Tesla Model S owners have reported 98 other fuel system related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 1 most common other fuel system problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's other fuel system (98 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Other Fuel System problems |
While driving in traffic, the vehicle displayed warnings stating “unable to drive — pull over safely. ” the vehicle progressively lost power and became unable to propel itself, requiring me to stop in traffic. Additional warnings indicated reduced acceleration and performance. The vehicle remained powered (screens and electronics active) but could no longer drive. Tesla later diagnosed a high-voltage battery failure and provided an estimate for full battery replacement. The sudden loss of propulsion in traffic created a safety hazard because the vehicle could not accelerate or continue moving with traffic.
This is a supplemental filing to my prior NHTSA complaint (#11697718) regarding a high-voltage isolation fault and shutdown risk. The vehicle displayed warnings including “vehicle may shut down during driving,” “may not charge,” and repeated bms isolation fault messages. It became inoperable at a public charging station. The manufacturer confirmed isolation faults in the drive unit and the a/c compressor. Their own service notes stated that the vehicle “may shut down during regular driving” and that charging “may not be safe. ” despite this, the vehicle was left at 0% state of charge for an extended period and then charged by the manufacturer. They later stated to a regulator that the vehicle was “trickle charged at 1 amp for 6 hours,” but the vehicle’s range increased by approximately 100 miles, which is not physically possible at that charging current (1 amp at 240v for 6 hours = 1. 44 kwh ? 4–5 miles). This discrepancy suggests the vehicle may have been charged at a higher rate than claimed and without proper cooling, despite the documented a/c failure that is necessary for battery thermal management. Battery condition is unknown because the manufacturer refused to perform or provide a battery health analysis, isolation resistance values, thermal logs, or charging session data. The safety defect could not be verified as repaired. While this safety issue remained unresolved, the manufacturer rejected a Tesla roadside tow arranged under regulator instruction to second service center and instead arranged an unauthorized tow to remove the vehicle from their facility without my consent. The vehicle was taken to a non-manufacturer storage lot while still in an unsafe state. I am concerned about: • high-voltage isolation faults, • shutdown risk during driving, • unsafe charging performed by the manufacturer, • possible battery damage from low soc and charging without a/c cooling, and • mishandling of an active safety defect. The vehicle is available for inspection.
After a high-voltage junction box repair performed by Tesla, the vehicle shut down 15 miles after leaving the service center. Tesla replaced the high-voltage harness at no cost but provided no explanation. After the hv harness replacement, new proximity/sensor alerts began triggering that were not present before their hv work. Multiple reasonable diagnostic procedures were refused, including bench-testing the sensors. Tesla is pressuring me to take possession of the vehicle without providing written confirmation that it is safe to operate following the hv system failure and subsequent replacement of hv components. I am concerned the vehicle may have unresolved high-voltage or wiring issues that could pose a safety hazard.
Was driving Tesla when warning light appeared “ charging declined “ . Drove car home battery no longer charging . Tesla stopped working after only 68,000 miles . Tesla wanted $15000 to replace the battery more than the car is worth.
As I approached a red light with a car in front of me, I took my foot off the accelerator to use Tesla's regenerative braking, but instead the car rapidly accelerated and crashed into the car in front of me. It seemed like unintended acceleration.
The drive unit was leaking coolant into the electrical inverter space. The issue was verified by a mechanic who then repaired the drive unit to prevent additional coolant intrusion.
Overnight while plugged in and after the battery showed it was fully charged, the battery suddenly lost charge, and the car sent repeated alerts to immediately pull over and stop driving. A notice on the car showed mileage was reduced and to immediately schedule a service call. After returning home, I downloaded to the car a recent software update that cleared the error. However, after the software upgrade, Tesla messaged that they did removed tests and the high voltage battery must be replaced.
Received and ota notice on the dashboard that states "battery fuse replacement" is required. The fuse is due to a li-ion battery that wears out for a safety system. Life expectancy of the battery is 10 years. It has not lasted 8 full years. This is stated as a safety issue and Tesla has since redesigned this item to not required the batteries. I have alerted Tesla about this issue, have not had a reply, as yet. The vehicle can be operated without this safety device, which seems inappropriate. I feel this should be replaced under warranty and/or recall - but it appears Tesla will want to charge an excessive amount of money.
