2016 TESLA MODEL S Complaints

DRL BURN OUT REPEATEDLY. THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE FOR 2016-2020 MODEL S HEADLIGHTS. HEADLIGHTS NEED TO BE REPLACED FOR THE SECOND TIME IN JUST 50K MILES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 TESLA MODEL S. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING OUT THE DRIVEWAY THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL SOUND, AND BECAME AWARE THAT THE BALL JOINT SEPARATED FROM LOWER CONTROL ARM ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT SUSPENSION. THE CONTACT STATED AN UNKNOWN DEALER WAS CONTACTED HOWEVER, NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 2,497.

MY FRONT SUSPENSION IS CLUNKING AND CHATTERING AND CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO VIBRATE AT LOW SPEEDS. TESLA HAS DENIED IT TO BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.

HERE IS A MODEL S IN THE JUNKYARD. HTTPS://WWW.IAAI.COM/VEHICLEDETAILS/35797112/6 FRONT WHEEL WHOMPY, BACK WHEEL VERY WHOMPY. THIS WOULD BE AMUSING IF IT WERE NOT SO SERIOUS. PLEASE DO YOUR JOB AND HAVE THESE DEATH TRAPS RECALLED IMMEDIATELY. THANK YOU. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 TESLA MODEL S. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HIT A PEDESTRIAN AND CRASHED INTO A BRICK WALL WHILE HITTING ANOTHER PEDESTRIAN. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A HEAD AND FOOT INJURIES SUSTAIN BY THE PEDESTRIANS THAT NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO ANSWER. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,000.

MODEL X IN THE JUNKYARD. THIS IS BEYOND RIDICULOUS. ALL FOUR WHEELS HAVE GONE WHOMPY AND IT HASN'T EVEN BEEN IN A CRASH. SEE FOR YOURSELVES JUST LOOK AT THE PHOTOGRAPHS. BETTER YET...VISIT THE JUNKYARD AND INSPECT IT. TALK TO THE OWNER. THIS IS INSANE. PLEASE DEMAND A RECALL. I CAN ONLY REPORT THE OBVIOUS CASES WHERE THE WRECK IS NOT TOO BADLY MANGLED. I AM CERTAIN THAT THESE WEAK SUSPENSION PARTS HAVE CLAIMED MANY LIVES BUT DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES . HAVE A NICE DAY, TRY AND STAY AWAKE AND PLEASE DEMAND A TESLA RECALL. THANKS. KEEF

THIS IS A COMPLAINT ABOUT REPEATED SYSTEMIC FAILURES OF TESLA SUSPENSION COMPONENTS. I HAVE USED THE VIN OF A RANDOM WRECKED TESLA IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THIS ONLINE COMPLAINT. HERE IS PAGE 13 OF A LONG THREAD OF COMPLAINTS ON THE TESLA MOTORS CLUB FORUM. HTTPS://TESLAMOTORSCLUB.COM/TMC/THREADS/ANOTHER-FRONT-SUSPENSION-CONTROL-ARM-FAILURE.114967/PAGE-13#POST-4477250 MOST OF THESE COMPLAINTS HAVE NOT BEEN REPORTED TO NHTSA. SINCE I SOMETIMES PASS TESLAS TRAVELLING TOWARDS ME ON THE HIGHWAY I FEEL I HAVE A PERFECT RIGHT TO COMPLAIN. HERE ARE EXAMPLES FROM THAT THREAD. SNIP**KASPER1G SAID: ↑ MINE SNAPPED 7 DAYS AGO AND TODAY TESLA SAID THAT THE CONTROL ARM CAUSED MORE DAMAGE AND IT WOULD COST ME 12.000 TO FIX IT. SINCE THE CAR IS 3.5 YEARS OLD AND HAS NOW 176K KM IT HAS NO MORE WARRANTY... I'M PREEEEETTTY MUCH F**KED ISN'T THE PART THAT FAILED PART OF THE US RECALL? IF SO, HOW IS THE UK PART DIFFERENT? I'D POSIT THAT THE ENTIRE REPAIR SHOULD BE A WARRANTY/SAFETY DEFECT REPLACEMENT AND REPAIR, NO? THIS ISN'T RIGHT; PLEASE ESCALATE WITH YOUR TESLA LEADERSHIP TEAM, AND SUGGEST A FOLLOW UP COMPLAINT TO THE UK VERSION OF THE US NHTSA--ALONG WITH A COPY OF THE RECALL.** SNIP** LOCATION:HONG KONG HAD THIS HAPPEN 6 DAYS AGO. TESLA REPLACED MY MX90D'S FRONT LEFT FORELINK... MY CAR ONLY HAS 13K KM ON IT AND IT IS 3 YEARS OLD. IT JUST SNAPPED BACKING OUT OF A SPOT,WHEN I TOOK MY CAR BACK OUT, THERE WERE SCRATCHING SOUNDS WHEN GOING DOWN HILL. ALMOST COULD NOT GET OUT OF THE CAR PARK AS THE SCRATCHING GOT WORST ON THE DOWNSLOPE. IT WAS HARD FOR THE TOW TRUCK TO GET THE CAR SINCE IT WAS IN AN INDOOR CAR PARK. NOW I AM AFRAID THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN WHEN THE CAR IS NO LONGER IN WARRANTY. TESLA SAID NORMALLY THIS WOULD COST $400USD PER LEG TO REPAIR. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL! WHY IS THERE NO RECALL? PLEASE WAKE UP! THANK YOU. KEEF

