Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2013 Tesla Model S

The contact owns a 2013 Tesla Model S. The contact stated that while attempting to park at approximately 2 mph, the vehicle spontaneously accelerated with the foot on the brake pedal. The contact struck the vehicle in front. The front passenger side of the vehicle was damaged. The police was not present. No injuries were reported. The vehicle was towed to the (Tesla, 6692 auto center dr, buena park, CA 90621), where it was determined that it was vehicle operator error. The contact was informed that it may take approximately a week to get the results from the event data recorder. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 30,000.

Sudden acceleration of the vehicle causing crash. Vehicle was in parking lot. Failure of the mcu causing blank screen.

Sudden unintended acceleration Tesla. I drove my Tesla from work, driving over 35miles during rush hour of the bay area. When I entered my subdivision, I was driving at 10 mph, pulled into my driveway made 90 degrees turn at 5 mph, applied the brakes. Instead of stopping, car sped up at extremely high acceleration. It drove through the garage door, hit maserati parked in the garage, and a motorcycle parked next to it. The maserati trunk was pushed in approx 3 feet, it slid sideways, hit the pillar, smashing driver door and window, slid to the front and hit the motorbike parked next to it. It completely smashed the rear truck, front and side of the maserati. It smashed the front end of the motorcycle. There were fluids front Tesla, maserati, and bike all over the garage. The battery in maserati exploded leaking acid all over the garage. We thought the fuel tank in maserati broke. We had to call 911, dozens of personnel showed up including several fire trucks, police cars, ambulance, hazmat among others. They spend over three hours controlling the situation. They had to cut the garage door to pull out the maserati and Tesla. It was towed to a storage facility nearby. Maserati was declared a total loss. I was completely shaken and have not been able to sleep at all for last three days. What if my kids had been playing in the driveway or in front of the house. After doing some research I found this is not a random instance. There are dozens if not hundreds of similar incidents wherein, when a driver makes a sharp turn into a driveway or garage and applies the brake, rather than slowing down car just decides to speed up like a bullet and goes through the walls or whatever comes its way. I have stopped driving for foreseeable future, I am not going to put my step in another Tesla for my safety and safety of others. Stay away from this unproven technology for your/others.

The contact owned a 2013 Tesla Model S. The contact stated that while stationary with the brake pedal depressed, the vehicle independently accelerated rapidly without warning and crashed into a wall. The air bags deployed. A police report was filed. There were no injuries sustained by the contact. The vehicle was towed and deemed destroyed. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 40,000.

Driver stopped car while pulling into garage with rear wheels on driveway sloping down and away from garage and front wheels just inside garage. Vehicle creep mode in off position. Car at rest. Brake released, and vehicle began rolling backward due to gravity. Accelerator applied, and no initial response, car continued to accelerate backward roll speed, so pedal depressed further (Tesla vehicle logs show 25-50% pedal travel at this point), at which time drive unit quickly engaged at 25-50% of full acceleration resulting in a sudden unintentional forward acceleration. Driver caught by surprise and attempted braking. Unfortunately, vehicle impacted freezer unit in garage destroying the freezer and causing significant vehicle structural damage. This set of operating parameters was reproducible and reliably resulted in a short, but notable, delay in pedal response when rolling backward, resulting in further pedal depression, then followed by a sudden acceleration forward, which was short, but, with the potential to be significant when collision hazards exist nearby. The vehicle operating manual contains no warning regarding this situation. Tesla was made aware and would only comment that the vehicle did not malfunction. While that may be the case, the vehicle design sets up drivers for accidents that might result in injury and property damage when drivers are not warned of the vehicle's response in this unique operating circumstance. At the very least, it seems, Tesla should include a warning to drivers about this situation so that drivers might be ready for sudden accelerations in such instances, or drivers might simply select creep mode on in such situations, which would prevent the sudden acceleration.