general problems of the 2016 Tesla Model S

I was parking the car and gently tapped on the accelerator to inch forward. The car accelerated suddenly, crashed into a concrete sign holder, and knocked down a sign, until I was able to stop it using the breaks. The accident caused $5000 worth of damage that I paid out of pocket to fix, since I assumed I must have made a mistake. However when I got the car back a month later, unintended acceleration happened again - under the same circumstances. I was parking and inching forward. I tapped the accelerator and the car accelerated suddenly. This time I was able to stop it before causing any damage. At this point, I knew that the first accident was not my error, since it had now happened again, and I was 100% sure that I did nothing wrong. I looked up "unintended acceleration - Tesla" and found examples of the exact same thing happening while parking. I looked for a fix, and it suggested changing the mode of the car to "creep. " this so far has worked well.

While driving on the highway at maximum speed limit, I had a series of error messages that covered the complete screen. At the same time, my mph dropped to zero although I was traveling probably 70 miles per hour. I had no control over the vehicle, no steering, I had no brakes. There was no way to control the car. Fortunately, I was traveling in a low populated area of the 15 freeway between los angeles and las vegas in the far right lane, as I was preparing to exit less than a mile to a super charger station. I was able to get off that exit but since the odometer had a 0 reading, I had no idea what speed I was still traveling at. When I reached the end of the freeway exit, I was unable to stop the vehicle at the stop sign, running it while attempting with all of my strength to veer to the right on to a desolate road. The only thing that saved the car from running the stop sign at what I can only guess would have been 60 mph was a slight incline in the off ramp which slowed the car to about half that when I managed to make the turn. From there, I coasted to a rolling stop about 200 ft from exit, half on shoulder, half stili on road. I was not able to put the car in park nor see what gear the car was in due to the flashing warnings blocking the display screen. I could not use the hazard lights, the gear shift, power off, open glove box, turn off display, open trunk, as if it was in d. Once exited, no way to get back in the car. Tesla er service only able to tow next a. M. To nearest s c, 85 miles at my expense. Sat in car as getting dark, cold along desolate road with no services, until my ride could get me over 4 hrs or stay in car overnight with temps of 20°. After 2 days at Tesla, told steering rack failed, $4,900. Any other time, I would have plowed into the car in front of me at 70mph with no way to stop or steer away. Only prevented by the empty freeway I just happened to be traveling. Tesla claims to have no idea why this part failed at this low mileage.

My car slams on the brakes consistently at green lights when fsd is activated. This is version 12. 5. 4. 2 of fsd. Tesla is not responding to my inquiries.

The accelerating pedal is the one that was affect it is available upon request for inspection. It put me in danger because while I was driving, it snapped off. Has not been inspected by others. There was no warning lamps and it just happened out of nowhere as well. I was driving.

The contact owns a 2016 Tesla Model S. The contact stated that while turning into a parking spot, there was unintended acceleration of the vehicle; it surged forward, jumped the parking barrier, and crashed into a wall. There were no warning lights illuminated. A police report was filed. There was no reported fire, injuries, or airbag deployment. The vehicle was towed to a body shop. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 93,000.

On September 7th, 2024 around 7:35 pm, my Tesla Model S 2016 suddenly accelerated, smashed in the siding of my house breaking the the siding of the wall and was totaled. All of this happened while my mom was trying to park the car in the garage the car suddenly took off without her pressing the accelerator. I have Tesla to send an engeneer to collect the data of the car in which they said they did but have not yet gotten back to me on the issue. They informed me that they have collected the data on 09/20/2024.