The component that Tesla has stated is the part that is failing is the mcu (media control unit) which was a recalled part at one point but then Tesla decided to replace only a single part of the mcu which was the emmc (embedded multimedia card). Luckily the vehicle was not driving when it completely shut down and would not start back up but I was stuck in a restaurants drive-thru for roughly 4 hours till I could get a tow truck to come tow it. The tow truck had to put the car on dollies as the vehicle would not enter tow mode nor would it enter its emergency neutral mode so the vehicle could be moved. The windows would not go up or down and luckily the trunk was able to open because if not then I would have been stuck outside my vehicle as the door handles did not come out after I got out of it and closed the door behind me. Please read the messages from the tech as you will see that they tried to act as if they did not know what was going on with my vehicle but then I asked something else and they stated exactly what the issue was but supposedly could not confirm it was that unless they charged me a diagnosis fee and "got hands on" which I'm sure that info of what was wrong with my vehicle was nothing they needed to get their hands on. There were no warning lamps or messages until the vehicle shut off on me in the drive-thru and then the warnings started to populate staying that the vehicle was off, vehicle could not detect brake being pressed, and that the vehicle was not detecting the key. The repair estimate is no longer available in my app for some reason, probably because I did not repair the vehicle as they were wanting me to upgrade to the new mcu that is in the current vehicles and it would have been roughly $2,400. 00. Just today, the vehicle would not start, would not move my seat or anything to its memorized position when I got in the vehicle and the screen was frozen, just as it did when the original recall happened of the mcu/emmc, photo/videoattached.
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.
Driving the vehicle and all of a sudden all these warning lights came on. The dash flashed warning signs stating: "power reduced - exiting and entering the vehicle may restore operation" "high voltage battery requires service - acceleration and charging performance reduced" and a turtle sign appeared. The vehicle was almost inoperable moving at 1-2 mph. Pulled into a parking lot, parked the car, and exited the vehicle. After reentering the vehicle the error continued. Had the vehicle towed to the Tesla service center. It is currently being diagnosed. An online search showed many Tesla forums with similar issues and there were suggestions to report the incident because there no consistent resolution that has been provided by Tesla thus far - issues range from 2020 - 2023.
While driving at midnight, I pulled away from a stop sign in a residential neighborhood, and hear a loud bang. The dash display turned red immediately, and the car lost all propulsion. The dash display said "pull over safely, vehicle shutting down. " my phone app also showed a message of "your car suffered a failure and will no longer drive. Contact test roadside. . . " I coasted to the side of the road. While calling Tesla roadside assistance, within 15 minutes of the breakdown, the center display said "low voltage energy remaining = 30%" and a few minutes later the entire car went dark. The doors, windows, trunks, glovebox, center screen, tow mode, and the hazard flashers no longer worked. The tow truck driver said he has seen this problem a lot and based on my description, he correctly diagnosed a failed inverter, which was Tesla's diagnosis. I searched online user forums and found many other people having the same catastrophic failure in new Tesla's. It's incredibly dangerous to lose all forward power. This is a new car with only 5k miles. And to lose all accessory power within 15 mins so not even the safety hazard flashers work is terribly dangerous.
My mcu (onboard computer system) glitched out and the screen began flickering. I lost all of the advanced driver assistance systems, navigation, music, phone link, sunroof venting, climate control, including defrost. The screen froze and I had no functions. This has happened 4 times, possibly a 5th time, while driving in the last 6000 miles. I put in a service request to Tesla and they ran a remote diagnosis, and told me that the old mcu1 is overwhelmed by the new software updates. Their solution was for me to upgrade to the newer mcu2 at my cost. I am afraid to drive my car as it will malfunction while I need the safety features, like basic defrost or ac in the 105 degree heat in phoenix. Tesla acknowledged that the previous mcu1 failure due to the emmc chip was a recall, but this is a new problem that has not yet been acknowledged by Tesla as a recall problem.
The Model S, which was bought in 2015, had a sudden acceleration while I was trying to park near the entrance gate of the parking lot. The accident happened on may 25, 2023. Fortunately, nobody got hurt and the car was totaled. I feel strongly that this should be investigated, as this can be a very serious public safety issue. It was inspected by the insurance company. There were no warning messages prior to the failure.
