2016 TESLA MODEL S Complaints

LOWER RIGHT CONTROL ARM FAILED. FULLY CRACKED AND PIECE BROKEN OFF. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY GOT TWO WEEKS AND HAD ZERO SUSPENSION ISSUES UNTIL BEING MOVED OUT OF PARKING SPACE. UPON MOVEMENT 1-2MPH WHEEL STARTED TO RUB WHEEL LINER UPON INVESTIGATION FOUND BROKE CONTROL ARM

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS THE CAR ACCELERATED ON IT'S OWN. ON AUGUST 5TH 2020 IT ACCELERATED WHILE IT WAS BEING PARKED RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE CAR. ON OCTOBER 30TH, 2020 THE CAR ACCELERATED AFTER I REMOVED MY FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR FOR APPROXIMATELY 20-30 YARDS.

I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY IN-LAWS PARKING SPACE. I HAD THE WHEEL TURNED AND AS I WENT OVER A SMALL DIP I HEARD A LOUD CLUNK. IT SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING BROKE SOMEWHERE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT END. I DROVE IT HOME AND WHEN I WOULD GO OVER SOME BUMPS I COULD A KNOCKING / CLUNKING SOUND, LIKE SOMETHING WAS HITTING TOGETHER BUT ONLY ON THE BUMPS. I BROUGHT MY CAR INTO THE TESLA SERVICE CENTER. I DESCRIBE WHAT HAPPENED AND THEY SAID THAT THIS WAS A COMMON THING. I COMMUTE 100 MILES ON THE HIGHWAY EVERYDAY TO WORK SO I HAVE 115, 000 MILES AND MY WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. TESLA SENT ME AS ESTIMATE FOR THE WORK AND IT WAS $2150.67. WHEN LOOKING AT IT I NOTICED THAT THEY WERE REPLACING BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE FORE LINK ASSEMBLY. I ASKED THEM WHY IF IT WAS ONLY THE LEFT SIDE (DRIVERS) THAT BROKE AND TESLA SAID THAT THEY CAN'T JUST REPLACE ONE SIDE, THEY NEED TO REPLACE BOTH. I NEEDED MY CAR SO I PAID THE FULL AMOUNT.

THE CAR HAS A DEFECT MCU. ALL SAFETY FEATURE OF THE CAR HAS BEEN DISABLED. I CAN NOT CONTROL CLIMATE CONTROL. I HAVE LOST MY REAR VIEW CAMERA. I CAN NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO ANY SETTING TO MY CAR. I CANNOT TURN OFF MY CAR AND MY CAR IS CONSTANTLY ON. I HAVE TO PULL FUSES TO SHUT OFF CERTAIN ASPECTS OF MY CAR OR MY BATTERY WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT DRAIN WHILE PARKED. I HAVE BROUGHT MY CAR INTO THE A TESLA SERVICE CENTER TO HAVE THE ISSUE REPAIRED. THEY DO NOT HAVE THE PARTS AND KEEP DELAYING THE REPAIR. THE DEFECTIVE MCU IS A KNOW ISSUE, I AM SURPRISED TESLA WILL NOT REPLACE THE UNIT WITH A NON DEFECTIVE UNIT AND WILL ONLY REPLACE IT WITH REFURBISHED PARTS. ALSO, FOR A KNOW DEFECT THAT AFFECTS THE SAFETY OF THE CAR, WHY WONT TESLA KEEP AN AMPLE STOCKPILE OF BOARDS TO REPAIR THE ISSUE. ALL THEY ARE DOING IS PUSHING THE ISSUE FURTHER DOWN THE LINK WITHOUT ANY INTENTION TO PROPERLY FIX THE DEFECTIVE MCU.

MODEL S IN THE JUNKYARD HTTPS://WWW.IAAI.COM/VEHICLEDETAILS/36841588?ROWNUMBER=96 BACK WHEEL GONE WHOMPY. TIRE WORN AWAY WHERE IT HAS BEEN RUBBING AGAINST THE BODYWORK. PHOTO ATTACHED. PLEASE GET THESE LETHAL JALOPIES OFF THE ROADS. THANK YOU KEEF

TESLA IN JUNKYARD. WHEEL GONE WHOMPY. HTTPS://WWW.IAAI.COM/VEHICLEDETAILS/37456285?ROWNUMBER=70 HAVE A LUDICROUS DAY. REGARDS KEEF

RE: NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: DP19005 - INVESTIGATION SUBJECT : BATTERY MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE UPDATES

MCU GETS STUCK AND BACK UP CAMERA DOESN'T COME UP. ONCE MCU WENT BLANK AND THE CAR DIDNT GO INTO DRIVE MODE WHILE TRYING TO DRIVE AND TOOK A WHILE TO GO TO DRIVE MODE AND NO REAR BACK UP CAMERA AT THE SAME TIME. ONE TIME WHEN THE MCU IS REBOOTING, WHILE I WAS IT WAS IN REVERSE AND THE DASHBOARD DISPLAY GOT STUCK DISPLAYING R, WHILE I SWITCHED FOR D DRIVE MODE AND THE CAR WAS GOING FORWARD BUT DISPLAY SHOWING R, IF I WASNT PAYING ATTENTION WOULD HAVE HIT SOMETHING.

THE EMMC FLASH MEMORY IS FAILING, LEADING TO THE MAIN SCREEN BLACKING OUT FOR SEVERAL MINUTES HAPPENS RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING AND WHEN AT STOP AND WHEN THE CAR IS BOOTING UP. THIS PREVENTS ADJUSTMENT OF SEVERAL COMPONENTS INCLUDING CLIMATE CONTROL, MANUAL LIGHTING, CRUISE CONTROL/AUTOPILOT, MUSIC IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR OVER A MONTH, PROGRESSIVELY GETTING WORSE. SERVICE CAME OUT TO JUST RESET THE 12V AND UPDATE THE SOFTWARE AND SAID EVERYTHING IS GOOD BUT IT DEFINITELY IS NOT BECAUSE ITS GETTING WORSE DAY BY DAY

CAR MCU (MAIN COMPUTER THAT CONTROLS THE VEHICLE SYSTEMS) FAILED. WHEN THIS HAPPENS YOU LOSE TURN SIGNALS AND A/C AMONG OTHER VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEMS. APPARENTLY THIS HAS BECOME SO COMMON MOST TESLA OWNERS I HEAR FROM HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THIS AT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. YOU CAN'T USE THE CAR UNLESS IT'S REPLACED AS SO MUCH DEPENDS ON IT (LIKE TURN SIGNALS & OTHER SAFETY FEATURES). TESLA SAYS IT'S A KNOWN ISSUE AND THE FIRST GENERATION (MCU1) HAS A MEMORY ISSUE THAT WILL CAUSE THIS FOR ALL OF THEM EVENTUALLY. YOUR ONLY CHOICE IS A REPLACEMENT (THAT WE ARE TOLD IS DEFECTIVE LIKE THE ORIGINAL) OR A FEW HUNDRED MORE FOR AN UPGRADE TO MCU2 WHICH TESLA DAYS THE DEFECT IS FIXED AND WON'T HAPPEN WITH. I FEEL BECAUSE THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT THAT AFFECTS LEGALLY REQUIRED ITEMS LIKE TURN SIGNALS AND OTHER SAFETY FEATURES, THAT TESLA SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL OR PERFORM THE REPLACEMENT AT NO COST TO OWNERS.