Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2016 Tesla Model S

I was stopped, preparing to pull into my garage, when the car accelerated rapidly and smashed through my wall, breaking freezer & sheving unit in my garage. It also damaged many items in the bathroom and laundry room, doors, and walls on other side of garage wall. This is the 2nd incident, in 2019 the same thing happened on a street. I was stopped in traffic and when I started to move the car accelerated and hit the car in front of me. After the first incident I did not file a claim. Tesla was certain that I had accidentally pressed the accelerator instead of brake, and accepted that. In both incidents the car felt as though it was flying, the car was moving so fast.

I was traveling on a two-lane divided highway when I accelerated to pass a vehicle to my right. As I passed the vehicle and released my foot off the accelerator pedal, my car continued to accelerate at a high rate of speed. Unsure of the reason for this continued acceleration, I put the transmission into neutral and coasted to match the speed of the surrounding traffic. Arriving at the next traffic light, I put the transmission back into drive and the rapid acceleration stopped. I was able to go back to my home and inspect the accelerator pedal and its surroundings. Upon inspecting these, I observed that the driver's side floor mat directly below the accelerator pedal was raised up from its normally flat position on the car floor enough to catch the accelerator pedal and keep it depressed. When I turned over the floor mat, I saw that a circular piece of velcro attached to the underside of the floor mat, had lost its adhesiveness causing it to detach from the floor mat and bunch up under the floor mat below the accelerator pedal. This bunching up was enough to raise the floor mat to a sufficient height to catch the pedal. Had I not kept cool and put the transmission into neutral, I shudder to think of the wreckage and carnage which may have ensued. This car advertises acceleration at a very high rate of speed; 0-60 mph in a mere 5. 5 seconds. That is hardly enough time to react to such a frightening situation! curious about how other car brands deal with driver's side floor mats, I noticed that most cars driver's side floor mats are safely clear of the accelerator pedals. Not so with my 2016 Tesla Model S. I believe it to be a major design flaw which should be reviewed expeditiously and corrected by Tesla as soon as possible before a tragic outcome ensues. I have removed my driver's side floor mat to prevent such a terrifying scenario from happening again. Thank you.

The contact owned a 2016 Tesla Model S. The contact stated that the vehicle experience an unintended acceleration while parking in the driveway. The vehicle accelerated and crashed into the garage wall. The contact stated that after the impact, several warning lights illuminated. The contact and passengers did not sustain injuries. The insurance towed the vehicle to an independent mechanic. The contact was unaware of the diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 29,000. The VIN was not available.

While in reverse backing up to a charge station in a covered parking lot, the car went into sudden acceleration and failed to stop and collided with the charge station and the wall next to it. None of the warning lights or sounds went off either. Although the car has, on several occasions demonstrated its ability to stop short of colliding with obstacles, it failed to react in this instance. Tesla has ignored our repeated requests for providing an explanation or any evaluation of the logs associated with the car, and has blamed the matter on driver error.

On2/20/18 I was driving up my driveway. Upon reaching the top of the driveway, the car suddenly accelerated by itself resulting in the front of the car hitting the concrete wall in front. I informed Tesla and they claim that the computer showed that I pressed on the accelerator instead of the break. My answer is that I did not pressed on the accelerator. It just accelerated by itself. Aside from me, I have 4 passengers that can attest to this. I have lived in this place since 1986 and this has never happened. Since I have been driving up my driveway for 32 years, it is so routine for me that it is already ritual for me at almost the same speed and when to pressed on the gas and brake pedals the same way every time. This has not happened to my other cars and as my car insurance will show I have not been involved in car accidents for many years. I have not been shown any evidence except what Tesla told me. It is their words versus mine and my 4 other passengers who experienced what actually happened. Case number [xxx] thank you. ('parts of this document have been redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6). ').

My husband was driving my car, we arrived at the parking lot and as he was pulling into a parking space and coming to a stop, the car suddenly accelerated at high speed, went over the cement bumper for the space, over the one for the space in front and hit a parked Saturn in front of us. He is certain that he was braking at the time. We took the car in to Tesla who ran a diagnostic. They advised that the throttle went suddenly from 2% to 97% and then the brake was applied, but when I asked for more details about the approach to the parking space, for a copy of the report they said they would not provide it without a subpoena.

I was attempting to park in front of a retail business when the car suddenly and unexpectedly accelerated. I believe this accident was caused by a malfunction or glitch in the vehicles troubled software for driver assist and/or safety features. Features which are unique to Tesla. The sudden and unexpected acceleration happened with no input to the accelerator pedal. I was lightly braking, intent on coming to a complete stop. I had nearly completed the parking maneuver when the car raced forward, jumped a curb, knocked down a handicapped parking sign, traveled across a walkway and smashed into the front of the business. This happened so fast, I didnt realize what occurred until I could gather my thoughts after the incident. No audible or visual warning of an impending collision were heard or seen. No airbags deployed. Fortunately no one inside the business, no pedestrian nor myself were injured. This could have been a trajic accident. My Tesla sustained over $25,000 in damage and is still in the repair shop. As of this date, no claim has been settled for repairs to the business property. I have uploaded a photo showing the end result of the event.