While driving reduced power light came on. On highway speed reduced to a crawl.
Coolant leaking, before Tesla can even look at my car they say I need new valves. Only way they could know this is if there is a faulty part. This should be a recall! believe this is the battery coolant.
The touchscreen failed and I need it replaced, but Tesla says it’s not part of what the ntsb negotiated with Tesla to do regarding these screens. 2014 Model S. It’s not fair to me to have to replace what I believe is a defect. Also, I believe this car was salvaged in another state and then brought to CA and resold to me. There was a salvage record on bumper and now it disappeared. There’s also a code on my car that reads that acceleration may be reduced and Tesla wants to replace connectors but I keep getting more and more parts added to the quote. They say this is a “preemptive” repair. They made a new firmware/software rollout which took away my sirius xm capability and they say they know about it, but won’t reinstall my software. I believe their software/firmware has taken away attributes on my car. Tesla won’t give me the repair history to the car and I fear they are hiding all the recalls saying they’ve been done when in reality they haven’t. I’m worried about driving the car.
On April 9th, 2022, the vehicle in traffic went from the drive gear to the park. Vehicles were coming behind me at 55mph and I could not maneuver to safety. It took up to 4mins before I got moving. The incident occurred again on April 25th, while my kids and I were on the way to basketball practice. Finally, I got an appointment with Tesla service, and after two weeks of troubleshooting I was informed that the issue is an anomaly.
Both the 12 volt system and high voltage battery system or a component communicating between the two failed. I received a warning message that my vehicle may not restart and within 30 seconds it completely shutdown while driving in the middle of the road. The vehicle was essentially dead weight at this point. None of its features worked, the ability to unlock it, the ability to use electronic doors and windows functions could not be performed. It could not even be jumped to start the computer enabling it to be towed or put in neutral to even remove the vehicle from the roadway. The manufacturer has confirmed an inner fault within the high voltage battery pack. I have since purchased and replaced this entire battery pack as it was said to be unserviceable.
The car will issue a bms_w035 warning which is connected to the battery heater failing/failed. In this case, the car may not restart, per Tesla's on-screen warning. If this occurs while driving, or in stop-and-go traffic, this could lead to a dangerous situation of not being able to remove the car from the road safely without a tow truck. From recent incidents online, this is occurring in many 2014-2016 Model S vehicles with the colder weather change.
Emmu seem to have caused "console display not available error".
After having my battery coolant heater replaced on February 22, 2021 I noticed problems with my car starting up slowly. Note error messages were noted on my vehicle however. On March 10 while driving home from work on a smooth straight freeway the entire electrical system in my car failed causing propulsion to go off line and the brake pedal to lock up and become non-functional until the system rebooted. For approximately 20 to 30 seconds it was impossible to depress the brake pedal. Fortunately I was on the freeway and pressing the brake pedal wasn't required. I am concerned about the safety of this vehicle now since I had mistakenly believed that there was redundancy in the systems that would preserve brake function in the midst of a power failure. There is no manual hand brake. I am extremely concerned that a system failure like this could happen again as I am approaching an intersection, a school zone or going down a steep decline. I have attached invoices from the original service with the battery coolant heater that was replaced as well as the subsequent service after the incident where the technicians identified that the drive unit was improperly connected.
My media control unit (mcu) is constantly crashing or failing to boot resulting in me not being able to control the hvac, adjust any options including turning on/off lights or safety controls, and failure of the back up camera. This will happen either on boot up of the car or while driving. This has been ongoing since at least March 2018 with Tesla constantly saying it's a software/firmware issue and that I need to update with the update never solving the problem. As late as February 2020 Tesla did a total "factory reset. Which will erase the entire mcu and all it's contents. " this did not do anything to solve any of the problems but it did allow them to install updates that severely limited my charging speeds citing concerns about the battery, but did continued on to say that nothing is wrong with my battery. If there's nothing wrong then why did they need to limit the charging speeds 50%? as far as the mcu this problems has happened in all situations whether driving on the highway, city streets, at a stop light or any where. Today, 12/30 Tesla told me that my emmc has failed and that is why my mcu was glitching but since I'm past 100k miles they will not cover it under their extend warranty explicitly covering this failure. They also claim this glitch today at 114k miles is not related to any other glitching I've made claims about in the past before I hit 100k miles so they won't cover under that either but they cite proprietary information and confidentiality when I ask for the reports/logs of these failures and the diagnostics. Tesla then stated even if they wanted to cover it I don't have the most up todate firmware so I've voided my warranty and they wont cover it. This is after Tesla offered to backdate my firmware to an earlier version in an attempt to solve my issues. So they will backdate it but then that will void my warranty?.
