Car Accelerates On Its Own Problems of Tesla Model S - part 1

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.

See all problems of the 2016 Tesla Model S 🔎.

2014 Tesla p85. Consumer writes in regard to unintended acceleration. The consumer stated the vehicle accelerated into the wall of the garage, while her foot was on the brake. The consumer stated the rear wall and the front wall of the garage were badly damaged. The consumer was injured.

See all problems of the 2014 Tesla Model S 🔎.

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 company's building then running thru the median and heading fast toward the building before I slammed the brake in time to stop the car ~15 feet away from hitting the building. The driver's side of the car scraped a tree on the median and the driver side mirror broke the tree supporting pole. After the car was towed to Tesla service center 2 hours later, they reported the next day that they found no error with the car. I was totally caught off guard by the unintended acceleration of the car that icould not brake early enough to stop the car on the median after it climbed over the curb. It was a clear day, I turned left into the parking with caution and focus on safety especially knowing the white truck was nearby and the median with the tree was visible in front. This is where I performed backing up my car almost daily at work so I could charge my car in the company's ev charging parking lot for the last 6 months. Before, during and after this life threatening incident, my health, mind, eye sight and awareness were and are very good. I do not smoke, drink or have any medication that can affect my driving control with safety. I reported this unintended acceleration to my auto insurer and assessment for damage repaired with Tesla auto body shop is under progress. There is no police report because the incident happened on private property.

See all problems of the 2017 Tesla Model S 🔎.

As I was turning right into a parking space going at a very slow speed, the Tesla suddenly accelerated to full speed. I did not press the gas or commit any other user error. I tried to apply the brake. However, because of this sudden unintended acceleration, I crashed into the building in front of me.

See all problems of the 2018 Tesla Model S 🔎.

As I was parking the car, the car suddenly accelerated without warning, went over the curb and hit a tree at high speed. The air bags deployed during the crash and the front of the car was badly damaged. I smelt smoke in the car after the accident. We got off the car immediately afraid of the battery going into flames. The car had to be towed away. This was such an unusual event and a freaky accident as the car accelerated as I was parking it. The car came to a stop before it accelerated at high speed and I lost control of the car. It must be an error in the car's technology.

I was pulling into a parking spot in a place I park on many occasions, had my foot off the accelerator, to put on the brake, and the car suddenly accelerated, went up over the curb, and almost down an embankment. I was able to stop the car before that happened.

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 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.

See all problems of the 2013 Tesla Model S 🔎.

On 1/19/20 at 1623 phoenix time while coming to a stop on a surface street the car suddenly accelerated. Prompt application of the breaks prevented an accident. This is the first time this has happened.

In December 2016 the car accelerated spontaneously while I was in my driveway. Tesla maintained I pushed on the excelerator instead of the brake going from 2 to 92 miles an hour in just a few seconds. The car was repaired and on January 12,2020 the car once again self accelerated. Both times substantial damage was done to the front of the car and to my home. I was not injured however a passenger was in the car in 2016 and maintained she had hip injuries as a result. The insurance company did settle with her. Both accidents were not the result of my inadvertently depressing the excelerator. There definitely is a substantial danger to the public. The car is currently at raintree auto body in scottsdale arizona. I have not called Tesla az yet as I do not particularly want them to get the black box. I do have a photo of the car impacting the courtyard wall of my house however it is on my iphone and I do not know how to send it to you.

On January 2, 2019 between 1:45 and 2 pm I drove from my house into a clinic parking lot. As I drove my 2015 Tesla Model S forward and steered to the right into a parking spot, I consciously eased my right foot off from the accelerator pedal, thus lowering my speed from 10-9 mph to about 5-6 mph. The brake pedal was not pressed, allowing regenerative breaking to slow down the vehicle. About a second into the parking turn, the vehicle suddenly jolted forward, accelerating unexpectedly. I felt as if the brakes failed to work when I reflexively removed my right foot from the accelerator, and stomped the brake pedal as hard as I could. My vehicle came to a stop only after colliding with a Chevrolet sports utility vehicle parked in the spot across. As I regained my bearings, I caught myself still flooring the brake pedal with my right foot, and continued to floor it until I after I had shifted it into parking gear, and made sure there was nobody walking in the vicinity. The impact from the Tesla Model S bumped the Chevrolet SUV parked in front about 5 feet back. The Model S itself stopped between 2-3 feet into the next parking space, slightly into the opposing parking space on the right side, as seen in the included photos. This would indicate the brakes **eventually** worked. Had they not, the Tesla would have been expected to roll forward and into the SUV's bumper after the collision. This is called Tesla creep mode, which I have enabled (slowly roll forward while no pedal is pressed). I asked the police officer to position his patrol car behind my vehicle before I moved it and advised the police officer I did not trust the car. I used an app to call for a tow through my insurance, but the tow's number was disconnected. I was able to drive off with the patrol car in escort.

See all problems of the 2015 Tesla Model S 🔎.

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.

