2016 TESLA MODEL X Complaints

WINDSHIELD SUFFERS FROM A "DOUBLE VISION" PROBLEM THAT IS NOTICEABLY PRONOUNCED AT NIGHT TIME WITH ONCOMING HEADLIGHTS, STREETLIGHTS, ETC. SEEMS TO BE A COMMONLY REPORTED ITEM IN ONLINE DISCUSSION FORUMS, AND MAY POSE A SAFETY PROBLEM WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT BY CAUSING DRIVER CONFUSION.

HERE IS A MODEL X IN THE SALVAGE YARD. IT IS ALMOST BRAND NEW BUT THE FRONT SUSPENSION HAS FALLEN APART. HTTPS://M.IAAI.COM/VEHICLEDETENC.ASPX?AUCTIONID=0&ITEMID=22034238&ROWID=36&PAGESOURCE=VEHICLERESULTS# THE CLOSE UP PHOTOGRAPH REVEALS A LOWER SUSPENSION BALL JOINT THAT HAS FALLEN APART. THERE IS NO COLLISION DAMAGE THAT COULD ACCOUNT FOR THIS. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER URGENTLY. YOU HAVE OVER 20 REPORTS FILED FOR MODEL S SUSPENSION FAILURES AND NOW WITH A MERE HANDFUL OF THE MODEL X ON THE ROAD THE SAME FAILURE HAS HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS CAR IS UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED.

THIS IS A COMPLAINT IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC SAFETY. HERE IS ANOTHER DEFECT IN THE TESLA MODEL X WHICH SEEMS TO INDICATE A FAILURE TO PROPERLY TEST THE VEHICLE BEFORE IT IS RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC. THE VIN IS A MADE UP ONE TO SATISFY YOUR WEB-SITE. THERE IS A THREAD RUNNING ON TESLA FORUM COMPLAINING OF DOUBLE OR TRIPLE VISION EFFECTS CAUSED BY THE WINDSCREEN. HTTPS://TESLAMOTORSCLUB.COM/TMC/THREADS/DOUBLE-VISION-AT-NIGHT-THROUGH-WINDSHIELD.60997/PAGE-2 SAMPLE: (EDITED FOR BREVITY) I AM SURPRISED THAT TESLA IS ORDERING YOU A NEW WINDSHIELD. I KIND OF EXPECTED THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH ALL THE WINDSHIELDS. ONCE YOU NOTICE THE BRIGHT DOTS FLOATING ABOVE SUN REFLECTIONS ON CARS, IT IS PRETTY DISTRACTING. (EVEN MORE DISTRACTING, MY POLAROID SUNGLASSES MAKE THE REFRACTED IMAGES BRIGHT GREEN). I WEAR POLAROID SUNGLASSES TO FIX A DIFFERENT DESIGN PROBLEM ON THE X, NAMELY THAT THE REFLECTION IN THE WINDSHIELD CREATES A HORIZONTAL LINE RIGHT ACROSS THE CENTER OF MY VISION. I AM SURPRISED THIS SUBTLE DESIGN PROBLEM WAS NOT NOTICED. ELEXTRONS, YESTERDAY AT 8:13 AM I NOTICED THIS ANNOYING DOUBLE IMAGE PROBLEM (ACTUALLY TRIPLE IMAGE IF LIGHT SOURCE IS BRIGHT ENOUGH). I SEE IT DURING THE DAY ON VERY BRIGHT SPECULAR HIGHLIGHT REFLECTIONS OF THE SUN. THIS IS ON A MODEL X DELIVERED LATE IN MARCH. I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM AND FOUND THIS THREAD. I FIRST NOTICED THE ISSUE WHEN LOOKING AT A BUNCH OF CARS STOPPED AT A STOPLIGHT FAR AHEAD OF ME, BUT IT WAS IN BRIGHT SUNSHINE AND THE BACKS OF THE CARS WERE GLINTING. THIS CAUSED VERY BRIGHT, SHARP GREEN DOTS FLOATING ABOVE THE CARS AT ABOUT THE PERCEIVED HEIGHT OF THE STOP LIGHTS. IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WERE MORE GREEN LIGHTS ON THE STOP LIGHTS THAN THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AND THAT WAS WHAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION. NOTE; NOT JUST DOUBLE VISION, GREEN/RED COLOR SHIFT ALSO

