2016 TESLA MODEL S Complaints

HERE IS A TESLA IN THE JUNKYARD. IT IS IN IMMACULATE CONDITION EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT THE BACK LH WHEEL HAS GONE WHOMPY. THE WHEEL AND TIRE ARE UNDAMAGED AND IT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE THAT THE CAR COULD HAVE HAD AN IMPACT THAT WOULD BREAK THE SUSPENSION WITHOUT EVEN BREAKING A SPOKE OF THE WHEEL. THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 100 SIMILAR FAILURES AND SOME OF THEM HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS CRASHES. PLEASE ACT IMMEDIATELY TO RECALL THESE DANGEROUS VEHICLES. DATE OF INCIDENT IS AN APPROXIMATION. I AM NOT THE OWNER SIMPLY A CONCERNED CITIZEN.

COMPLAINANT, A PHYSICIAN, HAD TAKEN DELIVERY OF A 2016 TESLA MODEL S ON DECEMBER 22, 2016. THE FOLLOWING DAY, SHE PULLED INTO HER DRIVEWAY AT HOME AND BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. WITH HER FOOT STILL ON THE BRAKE, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN FROM A STOPPED POSITION TO SPEEDS OF BETWEEN 40-60 MPH. THE VEHICLE PLOWED THROUGH THE BRICKS OF HER DRIVEWAY, THROUGH SHRUBS SEPARATING HER PROPERTY FROM HER NEIGHBOR, WENT THROUGH AND ACROSS THE NEIGHBOR'S YARD AND ONTO AND ADJOINING STREET, WHERE IT COLLIDED WITH A TRUCK.

UPDATE TO THE INDIANAPOLIS CRASH THAT KILLED TWO PEOPLE. THIS REPORT CLAIMS THAT BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE INTOXICATED. HTTP://WWW.CBSNEWS.COM/NEWS/TESLA-DRIVER-DOUBLE-FATAL-CRASH-INTOXICATED-INDIANAPOLIS-POLICE/ HOWEVER, THIS OTHER REPORT SUGGESTS THAT TESTS ON BADLY BURNED VICTIMS MAY BE UNRELIABLE. HTTP://KILLINGKILLERS.BLOGSPOT.COM.AU/P/BLOOD-ALCOHOL-CONTENT-FFECT.HTML NOT WITHSTANDING THESE REPORTS THE PHOTOGRAPHS PUBLISHED HERE HTTP://WWW.INDYSTAR.COM/STORY/NEWS/CRIME/2017/02/08/TESLA-MODEL-S-CRASH-INVESTIGATION-DRUNKEN-DRIVING-INDIANAPOLIS/97597708/ SHOW THAT THE TESLA HAS COMPLETELY DISINTEGRATED AND THAT ALL OF THE WHEELS HAVE SNAPPED OFF WITH SOME OF THE WHEELS SHOWING SIGNS OF DAMAGE WHILST ROTATING. BEARING IN MIND THE MANY REPORTS OF FAILED TESLA SUSPENSIONS AND PROBLEMS WITH SPEED CONTROL IT IS POSSIBLE THAT MECHANICAL FAILURE PAID A CONTRIBUTING PART. THE ALMOST COMPLETE DISINTEGRATION OF THE CAR IS IN STARK CONTRAST TO THE CLAIMS MADE BY TESLA THAT IT IS THE SAFEST CAR IN THE WORLD. PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW THE FACT THAT THE OCCUPANTS MIGHT HAVE BEEN IMPAIRED BY ALCOHOL PRECLUDE AN INVESTIGATION INTO POSSIBLE DEFECTS IN THE TESLA THAT MAY HAVE PLAYED A PART IN THIS CRASH.