I was backing out of my garage and the left rear end of my car hit a car parked behind me. My car immediately sped up in forward direction in an arc causing me to hit just inside garage on the left . I tried to brake and to put it into park and nothing was working. It finally went into neutral and quit hitting the garage. There was lots of smoke and I thought car was on fire. There was lots of burned rubber under my left rear tire causing the smoke. None under right side. There were workers at the house (car behind me) and they said it was the car doing it. I wasn't sure what was happening. I called Tesla that day and a total of 5 times and was told I would be contacted by special team in about 6 weeks and that they would be able to download what happened from computer. I have not heard anything from Tesla. My car was checked out at the Tesla shop in council bluffs after body work done and they said they were unable to check computer as to what happened and that would be done by Tesla engineers. My insurance company has not been able to get any information either. They asked me to report unexplained acceleration on this site. It did $23,000 in damages to my car and $25,000 to my house and knocked it off foundation in affected corner. If both tires had been spinning I don't think I would be here as I would have gone straight through garage and flying as it is a one story drop to the back. I want to know my car is safe before driving again and have not been able to find out why incident happened.
On afternoon of November 23, 2020, 2015 Tesla Model S 85d was in motion with single occupant, turning right turn into residential area off city street. Driver heard loud and deep metallic sound and immediately slowed. Warning message similar to 'unsafe to drive, pull over safely' appeared on dash. Driver stopped car right away and heard 3-4 loud, identical sounds. Driver heard another sound followed by loud 'pop' and smelled something burning. Driver immediately exited and saw smoke billowing from below the vehicle. Driver moved away. There was another loud 'pop' sound and flames started visibly shooting outward and upward from the front passenger wheel well area, mid-cabin and rear passenger tire well, charring the curb and grass next to vehicle. Fire continued to burn through passenger door, front of car (frunk), and underside of the car. Fire department and police department arrived on scene within minutes and extinguished fire. Fire damage to exterior was visible to front tire well and front passenger door. Additional fire damage noted inside rear passenger door. Cause is currently unknown.
Issue 1). Ever since I bought the car I noticed the drivers seat felt cooked causing low back pain. Eventually the seats power adjustment would only retract one side so it could not be adjusted evenly and I had to pay to have a whole new seat replaced issue 2). I have the 85 kw battery and after an update my battery capacity was reduced 10%. I was told it was due to risk of overheating the battery fire risk Tesla never resolved the issue and never reinstated the missing 10% charge capacity 3). The suspension had failed as I was driving over a speed bump less than 10 mph and the bottom of the car scrapped the pavement. I had to pay out of pocket to replace the suspension.
The mcu in this car went black several occasion while driving. I lost all controls of lightings and wiper. On several occasions. . . . The car shut down and I have to coast to the aide of the higjway.
The Tesla's large screen quit working. These are controls that power off the vehicle, turn the defrosters off and on along with the climate control. Control steering modes. Control back up camera, control lights. From the reading I have done it is called the mcu. It partially went out while I was driving, it came back on and then it died while I was working and I found out about it when I started the car after work.
On two separate occasions the car accelerated on it's own. On August 5th 2020 it accelerated while it was being parked resulting in damage to the car. On October 30th, 2020 the car accelerated after I removed my foot from the accelerator for approximately 20-30 yards.
Same issue as other open complaints with emmc device failing causing black screen, no rear view camera, no ability to charge the car, turn signals inoperable, etc. . Based on the known software bug in this system it is reasonable to conclude that all models with this version of mcu/emmc software will eventually fail. See current NHTSA action number : pe20010.
