2015 TESLA MODEL S Complaints

I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT ON BEHALF OF THE OWNER WHO HAS INDICATED THAT SHE HAS NOT YET FILED A COMPLAINT AND MAY NOT DO SO IF SHE IS SATISFIED WITH THE RESPONSE FROM TESLA. HERE IS THE DISCUSSION THREAD: HTTPS://TESLAMOTORSCLUB.COM/TMC/THREADS/CRACKED-FORELINK.95637/ SNIP : JENNIFERQ, SATURDAY AT 7:15 PM WAS DRIVING YESTERDAY ON THE FREEWAY IN AP IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WITH 3 KIDS IN THE CAR, AND THE CAR STOPS SUDDENLY AND SUCCESSFULLY, BUT THEN A TERRIBLE SOUND EMANATES FROM THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL. KIDS CRYING SO I PULL OFF THE FREEWAY THINKING SOMETHING IS CAUGHT ON THE WHEEL/TIRE TO FIND THE BACK OF THE LF WHEEL WELL COVER LIFTED UP AND PRESSING AGAINST THE TIRE. ONCE ROADSIDE GETS THERE, THE TECH SHOWS ME HOW THE "A ARM" HAS SPLIT AND COME OFF OF THE BALL JOINT AND DROPPED DOWN AND IS INTERFERING WITH THE WHEEL. WOW! SERVICE WAS EXCEPTIONAL. I WAS ABOUT 1 HOUR AWAY FROM THE NEAREST SERVICE CENTER IN FRIDAY AFTERNOON TRAFFIC, BUT ROADSIDE AND A LOANER TESLA (O.G. FROM 2011, SO NOW I UNDERSTAND A LOT MORE ABOUT THE POSTS FROM BEFORE 2015!) SHOWED UP AND WE WERE BACK ON OUR WAY OUT OF TOWN WITHIN ABOUT AN HOUR. BUT, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I WONDER WHAT CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE TESLA TECH SAYS MAYBE IMPROPER TORQUEING OF THE FORELINK. JUST WONDERING IF THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ANYONE ELSE? MY CAR HAS ALMOST 30K MILES AND HAS HAD NO OTHER MECHANICAL ISSUES. VERY UNNERVING, TO SAY THE LEAST, AT WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT IF WE'D BEEN GOING AT SPEED AND THE SUSPENSION HAD COME APART LIKE THIS THEN. THOUGHTS?

WHILE STOPPING QUICKLY ON THE FREEWAY, A TERRIBLE SOUND EMANATED FROM THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL. I PULLED OFF THE FREEWAY THINKING SOMETHING WAS CAUGHT ON THE WHEEL/TIRE TO FIND THE BACK OF THE LF WHEEL WELL COVER LIFTED UP AND PRESSING AGAINST THE TIRE. ONCE ROADSIDE GOT THERE, THE TECH SHOWED ME HOW THE "A ARM" HAD SPLIT AND COME OFF OF THE BALL JOINT AND DROPPED DOWN AND WAS INTERFERING WITH THE WHEEL. SERVICE SAYS "MORE THAN LIKELY THE FORELINKS WERE NOT APPROPRIATELY TORQUED, SO WHILE DRIVE (SIC) THEY BECAME LOOSE AND CRACKED" THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT IF THE A ARM HAD COME LOOSE AT SPEED. WHAT CAUSED THIS?

