2018 TESLA MODEL 3 Complaints

PARKING CAR WITH FOOT ON BRAKE,WHEN THE CAR LUNGED FOREWORD INTO PARKED CARS, DAMAGING MY CAR AND TWO OTHER CARS PARKED IN FRONT OF ME.

OCT 15, 2019 AT 12:30 PM I WAS GOING TO PARK THE CAR, WAS ROLLING TO A STOP BETWEEN PARKING LINES IN FRONT OF THE CURB WHEN CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO A STYLE FENCE. REPORTED THE PROBLEM THE SAME DAY TO TESLA AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE SERVICE CENTER AND COMPLAINED. THEY LOGGED THE COMPLAINT AND SAID THEY WOULD GET BACK TO ME ABOUT IT. CALLED AND EMAILED A COUPLE OF TIMES. NO RESPONSE TO DATE ON WHY THIS HAPPENED.

ON 4/17/2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 2:40PM I PULLED INTO A SMALL SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOT AND TURNED RIGHT TO PARK IN A PARKING SPACE FACING A STORE FRONT. I WAS GOING TO A NAIL APPOINTMENT, WAS EARLY AND NOT IN A HURRY. THE CAR WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY UNDER THE CAR'S OWN POWER AS I ENTERED THE PARKING SPACE. WHEN I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR TO PULL TO THE FRONT OF THE SPACE THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED JUMPING THE CURB, AND LANDING ON TOP OF THE SIDEWALK WITH THE FRONT END INSIDE THE STORE FRONT WINDOW. I WAS BRAKING FROM THE MOMENT OF FAST ACCELERATION AND COULD NOT GET THE CAR TO SLOW DOWN OR STOP UNTIL IT WAS STOPPED BY THE STORE FRONT GLASS WALL. FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS INJURED, BUT THERE WAS PROPERTY DAMAGE TO THE GLASS AND FRAME STORE FRONT AND TO THE FRONT END OF MY CAR. THE CAR WAS FULLY UP ON THE SIDEWALK WITH THE FRONT END INTO THE FRONT OF THE PIZZA SHOP. THE CURB WAS APPROXIMATELY 8 INCHES HIGH, SO WHEN THE FIREMAN REVERSED THE CAR TO MOVE IT TO THE PARKING SPACE THE ENTIRE UNDERNEATH SCRAPED ALONG THE BOTTOM, FORTUNATELY THERE WASN'T ANY DAMAGE TO THE BATTERY PACK. THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME TO T HE SCENE, AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED DUE TO THE PROPERTY DAMAGE AT THE BUSINESS. THE FIREMAN HAD TO BACK THE CAR OUT DUE TO POTENTIAL INTEGRITY ISSUES WITH THE DAMAGED GLASS STORE FRONT. I WAS NOT CITED. A CLAIM WAS FILED WITH STATE FARM. I CAN OBTAIN THE POLICE REPORT IF NEEDED. THERE WEREN'T ANY OTHER VEHICLES OR PEOPLE INVOLVED.

I WENT TO LARGE GROCERY STORE AND PULLED INTO THE PARKING SPOT AND PARKED IN AN EMPTY SPOT NEXT TO ANOTHER CAR. AS SOON AS I PARKED, MY CAR TESLA MODEL 3 SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AT A HIGH SPEED AND SHARPLY TURNED RIGHT ON ITS OWN WITHOUT ANY PROMPTING. IT WENT FULLY ON TOP OF THE PLANT BEDS AND HIT TWO OTHER CARS FROM THE FRONT. LUCKILY, I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES IN TIME AFTER I PROCESSED THIS TERRIFYING OCCURRENCE AND PREVENTED THE CAR FROM HITTING ANY PEDESTRIAN. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE NORMAL FOR THE AREA WITH SOME LIGHT RAIN. I HAD NOT USED/ENGAGED ANY OF THE TESLA AUTOMATIC DRIVING FEATURES DURING MY TRIP AND PARKING.

