2018 TESLA MODEL S Complaints

AS I WAS TURNING RIGHT INTO A PARKING SPACE GOING AT A VERY SLOW SPEED, THE TESLA SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TO FULL SPEED. I DID NOT PRESS THE GAS OR COMMIT ANY OTHER USER ERROR. I TRIED TO APPLY THE BRAKE. HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THIS SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION, I CRASHED INTO THE BUILDING IN FRONT OF ME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 TESLA MODEL S. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VERY SLOW SPEED AND PARKING, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE STEERING AND CRASH INTO A TRANSFORMER. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN AT THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AWAY. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE LOCAL DEALER TESLA OF HONOLULU (1450 ALA MOANA BLVD, HONOLULU HI) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED THE SAME FAILURE HAD OCCURRED WHILE PARKING CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASH INTO A CONCRETE WALL. DURING THE CRASH THE DRIVER SUSTAINED A CHEST INJURY DUE TO THE AIR BAG DEPLOYING WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL TREATMENT. NO POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AWAY. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE INSTRUMENT DISPLAY PAD HAD SUDDENLY BLACKED OUT ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AND THE DOORS HAD FAILED TO OPEN ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES WERE NOT DETERMINED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,410. OWNER IS EXTREMELY SCARED TO DRIVE AGAIN. CAR IS SITTING IN THE GARAGE. WORRIED ABOUT ANYONE DRIVING THE CAR MAY GET INTO A FATAL ACCIDENT.*DT*JB

ON APRIL 17, 2020 AROUND NOON WHILE DRIVING ON THE FAR LEFT LANE OF INTERSTATE 495 AT ABOUT 55 MPH, MY RIGHT REAR WINDOW SHATTERED UNEXPECTEDLY. THERE WERE NO INDICATION OF ANYTHING HITTING MY CAR AS NO CARS WERE BESIDE, IN FRONT, OR BEHIND ME AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE INCIDENT, I LEARNED THAT OTHER TESLA USERS HAVE HAD THE SAME INCIDENT HAPPEN TO THEM INVOLVING THE SAME RIGHT REAR BACK WINDOW.

THE CAR SOFTWARE HAS BEEN MODIFIED AND APPEARS TO BE COMPROMISED. SETTINGS RELATED TO SAFETY AND AUTOPILOT HAVE BEEN UNSTABLE. DRIVER PROFILE DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. FACTORY RESET PERFORMED BY TESLA PARAMUS AND BY SWITCHING EMAIL ACCOUNT DOESN'T NOT REMOVE THE MALWARE. PERSONAL DATA AND MALFUNCTIONING OF THE CAR CONTINUE DESPITE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS TO TESLA.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 TESLA MODEL S. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING ON AUTOPILOT, THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT AND STRUCK THE FREEWAY CENTER DIVIDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT SUSPENSION WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT BODY SHOP BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE INSURANCE COMPANY DECLINED TO ACCEPT LIABILITY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 19,514.*DT*JB

I WAS DRIVING MY TESLA MODEL S IN LOS ANGELES FREEWAY USING AUTOPILOT AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MILE/HOUR. SUDDENLY CAR STOP TRACKING THE ROAD AND TURN LEFT. EVEN THOUGH I TRIED TO CONTROL THE CAR I WAS TOO LATE AND CAR HIT THE MIDDLE DIVIDER. I HAVE REPORTED THIS ISSUE TO TESLA.

HERE IS ATESLA MODEL S IN THE JUNKYARD. HTTPS://WWW.COPART.COM/LOT/26038980/PHOTOS\ IT HAS BEEN IN A ROLLOVER AND IS BADLY DAMAGED. THE BACK RIGHT HAND WHEEL AND COMPLETE SUSPENSION HAS FALLEN OFF AND THE BODYWORK IN THAT AREA SHOWS DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH THE WHEEL BEING EJECTED THROUGH THE WHEEL WELL. GIVEN THE HUGE NUMBER OF CASES OF TESLA SUSPENSION FAILURES IT SEEMS HIGHLY LIKELY THAT THE LOSS OF A WHEEL IS WHAT CAUSED THE ROLLOVER AND IS NOT SIMPLY THE RESULT OF CRASH DAMAGE. FOR MANY OTHER EXAMPLES OF TESLA SUSPENSION BREAKAGES GO HERE HTTPS://TWITTER.COM/HASHTAG/WHOMPYWHEELS NOT JUST IN AMERICA. TESLAS ARE GOING WHOMPY ALL OVER THE WORLD. PLEASE INVESTIGATE. THANKS. KEEF