My mcu has crashed several times over the last 8 weeks. First time was when the mobile service was coming out to code a replacement key. The software they sent appeared to crash the mcu the first time. It would work for a week at a time, then several days now it's permanently off. No hvac control, turn signals, and charging is limited to 8amps on my 30 amp level 2 charger and supercharging is disabled. Car is able to drive, but not far due to the painfully slow charge. App will not sync with car and I can't see my scheduled service appt. We purchased the car used (3rd party) and we did not have issues for almost 2 months until we coded the new key, and did a software update or two. There are 80 pages of complaints and this is well documented on Tesla's own forum, time for a safety recall at Tesla's expense, $2500 to replace a known issue seems ridiculous to put on a consumer. Elon, time to step to the plate bud or this is the last Tesla I will ever own.
The media control unit has gone out on my 2015 Tesla, which has led to the car not being able to be recharged (refueled), the ac being unsusable, and car unable to be locked among other issues. With Teslas, the media control unit (mcu) is the powerhouse of the vehicle, containing all of the safety, a/c, and driving controls. With this being out of commision, there is no telling what features are usable or not. This leads me to worry about whether the airbags will deploy, whether the car will stop randomly on the freeway, or the car not being refueled. In fact, since this mcu has gone out, the car has not been able to be refuelled due to the mcu not allowing chage to reenter the car. This has lead the car to be unusable and unresponsive. This first occurred for me while diving on a city street, with nothing unusual being noted at the time. The car was responsive, driving normally, and completely usable and out of no where the vehicles mcu went black and the driving features were handicaped. The car was still able to drive, however, a/c components and unknown electrical features (such as airbags, seat belts, abs) may have been compromised.
The main control screen has been intermittently inactive or black. Almost everything in the car is controlled by this screen. I have asked them to fix it for over two years on over six occasions with no resolution. The screen now at 64k miles is totally dead and will not restart. It disables the ability to charge the motor drive system battery, the ac heat and defroster system, control of the lights and wipers. According to thousands of web pages this issue is caused by software disabling the main file system memory chip prematurely. Telsa service wants me to pay $1146 to fix this out of warranty even though I complained about it multiple times during warranty. It makes the car useless and unsafe and there should be a factory recall issued.
Explained to Tesla service center immediately upon purchasing vehicle while it was still under warranty that the vehicle range was unacceptable using Tesla's warranty guideline for requirements for a battery replacement while under warranty. Telsa refused to changed the battery even though I took the vehicle to Tesla several times while the battery was still under warranty. A month after the warranty expired the motor died, it had been showing signs wear but Tesla failed to property inform me of the issue and charged me over $6000 for the repair due to my lack of knowledge on what the symptoms are for a failing motor. Shortly after the warning for "charging - maximum battery charge level reduced" has come on and Tesla is trying to charge me about $21,000 for a replacement battery.
The mcu went out. Turn signals, brake lights, backup camera, hvac controls, all went with it. Car would drive, but would not.
While driving the car all screens froze and the car became totally unresponsive, the brakes worked but it was a very dangerous situation. After approximately 5 min the car rebooted and systems came back on line. Tesla says the usb might be corrupted and caused the cpu to have a very high usage. Tesla also has not been good on service making me drive two hours to go pick up my car. They seemed to have little care for the unsafe situation and were very cavalier about the issue. I worry that this could result in fatalities if it happens at the wrong time.
I own a 2013 Tesla Model S that has lost the mcu and will no longer charge. In addition, the mcu causes the touch screen to open very slowly. I have complained and Tesla would not replace the mcu and not compensate me for the inability to charge the car. The original complaint was that the touchscreen would not come on at all. I could not see any information whatsoever, during Tesla's attempt to fix the screen, I lost the ability to charge the vehicle.
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.
While driving on a six lane highway, I received multiple alerts from the car saying that power was reduced, the vehicle was shutting down, service is required, pull over safely and vehicle may not restart. I pulled over into a parking lot to monitor the car, the alerts continued to come and go but the car remained on. I decided to drive the rest of the way home. I notified Tesla service and received no response. The next day when I attempted to drive the car again, it would not start and there was a complete battery failure requiring battery replacement. There was no indication to me as the owner prior to this event that the battery was going to fail, however, access to my vehicle logs (which I cannot obtain from Tesla) may have given me some indication. I was told battery failure was due to faulty seals on the rapid mate which allowed water intrusion and overcurrent within the battery.