THIS IS A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE TESLA AEB. HERE IS A CRASH REPORT HTTPS://FORUMS.TESLA.COM/FORUM/FORUMS/MAJOR-AUTO-PILOT-SAFETY-ISSUE#COMMENT-1183233 MAJOR AUTO PILOT SAFETY ISSUE SUBMITTED BY MELISCU ON JUNE 29, 2017 I HAVE (HAD) A 2015 P90 D. IT IS NOW TOTALLED AND I WANTED TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCE WITH AUTO-PILOT. MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE OF THE DEATH THAT OCCURRED LAST YEAR WHEN A TESLA DROVE UNDERNEATH A SEMI. IT WAS EXPLAINED AS HAVING TO DO WITH THE ANGLE OF THE CAR ON A HILL, THE LOCATION OF THE SUN . . . THE CAR SEEING UNDER THE TRUCK . . . WELL, I HAVE RECENTLY HAD TWO EXPERIENCES, BOTH CALLED INTO TESLA, WHERE THE SENSORS DID NOT DETECT ENORMOUS TRUCKS THAT WERE STATIONARY, PERPENDICULAR TO THE LANE OF TRAVEL, AND ENTIRELY BLOCKING THE ROAD. IN THE FIRST INSTANCE AUTOPILOT WOULD HAVE DRIVEN ME DIRECTLY INTO A GARBAGE TRUCK. A GARBAGE TRUCK! AUTOPILOT SIMPLY DID NOT REALIZE IT SHOULD REACT TO A GARBAGE TRUCK BLOCKING THE ROAD. IN THE SECOND INSTANCE A BOX TRUCK MISJUDGED ITS TURNING RADIUS AND STOPPED PERPENDICULAR TO MY LANE. AGAIN, AUTOPILOT DID NOT RECOGNIZE THAT IT SHOULD REACT TO THIS ENORMOUS OBSTACLE, AND DROVE STRAIGHT INTO THE CAB OF THE TRUCK (ALMOST, I REACTED AT THE LAST MOMENT AND MANAGED TO AVOID THE CAB, DRIVING INTO THE CARGO AREA INSTEAD). YES, AS THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE WE MAINTAIN RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT OUR VEHICLES ARE DOING. THAT SAID, WE PLACE SOME DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE THAT THE SOFTWARE THAT POWERS OUR VEHICLES IS GENERALLY IN GOOD ORDER AND ABLE TO PERFORM IN A BASIC SENSE . . . WHICH IS TO SAY RECOGNIZE MAJOR OBSTACLES AND SLOW TO A STOP. IF YOU HAVE OR USE AUTOPILOT, PLEASE BE AWARE THAT IT APPEARS TO HAVE A MAJOR FLAW. IT DOES NOT SEE PERPENDICULAR TRUCKS BLOCKING THE LANE OF TRAVEL. BE CAREFUL. DO NOT PUT ANY RELIANCE ON THE VEHICLE TO BE AWARE OF THESE TYPES OF RISKS. MY VEHICLE IS TOTALLED. PLEASE INVESTGATE.

HERE IS ANOTHER TESLA IN THE JUNKYARD. HTTPS://WWW.IAAI.COM/VEHICLE?ITEMID=24196330&ROWNUMBER=59&LOADRECENT=TRUE THE FRONT RH SUSPENSION HAS COLLAPSED. THE RH FRONT WHEEL IS SLICED IN HALF. THE TIRE ON THE RH FRONT WHEEL HAS THE TREAD BADLY WORN AWAY. THIS IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE NORMAL WEAR PATTERN ON SUCH A RELATIVELY NEW CAR. IT LOOKS FAR MORE LIKE IT WAS CAUSED BY THE SUSPENSION COLLAPSE FORCING THE WHEEL UP AGAINST THE BODYWORK. THERE IS A RIDICULOUS NUMBER OF TESLAS SHOWING UP AS SALVAGE WRECKS. THE INSURERS WOULD PROBABLY PLACE THE BLAME ON TESLA HAVING A MECHANICAL DEFECT. IT IS MY BELIEF THAT TESLA IS MAKING DEALS WITH THE INSURERS AND OWNERS TO COVER UP THESE PROBLEMS. PLEASE INVESTIGATE.

