2020 TESLA MODEL S Structurebody Problems

5 NHTSA complaints on file

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Structurebody Issues in the 2020 TESLA MODEL S

5 structurebody complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2020 TESLA MODEL S. Of these, 1 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.

5
Complaints
1
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
0
Deaths

All Structurebody Complaints

#11703010 |
The rear doors have emergency release cables in case the power is cut during a collision. These cables are hidden, not glowing, and have a small square pull on the end that is difficult to find and pull. I had great difficulty in testing the function to ensure the emergency cable pulls worked. They need to have a glowing T-handle on the end to facilitate location and movement, and the emergency cable location should be marked and visible in the car, just like the emergency hood and truck release are.
#11552763 |
Passenger side door open on it on while vehicle is on and driven. With faulty door control modules.
#11552453 |
The front hood flipped open while driving at about 40 miles an hour without any warning, totally obstructing the vision of the driver who happen to be my wife, causing her to pull over suddenly fortunately no one was hurt during the accident. The front hood, however, has been creased and damaged. This could have caused a very serious accident had she been driving at high speed on the highway. The Tesla seems to lack a double latching hood mechanism found in most other cars which would prevent this from occurring. This needs to be sorted out permanently.
#11394778 |
WHEN DRIVING AND ACCELERATING ONTO ENTRY RAMP OF HIGHWAY, THE FRONT HOOD FLEW OPEN BLOCKING VISION. I WAS PROBABLY DOPING ABOUT 60 MPH WHEN IT CAME OPEN. THE TESLA DIAGNOSTIC CLAIMED A MESSAGE WAS ON MY SCREEN TELLING ME HOOD MAY NOT BE CLOSED CORRECTLY. THERE WAS NO NOISE NOTIFICATION TELLING ME THE HOOD WAS OPEN. I HAD NOT TOUCHED THE HOOD IN ANY WAY. I HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR ABOUT 8 MINUTES BEFORE IT OPENED. I MUST HAVE CLICKED TO OPEN THE HOOD IN ERROR WHEN OPENING THE CAR TO UNLOCK MY CAR. THERE WAS NO MANUAL "LATCH" TO UNLOCK LIKE OTHER CARS. BASICALLY I DIDN'T NOTICE THE MESSAGE, AS IT IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN AND WAS BLOCKED BY THE STEERING WHEEL. I HADN'T OPENED OR TOUCHED THE FRONT HOOD IN WEEKS. I CONSIDER THIS VERY DANGEROUS. ANY OTHER CAR I HAVE DRIVEN, YOU HAVE TO...
#11359750 | Crash
ON AUGUST 18 AT 4:30 PM, I HAD POSITIONED MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE AGAINST THE PARKING MAT RISER IN MY GARAGE. I REMOVED PRESSURE ON THE ACCELERATOR AND 'HOLD' TO ENGAGED. I PRESSED THE PARK BUTTON AND THE CAR ACCELERATED 3' FORWARD OVER THE PARKING MAT RISER INTO THE WORKBENCH. I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE, AND BACKED UP ABOUT 2 FEET AND STOPPED. THE CAR WAS IN REVERSE BUT I MISTAKENLY PUSHED THE STALK DOWN AND PUT IT IN DRIVE INSTEAD OF REVERSE. I BACKED UP, PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE, MOVED FORWARD AND PRESSED PARK, AGAIN THE CAR ACCELERATED 2' FORWARD INTO THE WORKBENCH. I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE TO HOLD THE CAR IN POSITION. TWICE IN LESS THAN 5 MINUTES HAD ABRUPTLY ACCELERATED TWICE OVER THE PARKING MAT RISER AFTER PUTTING IT IN PARK. I THEN PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE, ADJUSTED MY SEAT, AND BACKED UP...
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