THIS IS A COMPLAINT MADE IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC SAFETY. THE VIN IS A RANDOM NUMBER AND NOT THE ACTUAL VEHICLE INVOLVED. THERE ARE MANY REPORTS OF PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT DOORS AND FALCON DOORS FAILING TO OPEN OR CLOSE CORRECTLY. HERE IS A REPORT FROM AN OWNER WHOSE FALCON DOORS OPENED INADVERTENTLY WHILST THE CAR WAS IN MOTION (EXITING HIS GARAGE) CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE. HTTPS://TESLAMOTORSCLUB.COM/TMC/THREADS/FALCON-WINGS-OPEN-FROM-KEY-FOB-SIGNAL-WHILE-DRIVING.67429/ "HOW IT HAPPENED - THE SHORT VERSION ON THE SECOND DAY OF OWNING MY TESLA X, I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL IT OUT OF MY GARAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. I ENTERED MY TESLA X THROUGH THE DRIVER'S DOOR, SAT DOWN AND CLOSED THE DOOR, PULLED THE CAR INTO DRIVE AND BEGAN TO ROLL FORWARD. AS I MOVED FORWARD ABOUT 3-5 FEET ON TO THE DRIVEWAY I HEARD A CRUNCHING OF GLASS. I STOPPED AND BACKED UP A FEW FEW FEET, GOT OUT AND SAW THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE FALCON WING DOOR HAD ATTEMPTED TO OPEN JUST AS I HAD TRIED TO ROLL THROUGH THE NARROW GARAGE DOOR OPENING. THE DOOR HAD CAUGHT THE GARAGE DOOR FRAME AND IT WAS BROKEN AND BENT. YOUR DATA LOGS REPORT THAT THE SIGNAL THAT INSTRUCTED THAT DOOR TO OPEN AT THE MOMENT CAME FROM THE KEY FOB. THAT KEY FOB WAS IN MY FRONT LEFT POCKET AND CAN ONLY HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED INADVERTENTLY BY SOMEHOW BEING PINCHED IN MY POCKET AS I BENT TO SIT IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT. THE WHOLE INCIDENT FROM BEGINNING TO END WAS JUST SEVERAL SECONDS. " MY CONCERN IS THAT TESLA IS PUSHING OUT THE MODEL X IN ORDER TO MEET FINANCIAL DEADLINES WITHOUT CONCERN FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. IT SEEMS THAT THE AUTOMATIC DOORS HAVE FAULTY LATCHES AND/OR CAN SPRING OPEN AT THE WHIM OF A SOFTWARE UPGRADE. I BELIEVE THAT TESLA IS ENJOYING FAR TOO MUCH BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT IN REGARD TO SAFETY BECAUSE IT IS PERCEIVED AS A GREEN ENVIRO-FRIENDLY START UP COMPANY.

FALCON DOORS NOT CLOSING, REAR DRIVER SEAT ELECTRICAL DEAD, WARNING LIGHT BLOCKING BACKUP CAMERA READING REAR SEATS NOT IN PLACE, ALL INSULATION PEELING OFF ABOVE TIRES, BUBBLING PAINT, TRUNK AND SIDE PANELS MISALIGNED SO TILTED TRUNK HOOD AND FINGER GOES IN ONE GAP BUT FINGERNAIL ONLY BARELY IN OTHER SIDE GAP, WAVY INSULATION ALONG REAR, FRONT PASSENGER DOOR MOTOR SPINS. PERMANENT SEAT DEPRESSION IN REAR. STATIONARY TO BACKING UP.