ON JANUARY 10, 2020 APPROXIMATELY 09:30 AM, WHEN IN A PARKING GARAGE I STOPPED THE CAR AND WENT TO PUT IT INTO REVERSE TO BACK INTO A STALL WHEN THE CAR ACCELERATED FORWARD IMPACTING A PILLAR WHEN I LOOKED DOWN THE CAR WAS IN NEUTRAL AND THE HAZARD LIGHTS WERE ON. I CONTACTED MY INSURANCE AND IT WAS DEEMED 'AT FAULT' REPAIRS TO BE DETERMINED

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 10 LAKE CITY TO JACKSONVILLE FL, SUDDENLY HEAVY RAIN CAUSED CAR TO SKID DRIVING IN AUTOPILOT MODE AT 70MPH , THE ROAD CHANGED FROM ASPHALT TO CONCRETE AND CAR COULD NOT HANDLE THAT CHANGE , CAR WENT INTO HYDROPLAN/SKID MODE WITH 15 SNAKE LAPSES BEFORE I COULD BRING IT TO REST ON SHOULDER , WE WERE LUCKY TO HAVE SURVIVED AS A SEMI TRUCK WAS JUST 20 SECONDS BEHIND US. THE CAR EVEN AFTER HALTING ACCERELATED ON ITS OWN CAUSING ANOTHER SMALL BURST OF SKIDDING..TO ADD TO THE WOES - THE AUOMATED WIPERS ON THIS CAR ARE TOO SLOW , SUDDEN RAIN POUR ON WINDSHIELD CAUSE LACK OF VISIBILITY AND TO TURN THE WIPERS TO FULL MODE , IT TAKES 3-4 SWIPES ON CARS COMPUTER , WHICH DURING CRUCIAL MOMENTS IS A VERY BAD DESIGN AND CAN CAUSE UNITENDED ACCIDENTS

THE CAR ACCELERATED SUDDENLY ON AUTOPILOT CAUSING THE CAR SKID AND FALL INTO A DITCH OAT 80 MPH IN UTAH. THE DAMAGE WAS TO THE BODY BUT THE ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE AS IT ALMOST WENT INTO THE OTHER LANE

MY TESLA WHEN ON AUTOPILOT ON A FREEWAY RUNNING LESS THAN 5 MPH DUE TO TRAFFIC WAS RIGHT BEHIND A BIG TRUCK AND THE CAR NEVER STOPPED AND BUMPED INTO THE TRUCK. AN ATTEMPT TO BRAKE MANUALLY WAS DONE BUT THE AUTOPILOT WOULDNT DEACTIVATE AND GIVE US BACK THE CONTROL TO STOP THE CAR. I HAVE A VIDEO FROM MY FRONT CAM WITH THE INCIDENT. I WAS LUCKY MY CAR WAS NOT DRIVING AT A HIGHER SPEED IF THE SAME INCDENT COULD HAPPEN AS LIKE MAY OTHERS WHO GOT KILLED.

