS SUCH AS STEERING (RIDE SELECTION), FRONT CRASH WARNINGS, ETC. MY TURN SIGNALS ARE NOT RESPONDING EITHER, AND I'M GRAVELY CONCERNED ABOUT OTHER SAFETY FEATURES FAILING WITHOUT THIS COMPONENT BEING REPLACED. TESLA ACTS LIKE IT'S MAIN PURPOSE IS FOR MEDIA LIKE NAVIGATION, MUSIC, ETC. BUT AS I STATED, SEVERAL ITEMS ARE DIRECT SAFETY HAZARDS. TESLA KNEW OF THIS MCU PROBLEM LONG AGO AND SHOULD HAVE ISSUED A RECALL FOR ALL TESLA MODEL S OWNERS EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM. *TR

I DIDN'T REALIZE WE CAN MAKE COMPLAINTS. THE TOUCH SCREEN CONSTANTLY BECOMES UNRESPONSIVE ON MY TESLA. I ALWAYS HAVE TO REBOOT IT IN ORDER TO GET IT WORKING AGAIN. SYSTEM HAS BECOME QUITE SLUGGISH AND UNRELIABLE.

IN LATE 2019, THE CENTER TOUCHSCREEN BEGAN SLOWING IN RESPONSIVENESS AND FREEZING AT TIMES. THE DASHBOARD SCREEN SOMETIMES WENT COMPLETELY BLACK, REQUIRING A REBOOT. WHEN THE CENTER TOUCHSREEN MALFUNCTIONED, THE BACKUP CAMERA WOULD NOT COME ON WHEN IN REVERSE GEAR. THE FREEZING AND SLOW RESPONSE TO BUTTON PRESSES CONTINUED TO DETERIORATE. THE WHOLE CONTROL SYSTEM (BOTH SCREENS) WOULD GO DARK AND REQUIRE A REBOOT SEVERAL TIMES A DAY. TESLA CLAIMED THAT THEY "COULD NOT REPRODUCE" THE PROBLEMS. I FINALLY PAID $2500 PLUS TAX FOR TESLA TO UPGRADE THE MAIN CONTROL UNIT FROM MY VERSION 1 TO THE NEWER VERSION 2. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AIM FREEWAY AT 65 STARTED HAVING SYSTEM FAILURE. FIRST THE GPS, THEN AIR CONDITIONING, THEN REAR VIEW CAMERA, THEN RADIO. THE RISKY ONE WAS AIR CONDITIONING. AMBIENT TEMPERATURE WAS 110 F. OUTSIDE OF QUARTZSITE, AZ. *TR

FAILURE OF TOUCHSCREEN OF 2016 TESLA MODEL S #128735 (MARCH 2016 BUILD). WAS TOLD BY TESLA MCU (MEDIA CONTROL UNIT) NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE FLASH DRIVE WAS FILLED. I HAD THE MCU REPAIRED BY A 3RD PARTY REPAIR FACILITY SPECIALIZING IN TESLA'S WHERE THE FLASH DRIVE WAS REPLACED WITH A LARGER CHIP. I WOULD HOPE THAT OWNERS WHOM HAD TO HAVE THIS PART REPLACED EITHER BY TESLA OR 3RD PARTY WOULD BE COMPENSATED FOR THEIR OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES. I CHOSE 3RD PARTY REPAIR BECAUSE THEIR FIX IS PERMANENT, VS TESLA WHOM WAS GOING TO REPLACE MY MCU WITH THE SAME PART, GIVING IT ANOTHER FINITE PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE IT FAILS AGAIN. TESLA EVEN ADMITTED TO ME ON THE PHONE THAT THE MCU HAS A LIMITED LIFE CYCLE OF 3-5 YEARS. I ADVISE NHTSA CONTACT [XXX] OF GRUBER MOTORS AT 800-658-5883 X500 TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHY THE...

TOUCH SCREEN FAILURE DURING DRIVING AND REVERSE AFTER UPGRADING TO FULL SELF DRIVING COMPUTER HARDWARE. COMPLETE LOSS OF SCREEN, REAR VIEW CAMERA, AUDIO, CLIMATE CONTROL AND ALL OTHER FEATURES ASSOCIATED WITH TOUCH SCREEN. *TR