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 TESLA MODEL S. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ENTERING A GARAGE THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT CAUSE WHILE STOPPED. THE VEHICLE COLLIDED INTO A PARKED VEHICLE CAUSING IT TO COLLIDE WITH A WALL, TOTALING IT. THE CONTACT STATED HER NECK WAS SORE HOWEVER, MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS NOT REQUIRED. A POLICE WAS NOT FILED. NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED NOR DID THE CONTACT HEAR ANY ABNORMAL NOSIE BEFORE THE CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO ACCURATE AUTO BODY (9042 WILLOWS RD, REDMOND, WA 98052 (425-970-9699), HOWEVER THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALERSHIP WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,886.

I WAS TRAVELING ON A TWO-LANE DIVIDED HIGHWAY WHEN I ACCELERATED TO PASS A VEHICLE TO MY RIGHT. AS I PASSED THE VEHICLE AND RELEASED MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, MY CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. UNSURE OF THE REASON FOR THIS CONTINUED ACCELERATION, I PUT THE TRANSMISSION INTO NEUTRAL AND COASTED TO MATCH THE SPEED OF THE SURROUNDING TRAFFIC. ARRIVING AT THE NEXT TRAFFIC LIGHT, I PUT THE TRANSMISSION BACK INTO DRIVE AND THE RAPID ACCELERATION STOPPED. I WAS ABLE TO GO BACK TO MY HOME AND INSPECT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND ITS SURROUNDINGS. UPON INSPECTING THESE, I OBSERVED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE FLOOR MAT DIRECTLY BELOW THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS RAISED UP FROM ITS NORMALLY FLAT POSITION ON THE CAR FLOOR ENOUGH TO CATCH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND KEEP IT DEPRESSED. WHEN I TURNED OVER THE FLOOR MAT, I SAW THAT A CIRCULAR PIECE OF VELCRO ATTACHED TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FLOOR MAT, HAD LOST ITS ADHESIVENESS CAUSING IT TO DETACH FROM THE FLOOR MAT AND BUNCH UP UNDER THE FLOOR MAT BELOW THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THIS BUNCHING UP WAS ENOUGH TO RAISE THE FLOOR MAT TO A SUFFICIENT HEIGHT TO CATCH THE PEDAL. HAD I NOT KEPT COOL AND PUT THE TRANSMISSION INTO NEUTRAL, I SHUDDER TO THINK OF THE WRECKAGE AND CARNAGE WHICH MAY HAVE ENSUED. THIS CAR ADVERTISES ACCELERATION AT A VERY HIGH RATE OF SPEED; 0-60 MPH IN A MERE 5.5 SECONDS. THAT IS HARDLY ENOUGH TIME TO REACT TO SUCH A FRIGHTENING SITUATION! CURIOUS ABOUT HOW OTHER CAR BRANDS DEAL WITH DRIVER'S SIDE FLOOR MATS, I NOTICED THAT MOST CARS DRIVER'S SIDE FLOOR MATS ARE SAFELY CLEAR OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDALS. NOT SO WITH MY 2016 TESLA MODEL S. I BELIEVE IT TO BE A MAJOR DESIGN FLAW WHICH SHOULD BE REVIEWED EXPEDITIOUSLY AND CORRECTED BY TESLA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BEFORE A TRAGIC OUTCOME ENSUES. I HAVE REMOVED MY DRIVER'S SIDE FLOOR MAT TO PREVENT SUCH A TERRIFYING SCENARIO FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. THANK YOU

RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL LETTER AND TESLA HAS BEEN UNRESPONSIVE TO CORRECT SAFETY RECALL CODE: 19V-002