Incident Tesla Model S was up to date on recalls as far as we can tell, including the recent autopilot update via Tesla internet vehicle update releases. While driving in autopilot mode on the freeway in the lane next to the hov lane, the autopilot got confused as to which lane it should keep and failed to maintain its lane. Incident vehicle drifted across the double lines into the hov lane, where another Tesla Model S was driving. Both cars were damaged in the ensuing side bump impact, then the incident vehicle made a slight impact to another car rear bumper in front of the incident vehicle. No injuries were reported. A subsequent traffic crash report was filed as required with CA highway patrol. We are awaiting this report in the mail. Our safety and others was put at risk due to the failure of the autopilot to maintain its lane. Insurance was contacted. The insurance company, usaa, has deemed the incident vehicle (our vehicle) damage too expensive to fix due to the very high cost of replacement/repair parts and has deemed our vehicle a "total loss. " we have not been able to access the software of the vehicle. Since usaa has deemed the vehicle a total loss, they are selling the car for salvage and thus we have no further access to the vehicle for legal purposes. As far as I know, usaa has not pulled the vehicle software records nor has requested such records and has completely ignored the autopilot issue. That is part of the reason for our complaint here as well. Since there were no injuries, legal representation in this case has not been forthcoming. We ask the NHTSA to investigate since we can get no help from Tesla, usaa or any other legal advocate.

Sudden unintended acceleration appeared to cause the Tesla while parking the car on the street in front of home accelerate go out of control and crash into the home totaling the car and damaging the house. Two days prior the vehicle was brought into a Tesla service location where Tesla replaced the 12 volt battery that they believed was causing the car not to power on properly at that time. After the crash and googling to see if others suffered similar issues it appears the NHTSA recently reopened a review of sudden unintended acceleration and this incident seems to align with concerns of the petitioner ronald a. Belt. The police filed a report and it’s at the towing place where the insurer allstate is going to evaluate the car for a total loss.

While driving reduced power light came on. On highway speed reduced to a crawl.

The car was on enhanced auto pilot and was moving at about 50 mph, the traffic in front of me slowed down. The car failed to give an alert, it failed to slow down and stop. I applied the breaks, but by then the car crashed into the pick-up truck in front of me. The car came to a complete stop after the crash and the computer system in the car completely shut down. The car had to be towed to the garage. My safety and the safety of the driver in front of me were at risk due to malfunction of the enhanced auto pilot system we immediately filed a service ticket with Tesla and upon repeated requests we were told that car could not be inspected and the breaks or auto pilot system could not be tested as the car was not drivable. Police and car insurance company were notified. Tesla was able to provide us with a edr there were no warning signs or messages prior to the malfunction.

Cpu compatibility to existing os and memory system causing multiple failures during driving with: 1. Instrument cluster reset or reboot (temporarily disables all controls related to buttons/knobs on steering wheel and possibly other safety functions), 2. Main nav/computer screen reset or reboot (temporarily disables all controls), 3. Auto braking activation (cannot be disabled by user) enabled at dangerous and unpredictable times of city traffic, 4. Backup camera picture not updating/frozen during backing uo vehicle, creating illusion a. Not moving when in reverse while driving, b. Not showing objects that may be directly behind vehicle when in reverse manufacturer (Tesla) service ticket opened and closed as “resolved with memory reset” without follow-up if problems still occur.

Bubbles first appeared in the dashboard / instrument control panel display on the driver side on 3/25. The bubbles have been moving around over time and at some points while I've been driving (unable to take a photo), have travelled to the speedometer blocking my visibility of current speed.