THE MAIN COMPUTER PANEL FAILED, GIVING NO ACCESS TO CONTROLS, CAMERA, HEAT AND AIR, AUTO BRAKING. AFTER THE 3RD TIME OF FAILURE THE MAIN COMPUTER PANEL STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY. LEAVING IT UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE IN THE FIRST 2 INSTANCES FAILED WHILE DRIVING AND A HARD RESET OF THE COMPUTER FIXED THE PROBLEM. THE 3RD TIME IT STOPPED WORKING UPON STARTUP WHERE I HAD A 100 MILE DRIVE HOME AND DID HAVE TO DRIVE WITHOUT THE USE OF THE MAIN COMPUTER SCREEN. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO TESLA AND HAD TO HAVE THE ENTIRE MODULE REPLACED FOR OVER $2000.00. *TR

CAR STATIONARY. IN GARAGE MCU1 CENTER SCREEN DEAD UPON START OF CAR. ROOT CAUSE IS EMMC CHIP. CAR IS SEVERELY IMPAIRED AS MUCH FUNCTIONALITY IS CONTROLLED VIA THE MCU1.. TURN SIGNALS DO NOT WORK. CANNOT CHARGE CAR AT NORMAL OPERATING RATE. DETAILED IMPACT HERE HTTPS://TESLAMOTORSCLUB.COM/TMC/POSTS/4672707/ TESLA IS MAKING CUSTOMERS REPLACE DEFECTIVE MCU1 WITH SAME PART THAT ALSO HAS THE SAME MCU1 WITH SAME EMMC THAT IS KNOWN TO FAIL OVER TIME. *TR

THE CENTER CONTROL SCREEN WENT BLANK AND COULD NOT BE REBOOTED. IT WAS DETERMINED BY TESLA THAT THE MCU COMPUTER FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. MY FOUR YEAR WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED THE PREVIOUS MONTH SO THE COST TO REPLACE WAS $1,680.25. THOUGH THE CAR WAS DRIVABLE THE TURN INDICATORS WOULD NOT WORK. YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON FAILURE ON ALL TESLAS THAT ARE FOUR YEARS OLD. THIS CAR ONLY HAD 47,770 MILES ON IT AT FAILURE. IT FAILED AT STARTUP. *TR

MY MODEL S HAS ALSO BEEN HAVING SCREEN AND REAR CAMERA ISSUES. ATLEAST TWICE A WEEK THE SCREEN GOES BLACK THEN FLASHES BACK ON SEVERAL TIMES ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS WARM OUT. OTHER TIMES THE SCREEN LAGS AND THE REAR VIEW CAMERA EITHER STOPS WORKING OR HAS GLITCHES WHERE IT WILL PAUSE OR LAG. IT ACTUALLY CAUSED ME TO DAMAGE MY CAR BY BACKING INTO SOMETHING. *TR

WE ARE ALSO HAVE PROBLEM WITH OUR TESLA AND ITS EMMC MODULE (FLASH MEMORY IN MONTITOR, THIS CONTROLS EVERYTHING DASHBOARD VISUALS, SPEED ETC, SUNROOF, HVAC, REAR CAMERA, CAN PREVENT CAR FROM STARTING UP. *TR

2016 MODEL S TOUCHSCREEN WENT BLACK. REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. TESLA SERVICE BLAMED IT ON THE COMPUTER FAILING. *TR

RE: NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: DP19005 - INVESTIGATION SUBJECT : BATTERY MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE UPDATES STARTING WITH A SOFTWARE UPDATE IN MAY 2019, TESLA CAPPED THE MAX VOLTAGE THE HIGH VOLTAGE BATTERY WOULD CHARGE TO. THEY CLAIM THEY DID THIS "OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION" AFTER SEVERAL NON-CRASH FIRES HAPPENED TO THESE MODELS. 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.

MY CAR IS SUPPOSED TO CHARGE AT A RATE OF 120KW AT THE TESLA SUPERCHARGERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY BUT TESLA HAS THROTTLED MY MAX POSSIBLE SPEED TO 93KW. THEY ARE SAYING THAT MY BATTERY IS DEFECTIVE AND HAS DEGREDATED TO A POINT OF WHICH IT CANNOT CHARGE AT FULL SPEEDS AND THE REDUCTION IN SPEED IS TO ENSURE MY CAR BATTERY WILL NOT BECOME FURTHER DAMAGED. THIS BATTERY CHARGING ISSUE OCCURRED PRIOR TO MY OWNERSHIP AND I WAS NOT TOLD ABOUT THIS WHEN PURCHASING MY USED TESLA FROM THE TESLA WEBSITE. I REQUESTED TESLA TO REPAIR MY BATTERY SO I CAN CHARGE AT THE FULL ADVERTISED SPEED BUT THEY ARE DECLINING ANY REPAIRS AND STATING THAT MY BATTERY IS WITHIN THE NORMAL OPERATING RANGE AND THIS SLOW DOWN WILL ONLY ADD A FEW EXTRA MINUTES TO EACH OF MY CHARGING SESSIONS. WHEN I'M TRAVELING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND TALKING TO...