I OWN A 2018 TESLA MODEL 3 MID-RANGE (NON-AUTOPILOT, NON-SELF-DRIVING, SOFTWARE UPDATE V10.2 - 2019.40.50.7). I EXPERIENCED A CRUISE CONTROL RELATED SAFETY DEFECT ON MY NON-SELF-DRIVING, NON- AUTOPILOT TESLA MODEL 3 SEVERAL TIMES SINCE 2019.40.2.1 UPDATE. FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I WAS GOING 60-65MPH WITH NO CARS IN FRONT OF ME. I SET THE CRUISE CONTROL, LET MY FOOT OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR EXPECTING THE CRUISE CONTROL TO ACTIVE LIKE IT ALWAYS HAD IN THE PAST. SUDDENLY, INSTEAD OF MAINTAINING THE SPEED IT WAS SET AT IT, THE CAR SLOWED DOWN WITH FULL REGENERATIVE BRAKING TO BELOW 50MPH WHILE STILL INDICATING THE SET SPEED ON THE DISPLAY. I HAVE HAD THE CAR FOR OVER A YEAR (PURCHASED IN DECEMBER 2018) AND USE CAR WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL MORE OR LESS DAILY. THE ISSUE NEVER APPEARED UNTIL AFTER THE 2019.40.2.1 UPDATE. I WAS AWAY FROM HOME WHEN THE UPDATE WAS INSTALLED, SO I DIDN'T ACTUALLY START EXPERIENCING THE ISSUE UNTIL JANUARY 6, 2020 WHEN I RESUMED MY DAILY COMMUTE. THE MOST RECENT TIME IT HAPPENED, I WAS ACTUALLY ON MY WAY TO THE TESLA SERVICE CENTER IN BELLEVUE WA FOR AN UNRELATED SERVICE APPOINTMENT. IN THE THIS INSTANCE, I WAS TURNING RIGHT ONTO A FOUR LANE, NON-DIVIDED SURFACE STREET AND ACCELERATING FROM A STOPLIGHT. I REMEMBER ACCELERATING TO 33MPH AND SEEING THE USER INTERFACE FEEDBACK (BLACK CIRCLE AROUND THE SET SPEED) AS I ACTIVATED CRUISE CONTROL. BEFORE I COULD REACT, THE CAR HAD SLOWED TO ABOUT 20MPH, WHILE THE USER INTERFACE INDICATED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS STILL ACTIVE AT 33MPH. I WAS GOING UP A MODERATE HILL AT TIME. THE UPHILL COMBINED WITH THE FULL REGENERATIVE BRAKING EFFECT MADE ME FEEL UNSAFE TO SAY THE LEAST. I FELT FORTUNATE THAT THERE WERE NO CARS FOLLOWING CLOSELY BEHIND ME.

I WANT TO BOTH REPORT AND COMPLAIN ABOUT AN INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED WITH ME ON DECEMBER 14, 2019. I WAS TRAVELING WITH MY WIFE AND TWO KIDS FROM VANCOUVER, WA TO MY RESIDENCE [XXX]. I WAS DRIVING MY TESLA MODEL 3 (BMX 2571) AND THE DAYS BEFORE THE CAR HAD A NEW UPDATE INSTALLED (THAT INCLUDED IMPROVEMENTS TO WIPERS USING SOME AI IMPROVEMENTS). THERE WAS STRONG RAIN WHILE DRIVING ON THE I-5 FREEWAY. THE TRAFFIC SPEED WAS 70 MPH. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A HUGE PACK OF CARS ALL MOVING AT THE ~ 70 MPH. WHAT WE ENCOUNTERED WAS- A) FIRST WIPERS GOT LOCKED (NO MOVEMENT ET ALL), THIS REDUCED MY VISIBILITY TO ALMOST ZERO AND STRUGGLING TO MANEUVER THE CAR IN THE HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC TO AVOID ANY ACCIDENT. B) THE CAR THEN WENT IN SOME SHUTDOWN MODE OF DISPLAY, BOTH CONFUSING ME AND LEAVING ADRIFT AS TO HOW TO HANDLE THE SITUATION. IT TOOK BOTH MY WIFE AND ME SOME HEROIC EFFORT TO DRIVE AVOIDING ANY ACCIDENT UNTIL THE CAR RECOVERED (IT WAS A PERIOD OF ~30 SEC WHICH SOUNDED LIKE ETERNITY FOR US) FROM THIS FREEZE, SHUTDOWN, AND REBOOT. YOU CAN VERIFY MY CLAIM AS I DID FILE A 'BUG REPORT' AROUND THAT TIME. WHEN TALKING OF THE ANOMALIES, I HAVE ALSO SEEN THAT ON FREEWAYS THE AUTOPILOT HAS TRIED TO PUT BRAKES ALL OF A SUDDEN IN THE PAST, THUS CREATING LIFE THREATENING SITUATIONS. AT ALL THESE OCCASIONS, I HAD FILED 'BUG REPORTS' TO HELP TESLA. HOWEVER, LATEST INCIDENT IS BEYOND MY WILDEST IMAGINATION AND CONCERNING WITH RESPECT TO THE SAFETY OF LIFE WHILE TRAVELING IN A TESLA CAR. BEST, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR