2016 TESLA MODEL S Complaints
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2016 TESLA MODEL S- BEVERLY HILLS, CA
MODEL S FRESHLY ARRIVED IN THE JUNKYARD: HTTPS://WWW.IAAI.COM/VEHICLE?ITEMID=26126022&ROWNUMBER=91&LOADRECENT=TRUE SUSPENSION COLLAPSED. ALL WHEELS WHOMPY. PLEASE INVESTIGATE. VERY CONCERNED CITIZEN ETC.
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2016 TESLA MODEL S- BEVERLY HILLS, CA
HERE IS ANOTHER TESLA IN THE JUNKYARD: HTTPS://WWW.IAAI.COM/VEHICLE?ITEMID=25868188&ROWNUMBER=47&LOADRECENT=TRUE THE FRONT SUSPENSION HAS COLLAPSED AND THE WHEEL HAS GONE ALL WHOMPY. THE HEADLAMP JUST FORWARD OF THE WHEEL HAS NOT BEEN BROKEN. NO AIR-BAGS HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED. PLEASE INVESTIGATE. THESE TESLA WHEELS ARE SNAPPING OFF AT AN ALARMING RATE. THANK YOU. CONCERNED CITIZEN.
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2016 TESLA MODEL S- BEVERLY HILLS, CA
THIS IS A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE TESLA AUTOPILOT. THIS VIDEO HAS JUST BEEN UPLOADED: HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=NVOKISDDXYW IN THIS VIDEO A TESLA EMPLOYEE IS DEMONSTRATING THE AUTOPILOT TO THE PASSENGERS. SHE DRIVES ON UNDIVIDED ROADS JUST INCHES FROM ONCOMING TRAFFIC WITH HER HANDS COMPLETELY OFF THE WHEEL. SHE ENCOURAGES THE PASSENGERS TO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS SAFE AND THAT IT IS ONLY NECESSARY TO SQUEEZE THE WHEEL OCCASIONALLY TO KEEP THE AUTOPILOT HAPPY. LIVES ARE BEING PLACED AT AT RISK BY THE IRRESPONSIBLE MARKETING OF THIS GLITCHY AND UNSAFE CONTRAPTION. THANK YOU. CONCERNED CITIZEN.
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2016 TESLA MODEL S- BEVERLY HILLS, CA
THIS IS A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE FIRE DANGER IN TESLA VEHICLES. THE LATEST CRASH IN LAKE FOREST SHOWS THAT BURNING FLUID IS ESCAPING FROM BENEATH THE CAR AND IS NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO EXTINGUISH. HTTP://WWW.NBCLOSANGELES.COM/NEWS/LOCAL/TESLA-LAKE-FOREST-HOME-FIRE-441816433.HTML THIS SAME FLUID THAT BURNS WITH A YELLOW FLAME CAN BE SEEN ANY MANY OTHER TESLA FIRES. PICTURES ARE ATTACHED. THE TESLA CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY 8 GALLONS OF ETHYLENE GLYCOL MIX IN ITS BATTERY COOLANT SYSTEM. THIS CIRCULATES THROUGH RADIATORS AT THE FRONT OF THE CAR WHICH ARE EASILY RUPTURED IN A CRASH. IT IS A KNOWN FACT THAT ETHYLENE GLYCOL IS FLAMMABLE ESPECIALLY IF IS PREHEATED TO HIGH TEMPERATURES DUE TO SUPERCHARGING OR HARD DRIVING. THESE ARE NOT THE SAME KIND OF FIRES AS HAPPEN WHEN THE LITHIUM BATTERIES THEMSELVES CATCH FIRE. THEY BURN WITH A WHITE FLAME AND EXPLODE LIKE FIRECRACKERS. IT IS APPARENT THAT THE TESLA COOLANT CATCHES FIRE VERY EASILY AND IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO EXTINGUISH. PLEASE SEE ATTACHED PHOTOGRAPHS FOR EXAMPLES OF THIS. THANK YOU. CONCERNED CITIZEN.
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2016 TESLA MODEL S- BEVERLY HILLS, CA
A TESLA HAS JUST CRASHED INTO A GARAGE AND THEN CAUGHT FIRE: HTTP://WWW.OCREGISTER.COM/2017/08/25/TESLA-SLAMS-INTO-LAKE-FOREST-GARAGE-SEVERELY-DAMAGING-IT-AND-SPARKING-A-FIRE/ PICTURES (ATTACHED) SHOW THAT A COMPLETE WHEEL AND SUSPENSION SNAPPED OFF THE CAR BEFORE IT CHARGED INTO THE GARAGE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE.
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2016 TESLA MODEL S- BEVERLY HILLS, CA
HERE IS A REPORT OF A TESLA CRASH IN GERMANY: HTTP://WWW.NACHRICHTEN.AT/OBEROESTERREICH/TESLA-KRACHTE-IN-LINZER-FRUEHVERKEHR-GEGEN-STRASSENLATERNE;ART4,2601196 AND A YOUTUBE VIDEO: HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=X0E5OB5X9AK THE DRIVER REPORTS THAT THE STEERING SUDDENLY LOCKED UP. THE VIDEO SHOWS THAT THE LH FRONT WHEEL IS PUSHED UP AND BACK IN THE WHEEL WELL AND THAT THE SUSPENSION HAS COLLAPSED. THIS SIDE OF THE CAR DID NOT HIT THE POLE AND IS UNDAMAGED APART FROM THE COLLAPSED SUSPENSION. THERE HAVE BEEN DOZENS OF SIMILAR INCIDENTS IN WHICH THE TESLA SUSPENSION HAS COLLAPSED. THERE ARE NO BUMP STOPS ON THE TESLA SUSPENSION AND A SIMPLE AIR LEAK CAN CAUSE A DISASTER. THIS INCIDENT COULD EASILY HAVE CAUSED A FATALITY. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS INCIDENT. THANK YOU. I AM NOT A TESLA OWNER JUST A CONCERNED CITIZEN.