While parked with the sunroof open, when I went to re-enter the vehicle, the main screen (mcu) remained blank and never came back to life. While driving home, I was unable to use turn signals, adjust basically any driving items including suspension, drive mode, steering controls, hvac, lights, or close the sunroof. The car was technically able to be driven, but I also had no light control, no back up camera, and it could only charge at a basically unusable speed. Tesla's only fix was to replace the entire mcu unit.
The main computer display and memory card fails - freezing all safety monitoring of the car, lose control of charging (I. E. Refueling) . Suspension control lost, basically everything frozen without this - it is known common failure emmc chip.
Tesla released an update that throttled how fast my car DC charges and reduced my range. I used to be able to start DC charging at 99kw and now it starts at 72kw and taper from there. Also I can't charge to 100% now. It stops around 97% and say "calculating remaining time" and after 30-40 minutes stops and says charging complete. My maximum rated range is now 167 miles down from 208 miles. That's a 20%, 40 mile loss of range. I had Tesla look at it twice and they say nothing is wrong. Last appt they sent me a text on Feb 10th and cancelled my appt saying there's no issue. Now in the winter I can't make it home to toledo OH from columbus OH a 132 mile trip. Real world in the cold you lose 25% range to keeping the battery warm. With Tesla capping my range with the update plus the range loss in winter I'm short 10 miles.
I was approaching a stop sign with my foot lifted above both pedals (brake and accelerator) when my car accelerated forward. I had always thought that most of these unintended accelerations were due to a driver hitting the accelerator pedal instead of the brake pedal so I noted that my foot was not resting or pressing on either pedal. I put it down on the brake pedal and the car stopped, but this should never have happened. I had no cruise control or steering aid activated. I also have 'creep mode' turned off.
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.
This is a complaint related to the Tesla battery fires investigation. Please note that I have used the VIN of another 2017 Tesla to be able to file this complaint. The wreck of the burned out Tesla has now showed up in the salvage yard but it is too badly burned to be able to read the VIN. There was a fire on January 10th in arlington involving a Tesla Model S here is a video showing the Tesla on fire outside the garage and spewing flames in all directions. . Read more...
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.
Tesla ota software update 2019. 16. X capped battery capacity to 72. 8 kwh, previously 85 kwh, vehicle was stationary.
Nhtsa action number: dp19005 - investigation subject : battery management software updates. Via software updates, Tesla, suddenly, inexplicably, reduced maximum voltage of the main battery. The action resulted in instant loss of distance mileage of the car of 12 percent, from 237 miles to 208 miles. Horsepower and general performance of the car was also reduced. Tesla has implied that this action was taken, for selected Tesla cars, out of an abundance of caution as a fire-safety update, but officially no safety recalls related to this unexplained action have been announced. No one associated with Tesla has offered any further detailed explanation for this sudden action, which, in addition to reducing performance and distance mileage of the car, has also reduced, overnight, its intrinsic asset value. The results described here happened overnight, while the car was at rest---parked inside a garage.
The battery for the 2013 Model S 60kwh 2013 is not charging anywhere near the capacity. Charging the battery takes hours to get to near 65% of what use to be full charge and is now considered a 100% charge. This is under warranty and needs to be replaced ASAP. This has severe impact to daily commute and ability to utilize the car. My understanding is starting with a software update in may 2019, Tesla capped the max voltage the high voltage battery would charge to. They claim they did this "out of an abundance of caution" after several non-crash fires happened to these models. Tesla took action to downgrade horsepower and range along with all other aspects of performance through a total voltage cap after claiming to be releasing a fire-safety update, but officially no safety update was released. This change happened while the car was parked in my garage and stationary.
Nhtsa action number: dp19005 - investigation subject : battery management software updated the battery for the 2013 Model S 60kwh 2013 is not charging anywhere near the capacity. Charging the battery takes hours to get to near 65% of what use to be full charge and is now considered a 100% charge. This is under warranty and needs to be replaced ASAP. This has severe impact to daily commute and ability to utilize the car. My understanding is starting with a software update in may 2019, Tesla capped the max voltage the high voltage battery would charge to. They claim they did this "out of an abundance of caution" after several non-crash fires happened to these models. Tesla took action to downgrade horsepower and range along with all other aspects of performance through a total voltage cap after claiming to be releasing a fire-safety update, but officially no safety update was released. This change happened while the car was parked in my garage and stationary.