I HAD A 2018 TESLA S. I WAS DRIVING NORTH ON US 395 IN LANE 2 OF A 4 LANE DIVIDED HIGHWAY AT 0030 ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF LONE PINE, CA. IT WAS PITCH BLACK OUT. I WAS THE DRIVER OF A TESLA S IN SEMIAUTONOMOUS DRIVER-ASSIST MODE. THE ROAD WAS GOING UP HILL AND I CLICKED MY TURN SIGNAL TO PASS A SEMI TRAILER AND MY CAR WENT INTO THE LEFT LANE AND PASSED THE TRUCK. AFTER GOING A SIGNIFICANT DISTANCE IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK AND STARTING DOWN HILL AND I CLICKED MY TURN SIGNAL TO RETURN TO THE RIGHT LANE. THE CAR WENT INTO THE RIGHT LANE AND CONTINUED ONTO THE RIGHT LANE BUT CONTINUED ABRUPTLY ONTO THE SHOULDER. IT FELT LIKE THE STEERING WHEEL TURN TO THE RIGHT AND WE WENT OFF THE ROAD INTO A DITCH 15-20 FEET BELOW. MY HANDS WERE ON THE STEERING WEAL, A FACT I CAN PROVE BECAUSE I SUFFERED A FRACTURE OF THE THIRD METACARPAL HEAD OF MY LEFT HAND, A FRACTURE AN ORTHOPEDIST CALLED AN "AIRBAG FRACTURE". ALSO THERE WAS BUSING OF MY DISTAL DIGITS OF THE FINGERS OF MY LEFT HAND. THE CAR WAS A TOTAL LOSS. MY WIFE WHO WAS SLEEPING AT THE TIME WAS IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT AND SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT TRAUMA FROM HER SEAT BELT, A FRACTURE OF THE LATERAL SPINE OF C-7, BILATERAL FIRST RIB FRACTURES, STERNUM FRACTURE AND A T-12 BLOWOUT FRACTURE. I HAVE COPIES OF MY X-RAY OF MY HAND FRACTURE AND A PICTURE OF THE ECHYMOSIS OF MY FINGERS. I REPORTED THE ACCIDENT TO TESLA WITH THE DATE AND TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD GET BACK TO ME AFTER INVESTIGATING, BUT THEY HAVEN'T.

AS I WAS PARKING THE CAR, THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING, WENT OVER THE CURB AND HIT A TREE AT HIGH SPEED. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED DURING THE CRASH AND THE FRONT OF THE CAR WAS BADLY DAMAGED. I SMELT SMOKE IN THE CAR AFTER THE ACCIDENT. WE GOT OFF THE CAR IMMEDIATELY AFRAID OF THE BATTERY GOING INTO FLAMES. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED AWAY. THIS WAS SUCH AN UNUSUAL EVENT AND A FREAKY ACCIDENT AS THE CAR ACCELERATED AS I WAS PARKING IT. THE CAR CAME TO A STOP BEFORE IT ACCELERATED AT HIGH SPEED AND I LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR. IT MUST BE AN ERROR IN THE CAR'S TECHNOLOGY.

DESIGN FLAW ON THE REAR SUSPENSION SET UP CAUSES EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRES. VERY LIKELY GOES WITHOUT BEING DETECTED EVEN BY THE SERVICE CENTERS AND CAN CAUSE SERIOUS ACCIDENTS DUE TO TIRE BLOW OUTS SPECIALLY ON FREEWAY DRIVES.