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2016 TESLA MODEL S- IRVINE, CA
OUR 2016 TESLA MODEL S DROPPED THE LEFT REAR WHEEL COMPLETELY WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ON FREEWAY 5 NORTH BOUND LAST SATURDAY NIGHT (08/19/2017) IN SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO AREA, RIGHT BEFORE EXIT 81. THE ROAD IS SMOOTH AND WITHOUT BUMP OR SHARP TURN. ALL OTHER CARS WAS ABLE TO RUN BY NORMALLY. THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL ALSO LOST A LOCKING NUT. THE ACCIDENT WAS VERY DANGEROUS, VERY SCARY! WE JUST HAD A ROUTINE SERVICE AT TESLA SERVICE CENTER THIS JUNE.
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2016 TESLA MODEL S- BEVERLY HILLS, CA
THERE WAS A FATAL CRASH IN HAWAII ON JUNE12TH THIS YEAR. HTTP://KHON2.COM/2017/06/12/WAIMANALO-MAN-KILLED-IN-CRASH-ON-PALI-HWY/ THE TESLA DRIVER CLAIMS THAT HE WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY A SPEEDING SUV WHICH THEN LOST CONTROL AND OVERTURNED KILLING THE DRIVER OF THAT VEHICLE. PHOTOGRAPHS AT THE CRASH SITE SHOW THE TESLA HAVING LOST THE LH BACK WHEEL. THE TESLA HAS NOW SHOWN UP IN THE SALVAGE YARD: HTTPS://WWW.COPART.COM/LOT/32722527/PHOTOS THE CAR IS UNDAMAGED APART FROM HAVING LOST A WHEEL. IT WAS NOT HIT FROM BEHIND. IT IS ABSOLUTELY CLEAR THAT THE TESLA LOST A WHEEL WITHOUT ANY IMPACT DAMAGE AND THAT THE SUV WAS FORCED TO SWERVE TO AVOID THE TESLA MAKING THAT DRIVER LOSE CONTROL AND ROLL OVER CAUSING HIS DEATH. PLEASE RECALL THESE CARS BEFORE MORE INNOCENT LIVES ARE LOST. I AM FILING THESE REPORTS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. A DUMMY USA ADDRESS HAS BEEN USED TO SATISFY YOUR WEBSITE REQUIREMENTS. MY GENUINE CONTACT DETAILS ARE SUPPLIED WITH THIS SUBMISSION.
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2016 TESLA MODEL S- BEVERLY HILLS, CA
THIS A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE TESLA AUTOPILOT. HERE IS A VIDEO OF AN OWNER IN GERMANY: HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=7WHDLTTCUPM HE DRIVES AT HIGH SPEED ON THE AUTOBAHN AND ON NARROW UNDIVIDED ROADS USING AUTOPILOT WITH HIS HANDS NOWHERE NEAR THE WHEEL. HE ALSO FIDDLES WITH THE CENTRE SCREEN AND EVEN USES A HAND HELD MOBILE PHONE. THE IRRESPONSIBLE MARKETING OF THIS AUTOPILOT BY TESLA AND THE CLAIMS OF "40% SAFER THAN A HUMAN DRIVER" HAVE CAUSED OWNERS TO HAVE MISPLACED CONFIDENCE IN THE AUTOPILOT. DRIVERS OF ONCOMING VEHICLES AND OTHER ROAD-USERS DID NOT GIVE PERMISSION FOR THIS DANGEROUS EXPERIMENT. IN EVERY CASE WHERE THERE HAS BEEN A FATAL CRASH TESLA HAVE CLAIMED THAT AUTOPILOT WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE. THIS CLAIM MAKES IT EVEN MORE PROBABLE THAT OWNERS WILL DRIVE HANDS FREE AND TRUST IN THE HIGHLY DANGEROUS SO CALLED AUTOPILOT. PLEASE TAKE ACTION.
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2016 TESLA MODEL S- BEVERLEY HILLS, CA
HERE IS ANOTHER TESLA IN THE JUNKYARD: HTTPS://WWW.SALVAGERESELLER.COM/CARS-FOR-SALE/33536617-2016-TESLA-MODEL-S-AUSTELL-GA IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. NO AIR-BAGS HAVE DEPLOYED. THE BACK LH WHEEL AND COMPLETE SUSPENSION HAS BEEN RIPPED OFF AND APPEARS TO HAVE EXITED OUTWARDS PUSHING OUT THE BODYWORK. THIS IS A SIMILAR FAILURE TO MANY OTHER TESLAS THAT HAVE SHED WHEELS FOR NO GOOD REASON. THE FACT THAT MANY DRIVERS ARE USING AUTOPILOT HANDS FREE MAKES THIS SITUATION EVEN MORE DANGEROUS. PLEASE INVESTIGATE,
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