TESLA PUSHED OVER-THE-AIR SOFTWARE UPDATES TO MY VEHICLE, WHICH REDUCED THE RANGE THE CAR COULD TRAVEL ON A SINGLE CHARGE, OWNERS. THE SOFTWARE UPDATES, WHICH STARTED IN MAY 2019, WERE MADE TO FIX FOR BATTERIES THAT COULD IGNITE IN NON-CRASH SCENARIOS.

2016 TESLA S 90D. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO AUTO SUMMONS SYSTEM MALFUNCTION WHICH RESULTED IN VEHICLE CRASH. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT COULD NOT DETERMINE THE FAILURE.

AT APPROXIMATELY 3000 MILES AFTER BUYING IT BRAND NEW, A WARNING MESSAGE ON THE DASH STATED THAT THE 12V BATTERY NEEDED TO BE SERVICED. WHEN I BROUGHT IT IN TO THE SERVICE CENTER, THEY STATED THAT IT HAD TO BE REPLACED.

TAKATA RECALL. A SERIOUS INCIDENT HAPPENED TO MY TESLA MODEL S IN DECEMBER 16, 2016 WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP AT PARKING SPOT. THE VEHICLE KEPT RUNNING OVER A CONCRETE BARRIER AND HIT A WALL WHICH RESULTED IN A SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. I CALLED TESLA MOTOR CUSTOMER SUPPORT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE INCIDENT AND TOLD THEM ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. PICTURES OF THE CRASH ARE UPLOADED BELOW. REPAIRING THE VEHICLE DAMAGES COSTED $11,717.85 AND OVER 2 MONTHS TO FIXED PLUS EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH CAR RENTAL AND TOWING THAT BESIDE THE INCONVENIENCE I WENT THROUGH. AFTER RECEIVING A RECALL LETTER REGARDING THE THE BRAKE CLAPPERS ISSUE LAST MONTH I SENT AN EMAIL TO TESLA AND I WAS TOLD TO COME TO TESLA SERVICE ON TUESDAY 06/20/2017 TO CHECK THE SITUATION.

ANOTHER COMPLAINT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE DANGERS OF AUTOPILOT. HERE IS A VIDEO OF A DRIVER IN EUROPE DRIVING WITH AUTOPILOT HANDS FREE ON NARROW WINDING ROADS WITH PEDESTRIANS CYCLISTS AND ONCOMING TRAFFIC: HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=CHIHRWJDDYC NONE OF THESE ROAD USERS DESERVE TO HAVE THEIR LIVES PLACED AT RISK. PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY BEEN KILLED. PLEASE STOP THIS IRRESPONSIBLE EXPERIMENT.

THIS IS A COMPLAINT INTENDED TO PROVIDE FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT TESLAS ARE EXPERIENCING SUSPENSION FAILURES AND ARE CATCHING FIRE AT A MUCH HIGHER RATE THAN MOST OTHER VEHICLES. I HAVE ATTACHED PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE CURRENT STOCK OF WRECKED TESLAS AT A JUNKYARD IN THE NETHERLANDS SO AS TO FURTHER PROVE THE ARGUMENT THAT THESE CARS HAVE A MAJOR SAFETY PROBLEM. HERE IS A LINK TO THE STOCK OF TESLA WRECKS IN JUST THAT ONE JUNKYARD: HTTPS://WWW.PROXYPARTS.COM/VEHICLE-STOCK/ SELECT TESLA FROM THE MENU. THERE ARE CURRENTLY OVER 100 WRECKED TESLAS IN AMERICAN JUNKYARDS AND PROBABLY AS MANY AGAIN IN OVERSEAS JUNKYARDS. RECENT INSURANCE ASSESSMENTS SHOW THAT TESLAS ARE CRASHING AT DOUBLE THE NORMAL RATE FOR COMPARABLE CARS. HTTP://WWW.IIHS.ORG/IIHS/TOPICS/INSURANCE-LOSS-INFORMATION SELECT LARGE LUXURY CARS FROM THE DROP-DOWN MENU. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THE REASONS FOR ALL OF THESE CRASHES. THANK YOU.

