Vehicle Speed Control Related Problems of the 2017 Tesla Model S

Table 1 shows three common vehicle speed control related problems of the 2017 Tesla Model S. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle speed control (24 problems). The second most common problem is related to the car accelerates on its own (nine problems).

Table 1. Vehicle Speed Control related problems of Tesla Model S


Recently reported Vehicle Speed Control problems of the 2017 Tesla Model S

The Vehicle Speed Control problem

Software 2025. 14. 1, full self driving 12. 6. 4 (fsd). Vehicle when using fsd continuously slows to 10 mph below the speed limit. You can manually press the accelerator to speed up but fsd will not brake when doing so and warns you of the same.   Read details...

The Car Accelerates On Its Own problem

On 12/03/20 at around 9:57am, after I slowly turned left into a parking near a white truck and just about to back up into my company's ev charging parking lot then the car suddenly sped forward climbing over the curb of the median separating the parking area and a driveway on the side of another   Read details...

The Cruise Control problem

With the current release v9, in a specific location, under autopilot the vehicle attempts to suddenly veer off the road to the right, in a violent action. Manually correcting causes autosteer to disengage but cruise control remains on exasserbating the situation.   Read details...


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