The contact owns a 2015 Tesla Model S. While driving 65-70 mph for thirty minutes with the auto pilot engaged, the vehicle spontaneously accelerated without warning. The contact crashed into the rear of a 2015 Toyota prius. The air bags deployed. There were no injuries and a police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to an independent lot. The contact called Tesla (6701 amador plaza rd, dublin, CA 94568, (925) 361-1173) and informed them of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and did not assist. The failure mileage was 48,000.

The contact owns a 2018 Tesla Model S. The contact stated while shifting into park, the vehicle suddenly accelerated forward and impacted into the wall of a building. The front of the vehicle was damaged as well as the building causing its electric to shut off. No warning light was illuminated. The contact was asked about the air bag deployment and confirmed that the air bags did not deploy. The contact did not sustained any injuries or seek medical attention. It was unknown if a police report was filed. The vehicle was drivable after the impact. The contact stated she contacted her insurance company and had the cosmetic repairs performed at an approximate $5,000 repair cost. The manufacturer and dealer had not been informed of failure. The failure mileage was 12,000.

My tersla experienced a sudden acceleration event on July 31, 2019. It was being parked in a target parking lot about to be put in park when it suddenly experienced a full acceleration. It jumped over a 6 to 8 foot wide concrete meridian, took out a bush and hit a parked pick-up, moving it about 15 feet and totaling the truck. The car had almost $40,000 in damage and the driver was injured. Telsa first said they would have their read out in one week then 3, then 4 - finally after about 4 months they said it was driver error but the driver denies touching the gas or brake. She was already stopped and it happened so fast she didn't have time to react.

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

I have reached out to Tesla 3 times to fix a sudden unintended acceleration issue. 11 days after I reported the issue and they told me my car was ok to drive I got into a accident. It took Tesla 5 months to give back the reports of the crash in which they said it was my fault. I have lost trust in the company and have seen that 127 other people have been affected by the same issue according to cnn please take care of this issue. Any Tesla owner is a pioneer of a future creation. After the accident they told me autopilot is on beta mode its not perfect yet. They should not allow public to use a hazardous software. Also Tesla employees were very negligent. I almost died in this accident with my father and the manager had no idea of my case even after my car was given to me and they said it was ok to drive. I got into a accident 11 days after they ok'd my car please help as I am frustrated and do not know what to do anymore or who to get to fix my car. I have documentation of addressing sudden intended acceleration to Tesla multiple times. Thank you.

The car unintended accelerated when I pulled into garage and wait for garage door open. The sudden acceleration is totally out of control, even my foot firmly step on the break pedal. The accelerated car went through the garage door towards right, and hit and lift the other parked SUV inside the garage. The speed and force push the SUV towards the back of garage wall, and totally damaged the part of my garage.

I was at a parking lot and I was making my way into a slot when I first had to reverse them when I changed the gear the drive and released the breaks to move forward into the slot I suddenly accelerated and had to press on the breaks harder than ever because I thought at first I was releasing it too fast. But eventually I screeched into a full stop and avoided hitting the cars parked and worse going over the street onto incoming traffic. I noticed tire marks that my breaking had made at the lot.

As I parked my car in my garage on 1/19/2019, I had placed the car in park and was preparing to exit the vehicle when it suddenly accelerated and hit the front of my garage wall. The car was in park and not moving. I had my hand on the door handle to exit. I immediately slammed the breaks but the car seemed to keep going into my wall and then it jolted and stopped. It was like it had a mind of its own. There was no alert or anything. It just suddenly accelerated while in park. As you can imagine this is a very scary occurrence and I am not going to drive this vehicle until it is rendered safe. I'm very concerned with what could happen if this occurred in a parking lot or area with people. I contacted Tesla immediately following the incident to file a report and share my concern. They told me they would pull logs and be in touch. I also called my insurance company. The incident happened at 5:50 pm.

The contact was loaned a 2014 Tesla Model S. While attempting to park the vehicle in the driveway, it spontaneously accelerated and crashed into another vehicle parked in the driveway. The air bags deployed. There were no injuries. After approximately one hour, the vehicle doors automatically locked and could not be unlocked with the key fob. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage and VIN were unknown.

The contact owns a 2017 Tesla Model S. While driving 5 mph, the vehicle accelerated rapidly without warning. As a result, the contact crashed into a garage door. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was not filed. There were no injuries sustained. The vehicle was towed to Tesla buena park (6692 auto center dr, buena park, CA 90621, (714) 735-5696) and was awaiting diagnostic testing and repairs. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 10,000.

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.

The contact owns a 2017 Tesla Model S. While attempting to park the vehicle at a low speed, the vehicle suddenly accelerated with the brake pedal depressed. The vehicle proceeded to jump the curb and crashed into some bushes. There was no warning indicator illuminated before, during, or after the failure occurred. There were no injuries and a police report was not filed. The vehicle was driven to the contact?s residence. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 1,772.