HERE IS A BURNED OUT TESLA IN THE JUNKYARD HTTPS://WWW.SALVAGERESELLER.COM/CARS-FOR-SALE/27627757-2016-TESLA-MODEL-S-SAN-DIEGO-CA THE CAR HAS BIO-HAZARD STICKERS WHICH INDICATES THAT THE OCCUPANTS WERE PROBABLY INJURED. THE PICTURES SHOW THAT THE FRONT LH UPPER BALL JOINT HAS SEPARATED AND THAT THE WHEEL HAS BEEN SLICED IN HALF. THE DRIVERS AIR-BAG HAS NOT DEPLOYED SO IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THE SUSPENSION DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY A FRONT END COLLISION. THERE ARE A GREAT MANY CASES OF TESLAS HAVING SUSPENSIONS COLLAPSE. THERE ARE A GREAT MANY TESLAS THAT HAVE CAUGHT FIRE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE OF THIS ACCIDENT. PLEASE NOTE THAT I AM NOT THE OWNER BUT SIMPLY A CONCERNED CITIZEN. THE DATE OF THE CRASH AND THE EXTENT OF INJURIES IS AN EDUCATED GUESS.

THIS IS A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE POWER ASSISTED STEERING IN THE TESLA MODEL S AND IT ALSO APPLIES TO THE MODEL X. THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE REPORTS ON THE TESLA FORUMS OF OWNERS HAVING A FAILURE PF THE POWER ASSISTANCE CAUSED BY A BROKEN WIRE OR LOOSE CONNECTION. TESLA SEEMS TO BE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT IS WAITING FOR FAILURES TO OCCUR RATHER THAN FIXING THE PROBLEM. THIS FAILURE IS EVEN MORE DANGEROUS IF THE CAR IS ON AUTOPILOT. THE STEERING BECOMES EXTREMELY STIFF AND REQUIRES BRUTE FORCE. IF THE USER HAS JUST ONE HAND LOOSELY ON THE WHEEL AS IS OFTEN THE CASE THEN IT IS EASY TO LOSE CONTROL COMPLETELY. HERE ARE LINKS TO THREADS DISCUSSING THE PROBLEM AND ALSO CLIPS OF THE RELEVANT SECTIONS ARE ATTACHED AS FILES. PLEASE INVESTIGATE. HTTPS://TESLAMOTORSCLUB.COM/TMC/THREADS/STEERING-ASSIST-REDUCED.91280/ HTTPS://TESLAMOTORSCLUB.COM/TMC/THREADS/STEERING-ASSIST-REDUCED.78242/ HTTPS://TESLAMOTORSCLUB.COM/TMC/THREADS/STEERING-ASSIST-REDUCED.78242/PAGE-2

THIS IS A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE TESLA AUTOPILOT. HERE IS A THREAD IN WHICH THE ORIGINAL POSTER AND MANY OTHER DRIVERS COMPLAIN THAT THE AUTOPILOT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS: HTTPS://TESLAMOTORSCLUB.COM/TMC/THREADS/AUTOPILOT-2-0-IS-DANGEROUS.89985/ THE OWNER STATES - 1) WHEN I TURN ON AP 2.0 WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY THE CAR SWERVES LIKE A BLOODY DRUNK PERSON SOMETIMES VEERING SO CLOSE TO THE VEHICLES IN ADJACENT LANES THAT I HAVE NO OPTION BUT TO TAKE OVER. ITS JUST FRIGGIN DANGEROUS? 2) AT OTHER INSTANCES THE CAR CHOOSES TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES WHILE GOING ON CURVES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. LIKE WITHOUT ANY RHYME OR REASON IT'LL LITERALLY BRAKE SO HARD FOR A SECOND THAT IT'S ENOUGH TO MAKE AN UN-BELTED PASSENGER FLY OUT OF THE WINDSCREEN. 3) AT CERTAIN OCCASIONS I HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT GOING UNDER BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES IT MOMENTARILY AGAIN SLAMS THE BRAKES. LIKE WHAT THE HECK TESLA? WHAT THE HECK!? ***...

I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE TESLA AUTOPILOT CAUSING A NEAR ACCIDENT THAT COULD EASILY HAVE CLAIMED MANY LIVES. HERE IS A NEW THREAD ON A TESLA FORUM: HTTPS://TESLAMOTORSCLUB.COM/TMC/THREADS/SCARY-EXPERIENCE-WITH-AP2-0-AUTOSTEER-ON-THE-HIGHWAY.89874/ THE OWNER WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY NOT BE REPORTING THIS TO NHTSA HIMSELF BECAUSE TESLA HAVE ASSURED HIM THAT ALL IS WELL. OTHER FORUM POSTERS ARE TELLING HIM THAT AUTOPILOT JUST NEEDS MORE TIME TO LEARN. PLEASE ACT NOW BEFORE LIVES ARE LOST DUE TO THIS RECKLESS EXPERIMENT. SNIP: HELLO, I HAVE A 60D WITH AP2- I TRIED USING AUTOSTEER ON THE HIGHWAY LAST MONDAY (3 DAYS AFTER THE UPDATE WAS RELEASED TO MY CAR), AND HAD ONE OF THE WORST/SCARIEST EXPERIENCES I'VE EVER HAD WHILE DRIVING. I WAS DRIVING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY AT ~75MPH. TURNED ON AUTOSTEER AND WAS DRIVING ALONG (WITH MY HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL) WHEN I NOTICED IT WASN'T TAKING A LEFT CURVE/TURN...