DRIVING WEST ON HAMPDEN AVE TOWARDS INTERSECTION AT TAMARAC ST. GOING THE SPEED LIMIT, & RELEASED THE ACCELERATOR SO THAT "ENGINE BRAKING" WOULD SLOW THE CAR. BUT I WAS SLOWING DOWN FASTER THAN NECESSARY WITH ~100 YARDS REMAINING TO REACH THE INTERSECTION. I LIGHTLY PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR TO STOP ENGINE BRAKING BRIEFLY, THEN RELEASED THE ACCELERATOR TO REINSTATE "ENGINE BRAKING". INSTEAD OF SLOWING, MY CAR BEGAN TO WILDLY ACCELERATE. ALARMED AT THE INCREASING SPEED OF THE CAR, AS I WAS RAPIDLY APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION WHERE THE SIGNAL WAS RED, (ANOTHER CAR WAS ALREADY STOPPED AT THE SIGNAL). QUICKLY APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT CAR WAS TRAVELING TOO FAST TO AVOID IMPACT WITH THE OTHER CAR. OTHER CAR WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED, THOUGH IT SEEMED UNLIKELY (BASED ON COMMENTS FROM THE PARAMEDICS & POLICE) THAT THE OTHER DRIVER & PASSENGER WERE INJURED, BUT WERE TRANSPORTED TO AN ER TO BE CHECKED. I WAS SO STUNNED AT WHAT HAD HAPPENED THAT I INITIALLY THOUGHT I MAY HAVE PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR RATHER THAN THE BRAKE ( I'VE NEVER DONE THAT IN MY 55 YEARS OF DRIVING). BUT 2 DAYS LATER, AFTER MY MIND HAD CLEARED, I COULD RECALL THE DETAILS OF THE SITUATION, AND I'M CONVINCED THAT THE ACTUAL EVENTS OCCURRED IN THE ORDER DESCRIBED ABOVE. ANOTHER PIECE OF INFORMATION: 2 TIMES WITHIN THE PRIOR WEEK, WHEN GETTING INTO MY CAR (AWAY FROM MY HOME), THE CAR INDICATED "PREPARING TO DRIVE" OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT (NOT A MESSAGE I NORMALLY SEE), THE MESSAGE PERSISTED, SO BOTH TIMES I HAD TO REBOOT THE COMPUTER SYSTEM, TO MAKE THE CAR DRIVE-ABLE. COULD THIS BE AT ALL RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT ON JUNE 9TH? [THE CAR ,CURRENTLY IN A BODY SHOP, LOGS THE DRIVING HISTORY, AND MAY BE ABLE TO SUPPORT, OR NOT SUPPORT, MY MEMORY OF WHAT HAPPENED. IT MAY HELP TO DIFFERENTIATE WHETHER THIS WAS A COMPUTER HARDWARE/SOFTWAREOR MECHANICAL GLITCH, VS OPERATOR ERROR.]

HERE IS ANOTHER TESLA IN THE JUNKYARD WITH A SNAPPED OFF BACK WHEEL. HTTPS://WWW.IAAI.COM/VEHICLE?ITEMID=25122928&ROWNUMBER=51&LOADRECENT=TRUE PICTURES SHOW THAT NO AIRBAGS HAVE DEPLOYED, CAR HAS NOT BEEN IN A CRASH. THE SUSPENSION COMPONENTS HAVE SIMPLY SNAPPED OFF AS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES BEFORE ON TESLA CARS. THE SUSPENSION GIBLETS ARE FAR TOO WEAK FOR A CAR OF THIS POWER AND PERFORMANCE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE.

HERE IS A REPORT OF A TESLA INVOLVED IN A CRASH. HTTP://BGR.COM/2017/05/23/TESLA-CRASH-PHOTOS-WALK-AWAY/ I AM FILING THIS REPORT AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN BECAUSE I THINK THE OWNER WILL NOT MAKE A COMPLAINT HIMSELF SINCE TESLA OWNERS ARE OFTEN TSLA SHAREHOLDERS AND ARE UNWILLING TO MAKE ANY CRITICISM. TWO THINGS TO NOTE: THE BACK WHEEL FLEW OFF AND NEARLY KILLED A BYSTANDER. THE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AND A PASSENGER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. PLEASE SEE ATTACHED FILES FROM A FACEBOOK PAGE IN WHICH THE OWNER DESCRIBES THE CRASH.

