2013 TESLA MODEL S Complaints

MCU-1 DIED, AS IN TOUCH SCREEN DID NOT WORK, THEREFORE MOST OF THE CAR DOES NOT WORK. IT DIED OVERNIGHT, GOT IN THE CAR THE NEXT MORNING AND THE CAR WAS OFF, COULD NOT TURN IT ON

I HAVE THE MCU1, THE DASH SCREEN IN THE CENTER. OFTEN THE MCU IS DEAD AND THE CAN'T BE DRIVEN. SOMETIMES IT GOES OUT WHILE I'M DRIVING MAKING NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY, BUT THE MCU IS WHAT CONTROLS EVERYTHING IN THE CAR. HAD IT REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY BUT STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS. MCU CONTROLS THE AC/HEATING, BACK UP CAMERA, LIGHTS, TURN SIGNALS, NAVIGATION, MUSIC, SUSPENSION AND VSC, SUNROOF, ETC... THIS HAPPENS WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, STREET OR WHEN PARKED

CORROSION TO THE LOWER STEERING SHAFT WITH U-JOINT CAUSED POWER STEERING TO FAIL.

SAME ISSUE AS OTHER OPEN COMPLAINTS WITH EMMC DEVICE FAILING CAUSING BLACK SCREEN, NO REAR VIEW CAMERA, NO ABILITY TO CHARGE THE CAR, TURN SIGNALS INOPERABLE, ETC.. BASED ON THE KNOWN SOFTWARE BUG IN THIS SYSTEM IT IS REASONABLE TO CONCLUDE THAT ALL MODELS WITH THIS VERSION OF MCU/EMMC SOFTWARE WILL EVENTUALLY FAIL. SEE CURRENT NHTSA ACTION NUMBER : PE20010

VEHICLE COMPLETELY STATIONARY. CENTER CONSOLE (MCU) UNIT FAILURE DUE TO THE EMMC STORAGE FILLING DUE TO EXCESSIVE LOG DATA. WELL-KNOWN AND DOCUMENTED ISSUE WITH THESE CARS. CAUSES A/C CONTROL, MEDIA, MEDIA CONTROLS, NAVIGATION, LIGHTING CONTROL, AND AUDIBLE TURN SIGNAL FUNCTIONS TO NO LONGER WORK.

MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN EXHIBITING THE SYMPTOMS OF MCU EMMC FAILURE KNOWN TO BE A PROBLEM WITH EARLY MODEL S PRODUCTION MODELS. IN PARTICULAR I HAVE NOTICED SLOW START UP TIMES OF THE CENTER CONSOLE MEDIA AND OCCASIONAL INABILITY TO USE THE TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY UNTIL IT IS MANUALLY RESTARTED BY PRESSING BOTH CONTROL DIALS ON THE STEERING WHEEL. WHEN THE DISPLAY IS UNRESPONSIVE I CAN ALSO SEE THAT THE CELLULAR CONNECTIVITY ICON INDICATES NO SIGNAL DESPITE BEING IN AREAS OF FULL COVERAGE. THE ABOVE SYMPTOMS HAPPEN WHILE STATIONARY AND IN MOTION. ON TWO OCCASIONS THE CENTER CONSOLE REMAINED BLACK FOR SO LONG THAT I WAS UNABLE TO USE THE VEHICLE. IT ULTIMATELY RESTARTED SUCCESSFULLY BUT CONTINUED TO HAVE THE ABOVE PROBLEMS. I BEGAN TO NOTICE THESE PROBLEMS AROUND MARCH OF THIS YEAR (2020) AND THEY CONTINUE TO THE PRESENT.

HI I BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH THE TESLA MAIN TOUCH SCREEN CONTROL , MCU . THE SCREEN WAS RECENTLY OFFLINE LIMITING THE VEHICLE TO DRIVE NOT CONTROL AND 12V IT LET AND SIGNALS DOES NOT WORK I'LL TAKE IT TO SERVICE CENTER THEY WERE ABLE TO RESTORE IT . BUT IF NOT I WILL NEED TO PAY FROM $1500 /2500 TO GET A REPLACEMENT THAT'S NOT FAIR BECAUSE THAT MCU WAS REPLACE BY WARRANTY LESS THEN 3 YEARS AGO . PREVIOUS SCREEN HAVES MEMORY ISSUES AND BUBBLES ON SCREEN . REBOOTING ISSUES WAS HAPPENING WHEN DRIVING THE CAR , ONE DAY PARK CAR ON GARAGE NEXT DAY CONTROL SCREEN DOES NOT POWER ON NOT EVEN POSIBLE TO REBOOT WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS. IT THIS CAN BE A RECALL WILL HELP A LOT OF COMSUMERS I HEAR LOT PEOPLE ARE DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE

MY ECU HAS DIED. THE MAIN CONTROL SCREEN DOES NOT WORK AT ALL, DOES NOT COME ON AND FUNCTIONALITY IS UNUSABLE. I HAVE REBOOTED THE SYSTEM SEVERAL TIMES WHICH DOES NOT WORK. HAPPENS DURING INITIAL START UP AND WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE NOW TAKEN MY CAR INTO THE SERVICE CENTER TO HAVE IT REPLACED. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT IS A CHRONIC PROBLEM BUT, OF COURSE, I AM OUT OF WARRANTY AND HAVE BEEN QUOTED $1500 TO REPLACE.

VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY FOR A FEW DAYS IN MY GARAGE. WHEN I TURNED IT ON, THE TOUCHSCREEN WAS BLACK AND TESLA HAS TOLD ME THAT THE MCU UNITS NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. DURING MY CALL WITH THE TECHNICIAN, HE EXPLAINED THAT THE NEW SOFTWARE THAT WERE SENT CAUSED SOME OF THE UNITS TO GO BAD. I THINK IT'S OUTRAGEOUS THAT THEY WANT ME TO PAY $1,500 TO FIX SOMETHING THAT WAS CAUSED BY AN INTERNAL UPDATE.

TOUCHSCREEN THAT CONTROLS DOZENS OF VEHICLE OPERATING FEATURES INCLUDING AC, HEAT, GPS, LIGHTS, ACCESS TO MOBILE APPLICATION, SUNROOF, ETC. WENT BLANK AND WOULD NOT REBOOT. CAN CAN BE DRIVEN, BUT NOT SAFELY. THIS HAPPENED IN JULY 2020. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME, FIRST WAS OCT 2020 AND WAS REPLACED BY TESLA FOR NO CHARGE. THIS COMPLAINT IS FOR JULY 2020 WHEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN. ONLY 32,000 MILES ON VEHICLE. REQUIRED TO PAY $87 DIAGNOSTIC FEE AND $1,600 FOR A REPLACEMENT. KNOWN ISSUE TO TESLA DUE TO A MEMORY CARD FAILURE AS A RESULT OF WRITING LOG FILES TO IT BEYOND THE KNOWN LIFE OF THE CARD. SEEMS THEY REPLACED THE UNIT IN 2017 WITH ONE THAT THEY KNEW WOULD FAIL. THEY CALL ISSUE "END OF LIFE" BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS COMPLETELY PREVENTABLE. TOOK VEHICLE IN ON JULY 21, 2020. PART NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL AUG 10. NO LOANER OFFERED, JUST AN UBER VOUCHER WHICH EXPIRED ON JULY 26. HAVE SEEN MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS SIMILAR TO THIS BEING REPORTED WITH TESLAS OF MY MAKE AND YEAR.