I WAS STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT ON MY WAY TO WORK AROUND 8AM ON A VERY CROWDED CITY STREET. AS THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I SLOWLY PRESSED ON THE GAS TO MOVE FORWARD AND THE CAR TOOK OFF AT TOP SPEED. I HIT THE BRAKE BUT THE CAR DID NOT RESPOND - IT DID NOT SLOW DOWN OR STOP, NOR DID ANY ALARM, EITHER VISUAL OR AUDITORY, GO OFF INSIDE THE CAR. TO HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND THEN HAD TO SWERVE TO AVOID HITTING DOZENS OF CARS IN MY PATH. I GRAZED PAST A LAMP POST, ANOTHER CAR AND FINALLY CRASHED INTO A TREE.

HERE IS A TESLA EXHIBITING "TRUCK LUST" AND VEERING TOWARDS LARGE VEHICLES. HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=LT67BQDRW-K THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED ON THE FORUMS BY MANY DRIVERS WHO HAVE HAD NEAR MISSES. HTTPS://TESLAMOTORSCLUB.COM/TMC/THREADS/TRUCK-LUST-IS-A-REAL-THING.84359/ PLEASE STOP THIS IRRESPONSIBLE EXPERIMENT BEFORE MORE PEOPLE DIE. PLEASE NOTE THAT I AM NOT THE OWNER BUT I AM A CONCERNED CITIZEN WHO SHARES THE ROADS WITH THESE CARS. FICTITIOUS US ADDRESS USED TO COMPLY WITH YOUR WEBSITE REQUIREMENTS. MY GENUINE CONTACT DETAILS ARE SUPPLIED WITH THIS SUBMISSION.

THIS IS A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE TESLA AUTOPILOT. PLEASE WATCH THIS VIDEO: HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=0_TTKKKI0O8 THE CAR IS VEERING ALL OVER THE ROAD AND RANDOMLY SLOWING AND ACCELERATING CREATING A HUGE HAZARD TO OTHER DRIVERS. THIS WAS FILMED IN UK BUT THIS CAR AND AUTOPILOT IS SOLD ALL OVER THE WORLD. IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THIS CRAZY EXPERIMENT CLAIMS ANOTHER LIFE. PLEASE STOP THIS MADNESS RIGHT NOW.

THOUGH I INDICATED TODAY'S DATE FOR THE EVENT, HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES (AT LEAST 15) SINCE I TOOK DELIVERY OF THE CAR IN SEPTEMBER. I WOULD SAY ON AVERAGE IT OCCURS APPROX 1X PER WEEK, WHEN MANY SYSTEMS FAIL AND I GET MULTIPLE WARNINGS SCROLLING ACROSS THE DASH, FOLLOWED BY "CAR NEEDS SERVICE." THESE INCLUDE "ABS NEEDS SERVICE", "TIRE PRESSURE SYSTEM DISABLED", "STABILITY CONTROL DISABLED" "TRACTION CONTROL DISABLED" "PARK ASSIST DISABLED" "REGENERATIVE BRAKING DISABLED" "AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING DISABLED" "CONTACT TESLA SERVICE." IN ADDITION THE STEERING IS LESS RESPONSIVE. FURTHERMORE, TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME THE "DRIVE SELECTOR STICK" THAT SELECTS DRIVE, PARK, REVERSE, NEUTRAL WAS UNRESPONSIVE WHEN STARTING. THEN WENT IN TO NEUTRAL. FINALLY AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS IT WENT IN TO REVERSE. THIS MOST FREQUENTLY HAPPENS WHEN STARTING THE CAR, BUT SOMETIMES OCCURS WHEN IN MOTION DRIVING, AT UNPREDICTABLE TIMES. THEY HAVE HAD THE CAR IN TO SERVICE A COUPLE TIMES. MOST RECENTLY THEY HAD THE CAR FROM NOVEMBER 26TH UNTIL JANUARY 2ND, AND ASSURED ME THAT THEY CORRECTED THE PROBLEM 100%. WHICH THEY DID NOT. *TR