The contact owns a 2018 Tesla Model S. The contact stated that while driving at very slow speed and parking, the vehicle suddenly experienced unintended acceleration causing the driver to lose control of the steering and crash into a transformer. No injuries were reported. A police report was taken at the scene. The vehicle was towed away. The cause of the failure was not determined. The local dealer Tesla of honolulu (1450 ala moana blvd, honolulu hi) was notified of the failure. The contact stated that after the vehicle was repaired the same failure had occurred while parking causing the driver to lose control of the vehicle and crash into a concrete wall. During the crash the driver sustained a chest injury due to the air bag deploying which required medical treatment. No police report was taken. The vehicle was towed away. The cause of the failure was not determined. The contact also stated that while driving the instrument display pad had suddenly blacked out on multiple occasions and the doors had failed to open on several occasions. The cause of the failures were not determined. The failure mileage was 7,410. Owner is extremely scared to drive again. Car is sitting in the garage. Worried about anyone driving the car may get into a fatal accident.

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.

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.

Tesla Model S 2017 sudden unintended acceleration- 1/18/2018, morning 9:05 am. I was pulling in to my office parking spot where I parked for 6 years, I let the car slow to roll closer in front of the curb. All of a sudden the car accelerated, got on the curb, hit the office building. The car was still going until I applied the brake. The acceleration point was right before the curb, measuring from the point to the wall is only 7 feet. Tesla said I was on the pedal for a second long, I applied pedal from 0-18%, and quickly applied the brake. If I applied the pedal, I would not be able to apply my brake in a split second. Tesla refused to provide the force given to the pedal and any telegraphy. Tesla said they will not be responsible for any damage and said it is driver's error. I told my car was only 6 week new, I no longer feel safe to drive this vehicle, I request to return the car. Tesla refused. Tesla claimed there is no parts failure and refused to do any failure analysis without even looking at the car and accident pictures. Consumer fighting with odds?-- when insurance company sent tow truck driver on the next day(1/19/2018), the driver said my car was the second brand new Model S he towed in the same week with the same issue. The other lady ran thru her drywall and got in her laundry room while parking, same situation- while letting the car "slow", roll itself. Given Tesla has manufactured close to 200,000 cars, launched 5 years since 2012, divided by 52 weeks a year, the odd is pretty high for the same issue---0. 7%. At a total of 1400 Tesla cars out there, these 1400 cars are acting as ticking bomb for the design failure causing sua. I believe this issue requires NHTSA or federal regulation to take a look.

At our driveway on sun. 1/14/18, coming back from shopping a few minutes before four pm, suddenly the car took off by itself. It accelerated tremendously with the speed which was felt around 65-80 m/hr, hitting our heavy garage door, which was closed at the time, went through the garage, hit my parked Porsche and pushed it to the left to the water heater. It then hit and broke the wall between our garage and courtyard, broke and pushed our concrete planter and stopped halfway between the garage and our family room windows in the courtyard. I firmly believe that this was the result of unintended acceleration. This is our new and second Tesla my wife and I owned and drove. When my wife talked to local Tesla representative, he refused to give us any computer generated report. The car still on the wall between garage and courtyard. We understand, Tesla has a black box that we do not know where it will end up if we take it to Tesla certified body shop. We appreciate it very much if you advise us what to do.

While pulling into a perpendicular parking spot in a parking garage, at ~4-5 feet from a wall, the car experienced sudden acceleration, slamming into the wall, resulting in moderate body damage to the front of the car and deploying the driver-side airbags. There were no other passengers in the car, and there was no significant injury or damage to the garage or other cars. Though I recognize that the vast majority of accidents of this type are due to driver error, there are several factors that leave me with concern for a possible electronic systems malfunction. Specifically, ~3 days prior to the accident, the car began displaying a constant error message: 'driver assistance features unavailable". I notified Tesla service by phone and email, and on their instructions, rebooted the computer system, and fully powered down and restarted the system. However, the error message persisted. The accident occurred before I was able to schedule a service call. I have requested details from the data logs for the accident from Tesla, but they have provided only very limited information, stating that legal action on my part would be required to obtain more detail. They have told me that the car speed was 3. 6 mph at which time the data indicates that the accelerator was pressed to as far as 100%, resulting in acceleration of the car to 7 mph at the time of impact, with this acceleration occurring over a 2 second time period. This information seems incompatible with the otherwise rapid acceleration typically exhibited by this car with a fully depressed accelerator, and the short distance traveled (only several feet).

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.

We were in a parking lot of "kidquest museum" in bellevue , wa. , taking our grand daughter, one year old, to the museum. Our car was in stationary position. We were trying to figure out where to park. During this time, our model x, took off with unintended acceleration and we could not control the car. It was instantaneous, our car went and hit a parked chevy van. This van fwent upside down and went over the fence into the lot next to it. After the impact our car went and hit eletric pole, went into bushes and over an electrical box of 5 by 5. I could not open the door. There was smoke in the car (my wife thinks smoke might have started while the car was accelerating"). Museum staff came and opened the passenger door. After she got out, first thing they did was to open the rear passenger door and took out our granddaughter. I came out thru passenger doo. Fortunately no one was hurt. Many of the airbags came out. We are unbelievably lucky. The parking lot is approximately 100 ft x 100. This is the parking lot usually where many kids are in the lot. Fortunately that moment there was none. Accident happened around 4:20 p. M . Weather was gray but no rain. We still can not comprehend how car can take off at that speed. None of the emergency braking system or the cameras worked to stop the car.

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.