- when using tacc / "autopilot", especially when cruising at speed limit on the rightmost lane of the highway, I have experienced quite some occurrences of "phantom braking". This happens especially more frequent when approaching freeway on ramps (even with no incoming vehicle) and when there is vehicle parked on the right shoulder. - the automatically actuated brake really shocked me. If I hadn't reacted quickly enough to step on the accelerator pedal, I would had been rear ended really badly. - I thought that was a one off situation, but since it happened more than once and now that this issue has become headlines, I think it needs to be seriously investigated and fixed. - I have reported this issue to Tesla. The service manager of the local service center promptly responded that unfortunately this is a software issue which is still in "beta". - vehicle did have problem with the left repeater camera which Tesla replaced as goodwill. But I believe that was not the cause of the "phantom braking" episodes. The vehicle was purchased with the (now $12k) "full self-driving" package. Now, almost 6 years later, the development of the software is still not done. Tesla promised to upgrade the cameras suite, but several requests of service were cancelled due to, I believe, lack of parts, and/or they need to upgrade the mcu to be able to deploy the latest fsd package. I appreciate Tesla efforts to push the boundary of adas to reach full autonomy. I just wish they communicate better to the early adopters and provide us all with clearer timelines (with best/worst case scenarios). (I also appreciate my local Tesla service manager for responding quickly to my initial report of concerns. I acknowledge that completely fixing the issue is beyond his control at this time. ) (date provided in this report is approximate, I think Tesla can review the logs of such emergency braking occurrences).

I was stopped at a red light, left signal on, when the car suddenly accelerated forward through the intersection in an aggressive 0-60 kind of start. I braked safely and was about to execute a u-turn a minute or two later when the car bolted forward again. There was no traffic other than the car behind me at the light, thankfully. There were no warnings or other signals and the car was not operating in autopilot. I reported the incident immediately to Tesla and the car is now out of state in their custody while an escalated investigation is conducted. They have, however, told us that the car is safe to drive and that it is not possible for this to have occurred. They also assert that all sudden acceleration cases to date have been related to autopilot and all have been driver error.

Instrument cluster screen was suddenly black despite the center touchscreen being on. I can't read speed meter, winker, transmission, and tire pressure. But the car moves. I have never hard that most of vehicles (Toyota,gm,Ford etc')have instrument screen is black . I'm not doing any harm, no accidents. Tesla gave the invoice is $3235. 96.

To whom it may concern, on July 26, 2021, my Tesla was hijacked remotely and controls were overridden while I was on the highway (I almost crashed). This happened sometime between 11:30am and 4pm. I reported the issue to the NY state ag consumer affairs office. In December 2021, the car suddenly turned off and locked me out. It was then towed to another state and I’ve been unable to get it back in my possession. Regards, gaetano.

Sudden unintended acceleration: when pressing the brake on uneven paved roads the vehicle will suddenly accelerate while my foot is on the brakes. This has been an ongoing issue since I received the car and I was told this has to do with regenerative braking but it is definitely a safety issue. There are two commonly visited places on the freeway where this happens to me so I can definitely demonstrate the problem if needed.

When stationary or in motion, both on city streets and highways, and even turning the following is true. The center infotainment stack becomes completely frozen and unusable. Following this, it will automatically restart, however during this entire time, vital safety features controlled through the center infotainment stack are unavailable, including back up camera functionality. I have applied for the warranty program Tesla has for replacing the mcu1, however, each time they inform me my car does not meet the requirement without elaborating any further. However, this is clearly a safety issue that they are ignoring.

The contact owns a 2016 Tesla Model S. The contact stated that after releasing the brake pedal while parking, the vehicle suddenly experienced unintended acceleration and lurched forward crashing into the rear of a second vehicle. During the incident, no injuries were reported and no police report was taken. The cause of the failure was not determined. The manufacturer was notified of the incident. The contact indicated that prior to the incident a chip was installed due to a navigation problem. Also, the control panel display screen had a malfunction and audible warnings such as turn signals were not available. The failure mileage was 25,000.

My vehicle had the mcu failure that is well known. No blinkers, no autopilot, no ac/heating, no defogger etc etc. Just blank screen. Sounded like the recently acknowledge issue with the emmc but Tesla required me to pay for an upgraded mcu saying my issue ws not covered by the extended warranty.

The main computer turns right off a couple times a day. When this happens while driving, most safety features are disabled and the cars electronic stop working. The cpu is known to have issues because a chip inside gets overloaded and does not clear itself properly. A recall should be had to replace this chip that does not remove the cashe properly.