HERE IS A BURNED OUT TESLA IN THE JUNKYARD. HTTPS://WWW.IAAI.COM/VEHICLE?ITEMID=24822571&ROWNUMBER=40&LOADRECENT=TRUE THE FRONT LH WHEEL IS JAMMED BACK IN THE WHEEL ARCH. THE FRONT LH TIRE SHOWS SIGNS OF HAVING BEEN GOUGED WHILE IT WAS STILL ROTATING. THE LOWER SUSPENSION ARM IS LYING ON THE GROUND. A WHEEL LINER IS LYING INSIDE THE CAR BUT IT IS NOT FIRE DAMAGED. THIS STRONGLY SUGGESTS THAT IT WAS RECOVERED FROM THE ROADWAY AND IS FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT SUSPENSION FAILURE CAUSED THE WHEEL TO JAM UP INTO THE WELL AND WAS THE MAIN CAUSE OF THE CRASH. THE TESLA SUSPENSIONS ARE FAILING FAR TO OFTEN AND THE FIRE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN SOLVED BY THE FLIMSY TITANIUM BATTERY SHIELDS. PLEASE INVESTIGATE.

HERE IS A TESLA IN THE JUNKYARD. HTTPS://WWW.IAAI.COM/VEHICLE?ITEMID=24470024&ROWNUMBER=21&LOADRECENT=TRUE THE SUSPENSION HAS COLLAPSED ON ALL FOUR WHEELS. THE FRONT RH WHEEL AND SUSPENSION HAS BEEN COMPLETELY WRENCHED OFF. THE FRONT OF THE CAR IS VIRTUALLY UNDAMAGED. THIS IS ALMOST CERTAINLY ANOTHER CASE OF THE AIR SUSPENSION FAILING AND (DUE TO THE BADLY DESIGNED SUSPENSION NOT BEING FITTED WITH BUMP STOPS) ALL THE DAMAGE TO THE CAR IS SELF-INFLICTED. THERE IS A PATTERN OF FAILURE IN THESE CARS WHICH IS PLACING LIVES AT RISK. PLEASE INVESTIGATE. (NOT THE OWNER, JUST A CONCERNED CITIZEN)

HERE IS A BURNED OUT TESLA IN THE JUNKYARD HTTPS://WWW.IAAI.COM/VEHICLE?ITEMID=24822571&ROWNUMBER=3&LOADRECENT=TRUE THE FRONT LH WHEEL IS JAMMED BACK INTO THE BATTERY. THE TREAD ON THE TIRE IS WORN AWAY WHICH INDICATES THAT THE WHEEL WAS JAMMED BACK AGAINST THE BATTERY WHILE THE CAR WAS STILL ROLLING FORWARD. IT IS HIGHLY PROBABLE THAT SUSPENSION FAILURE WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. DESPITE ASSURANCES TO THE CONTRARY FIRES ARE STILL HAPPENING ALL TOO FREQUENTLY IN THE TESLA. A RECENT CRASH IN CHINA RESULTED IN THE TESLA EXPLODING IN FLAMES AND THE BACK SEAT PASSENGERS ONLY NARROWLY ESCAPED INCINERATION.: HTTPS://ELECTREK.CO/2017/04/23/TESLA-MODEL-X-FIRE-CRASH-FALCON-WING-DOORS-STUCK/ I AM FILING THESE REPORTS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. OWNERS BELIEVE THE TESLA IS THE SAFEST CAR IN THE WORLD. JUDGING BY THE HUNDREDS OF TESLAS THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN SERIOUS ACCIDENTS THIS APPEARS TO BE A MYTH. PLEASE INVESTIGATE.