I PURCHASED THE TESLA MODEL S ON 10/17 WITH 'AUTOPILOT' HARDWARE AND FEATURES I'VE CONSISTENTLY USED AUTOPILOT ON THE HIGHWAY DURING THE FIRST MONTH I'VE HAD THE VEHICLE. THE AUTOPILOT FEATURE USES CAMERAS AND SENSORS TO MAINTAIN SPEED AND LANE AND AVOID COLLISIONS. THIS CAR ALSO FEATURES ANTI-COLLISION FEATURES THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO ENGAGE EVEN WHEN AUTOPILOT IS NOT ENGAGED, TO DETECT BOTH AN OBJECT IN FRONT OF THE CAR AND BRAKE, AS WELL AS DETECT OBJECTS ON EITHER SIDE THAT THE CAR MAY BE HEADED TO COLLIDE WITH AND SWERVE AWAY. THIS FEATURES WERE ALL ENABLED AT TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT, I HAD AUTOPILOT ENGAGED FOR APPROX 10 MINUTES PRIOR TO ACCIDENT. I WAS STILL WATCHING THE ROAD BUT PERIODICALLY LOOKING AT MY PHONE AS WELL. BEFORE THE ACCIDENT I HAD LOOKED DOWN AT MY PHONE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME I'M NOT SURE...

HERE IS ANOTHER BURNED OUT TESLA IN THE SALVAGE YARD HTTPS://WWW.COPART.COM/LOT/34875876/PHOTOS?RESULTINDEX=14&TOTALRECORDS=21&BACKTO=%2FLOTSEARCHRESULTS%2F%3FFREE%3DTRUE&QUERY=TESLA&QUERY=TESLA&DISPLAYSTR=SEARCH%20RESULTS TESLA CLAIMS THE FIRE PROBLEM HAS BEEN CURED BY THE ADDITION OF A TITANIUM SHIELD. SO WHY ARE THERE SO MANY BURNED OUT TESLAS IN THE JUNKYARDS?

I RECEIVED THE CAR ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND THE FRONT DASHBOARD CONSOLE THAT IS A SCREEN IN FRONT OF THE WHEEL REBOOTS RANDOMLY WHEN I AM DRIVING..I HAVE TO RE START THE WHOLE SYSTEM EVERYTIME TO GET IT WORKING AND TELL ME THE SPEEDETAILS AND OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION... TESLA SAYS THAT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE IS AND CAN'T COME TO A CONCLUSION ON HOW YOU FIX IT. *TR

THE ?STALLING? PROBLEM HAPPENED TO MY MODEL S SINCE I STARTED TO DRIVE THE NEW CAR IN 03/16. I GOT KICKED FROM ?D?/?R? TO ?P? AT BEGINNING STAGE WHEN I START TO PRESS THE ACCELERATOR, AROUND 50% OF THE TIME WHEN I STARTED OR CHANGED MY SITTING POSITION. THE PROBLEM WOULD STOP AFTER I ADJUST MY SITTING POSITION/POSTURE SEVERAL TIMES. I REPORTED TO TESLA ROADSIDE SERVICE SEVERAL TIMES IN 04/16. THERE WAS NO SOLUTION ON-LINE, I HAVE NEVER GOT ANY FOLLOW UP FROM TESLA AS PROMISED. I TOOK MY CAR TO SALES AGENT [XXX] IN BETHESDA, MD. HE COULD NOT SOLVE MY PROBLEM, SUGGESTED TO GO TO SERVICE SHOP IN ROCKVILLE, MD. THE STALLING PROBLEM BECOMES A HAZARDOUS ISSUE WHEN IT HAPPENED ON THE ROAD, ESPECIALLY IN SLOPPED BUSY INTERSECTIONS. ON 05/13/16, I TOOK MY CAR TO SERVICE SHOP IN ROCKVILLE MD. THE ENGINEERS CHECK OUT SYSTEM & RECORDS. THEY...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 TESLA MODEL S. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AND THE LOW 12-VOLT BATTERY WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BATTERY PACK WAS NOT IN SYNC AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,500.