The contact owns a 2016 Tesla Model S. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 10 mph, the vehicle accelerated independently causing the vehicle to hit a pedestrian and crashed into a brick wall while hitting another pedestrian. A police report was filed. The air bags deployed. The contact stated that there was a head and foot injuries sustain by the pedestrians that needed medical attention. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact attempted to contact the manufacturer however, there was no answer. The approximate failure mileage was 7,000.

The contact owns a 2016 Tesla Model S. The contact stated while entering a garage the vehicle accelerated without cause while stopped. The vehicle collided into a parked vehicle causing it to collide with a wall, totaling it. The contact stated her neck was sore however, medical attention was not required. A police was not filed. No warning lights illuminated nor did the contact hear any abnormal nosie before the crash. The vehicle was towed to accurate auto body (9042 willows rd, redmond, wa 98052 (425-970-9699), however the cause of the failure was not diagnosed. The manufacturer and dealership was not contacted about the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 29,886.

My wife was pulling into a parking spot at her school at a slow rate of speed (as she was parking between 2 cars). The vehicle was in chill mode, which means that it cannot accelerate at a high rate of speed. When she was roughly of the way into the parking spot with her foot on the brake, the vehicle accelerated on its own as if it was in performance mode. It went over a curb and into a chain link fence (which was roughly 10-12 feet past the curb) before she could get the vehicle to stop itself. This was at an elementary school and children were present. Fortunately no one was hurt. Tesla has yet to respond to our inquiries regarding the incident.

The contact owns a 2016 Tesla Model S. The contact stated that a year ago, while trying to exit the parking lot, the gear was put in drive, however, the vehicle accelerated backwards and crashed into the vehicle behind. There was no injury. There was not police report. The vehicle was damaged but was not towed. The failure the air bag did not deploy. The recurred recently as the contact attempted to park between two vehicles the vehicle went in reverse and crashed into the vehicle on the left. The contact was not sure of any warning. The dealer was not called in either cases. The manufacturer was not made aware of any of failures. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 33,000.

Takata recall thank you for taking the time to review this complaint. I am sending it due to two main reasons: 1 - this is the second recall I've received for the same car; 2 - I am having safety issues with my Tesla since November 2018. After several e-mails and visiting a center in person, my issue remains unresolved and I am rarely getting any responses. The last time Tesla got back to me was in February. ----- core problem: I am having recurring issues with the electrical systems of the car, and they remain after taking it to a service center. The automatic emergency brakes for the car did not work when we had an accident, even though the warning went off. I've checked and the option was turned on. The main issue is that I've been paying for a car/feature that does not work as intended, putting my family's safety at risk. More importantly, I am receiving zero support from Tesla. Thanks for the help, and please reach out if you need any additional context.

While attempting to park my Tesla s75 d in a costco space, the car bolted. It felt like it was in autopilot mode without me engaging it manually. I slammed on the brakes. It hit the rear bumper of the car parked in front. Fortunately, it didn't do any damage to that vehicle but it caused plenty of damage to my front end. I'll need a new bumper and hood. It also deactivated my autopilot and radar which are behind the bumper. I can still drive the car and feel fairly safe as I believe the computer accidentally engaged the autopilot and now the autopilot isn't operational. However, I no longer trust this car. I've presented this problem to Tesla and they said is was user error but there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that I was not at fault. I've done research and there is a class action lawsuit in the works as this has happened to other Tesla users. My advise, don't buy a Tesla!!!!!.

The contact owns a 2016 Tesla Model S. The contact stated while entering the garage at the residence, the vehicle independently accelerated. The vehicle struck a wall and a water heater. There were no injuries sustained. The contact stated that the air bags failed to deploy. There were no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to local dealer Tesla service center located at 68080 perez rd, cathedral city, CA 92234, where they were unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The contact stated on January 23,2020, she selected the feature to automatic park her vehicle, but while the vehicle was reversing it impacted another vehicle. The vehicle had not been diagnosed or repaired as of yet. The manufacturer had been informed of failure. The failure mileage was unknown.