HERE IS A TESLA IN THE JUNKYARD. HTTPS://WWW.COPART.COM/LOT/35774366/PHOTOS?RESULTINDEX=8&TOTALRECORDS=20&BACKTO=%2FLOTSEARCHRESULTS%2F%3FFREE%3DTRUE&QUERY=TESLA&QUERY=TESLA&DISPLAYSTR=SEARCH%20RESULTS&VIEWEDLOT=35774366 IT HAS BEEN IN A SERIOUS CRASH. THE CAR SHOWS THE SIGNS OF COLLAPSED SUSPENSION THAT HAS CAUSED ALL WHEELS TO BE JAMMED UP IN THE WHEEL WELLS. THE FRONT RH WHEEL ASSEMBLY HAS SNAPPED OFF COMPLETELY AND THE WHEEL/TIRE DAMAGE SUGGEST THAT THE COLLAPSE OCCURED WHILST THE CAR WAS STILL DRIVING FORWARD PRIOR TO IMPACT. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS AND ALSO THE MANY SIMILAR INCIDENTS. PLEASE NOTE THAT I AM NOT THE OWNER JUST A CONCERNED CITIZEN. DATE IS AN APPROXIMATION. INJURIES REPORTED ARE AN ESTIMATION BASED ON THE SEVERITY OF THE CRASH. *TR

HERE IS A TESLA IN THE SALVAGE YARD. HTTPS://M.IAAI.COM/VEHICLEDETENC.ASPX?AUCTIONID=0&ITEMID=23919966&ROWID=7&PAGESOURCE=VEHICLERESULTS# THE FRONT LH WHEEL IS SKEWED INWARDS AND OVER AT AN ANGLE WHILST THE RH WHEEL IS POINTING STRAIGHT FORWARD. THIS INDICATES A BROKEN STEERING OR SUSPENSION COMPONENT. THERE IS NO DAMAGE TO THE WHEEL AND TIRE AND NO EVIDENCE OF AN IMPACT HARD ENOUGH TO HAVE BROKEN THE SUSPENSION. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY OTHER CASES WHERE TESLA SUSPENSIONS HAVE SNAPPED. PLEASE INVESTIGATE. PLEASE NOTE: I AM NOT THE OWNER, MERELY A CONCERNED CITIZEN. DATE REPORTED IS AN ESTIMATION. EXACT DATE OF INCIDENT IS UNKNOWN TO ME.

THIS IS ANOTHER COMPLAINT ABOUT THE TESLA SUSPENSION WEAKNESS. HERE ARE 3 MORE EXAMPLES OF BACK WHEELS THAT HAVE SKEWED OVER WITHOUT HAVING BEEN IN ANY COLLISION. THERE IS A DISCUSSION THREAD ON THE NORWEGIAN FORUM ELBILFORUM.NO GOOGLE - SKREVET AV EMNE: BRUKKET BAKAKSEL QUOTE: TODAY BROKE THE REAR AXLE! POUR INTO THE INCIDENT THAT IT HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY TO THE AIRPORT BUT JUST DOWN THE STREET WHEN I WAS ON MY WAY HOME. JADE ME BACK. BUT - BROKEN AXLE, THEN? AND ALTHOUGH P85 + IS A ROCKET I'M ACTUALLY A MODERATE MIDDLE-AGED-PLUS DRIVER WHO HAS COVERED AKSELRASJINSBEHOV. WONDER IF THERE ARE OTHERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED BROKEN AXLE SPEED? HAVE TRIED TO FIND SOMETHING ON THE THEME OF THE FORUM BUT DID NOT FOLLOW UP SOMETHING. IS THERE AN EXHAUSTED TOPIC SO SORRY I POST.. I HAVE ATTACHED 4 PHOTOS OF CARS WITH BROKEN AXLES THAT WERE POSTED ON THE NORWEGIAN FORUM. THIS IS A HIGHLY DANGEROUS SITUATION BUT NO WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED TO OWNERS AND THE FORUM POSTERS ARE ABUSING ANY OWNERS THAT DARE TO POST COMPLAINTS. PLEASE TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION. *TR