Tesla has reduced the charging capacity and charge rate per: NHTSA action number: dp19005 - investigation subject : battery management software updates prior to this software update, the charge rate was double the shown rate.
My car experienced the issues described in NHTSA action number pe20010 with a premature mcu failure due to the emmc card failing. This emmc card has been found to fail too quickly due to Tesla allowing debug logging to the emmc card that is not needed for normal vehicle users. This excess logging was confirmed by elon musk on October 12 2019 https://twitter. Com/wk057/status/1211704973970550785. This expensive fix after failure had to be repaired out of warranty for a large cost. This failure causes the rear view camera to fail to work, the climate control to fail to work meaning that defrosting does not work causing potential vehicle issues, and potential slow charging of the car. The car also takes about 30 seconds to a minute to get out of park while the vehicle subsystems "fail" the mcu also causing a safety issue if the driver needs to get out of a troubling situation quickly.
My Tesla did an uncommanded acceleration, jumped the curb and hit a chick-fil-a restaurant on 9/04/2019: 1) first and most importantly, I am 100% certain that I did not touch the accelerator or in any way cause the uncommanded and unintentional acceleration of the vehicle. I have driven cars and trucks well over a million miles and never once accidentally pressed an accelerator or jumped a curb when parking. 2) I have been driving my Tesla daily for four months and I am very familiar with the vehicle and it's systems and controls. I am also very familiar with the specific parking space where the accident occurred. I have parked there many times in the past, and mostly in the Tesla during the last four months. 3) the details of what took place immediately preceding the accident are as follows: the weather was clear and sunny. While going slowly down a slight slope approaching the intended parking area, I removed my right foot from the accelerator and allowed regenerative braking* to slow the car even more while I positioned my right foot very lightly on the brake pedal while creep mode* kept the car slowly moving forward. With about two feet to go, I modulated the brake pedal pressure to slow the car more and make sure that the front splitter didn't bump the curb. . . . . Suddenly there was a hard impact, a loud bang, and the front right corner** of my car was in the brick wall, all in a very small fraction of a second. It felt like I had been rear-ended, but there was no other vehicle involved. * creep mode & regenerative braking -- see online owner's manual ** hit on "front corner" because parking space is at an angle to the building.
Software update crippled charging speed at superchargers.
Due to a firmware upgrade that was performed by the dealer when replacing my mcu, my total battery range was reduced from 249 miles to 213 miles initially. Through further updates the range increased to 220 miles and this is an acknowledged issue by Tesla that should be addressed by battery replacement with a battery that has at least the actual range I had before the update (~250 miles) or better. If the Model S 85 battery is a fire risk at the range customers were quoted, this should be a recall because through purchase of a vehicle, the range and safety of the vehicle should be guaranteed simultaneously and not through a firmware upgrade I didn't even request. See service record attached.
Nhtsa action number: dp19005 - investigation subject : battery management software updates after most recent firmware update (exact date unknown -- sometime late this summer)-- supercharging speed appears to have been limited. It now takes 2-3x the amount of time to charge when traveling. I tested multiple superchargers for my trip which occurred on during the weekend of 9/2. I am fully aware of conditions that can slow the speed (stall sharing, high soc, low/high battery temp, etc). None of these conditions were present -- yet my charge speed was limited during all charging sessions and across multiple locations/dates/times during this trip. I've brought this concern up on 2 separate occasions: 1. 9/5/19 - was told "tested on supercharger and verified vehicle charging at expected rate, no further action required" 2. 10/3/19 - verbally - spoke to mobile service technician while performing service at my house. He did not confirm or deny my charge rate was limited. I am concerned that my battery charge rate is limited due to a fire risk, as the software update was released after cars caught on fire this year.
Nhtsa action number: dp19005 - investigation subject : battery management software updates the battery range on my vehicle has been capped via a software update by Tesla without my consent. I was not notified that Tesla would cap my battery's maximum charge, which in turn reduced the range and power of my vehicle via an over the air software update. The car was advertised as a 85 kwh battery, but now, with the battery cap, the battery is much less than 85 kwh. If there was a safety issue with the battery, Tesla should have notified me. Also, the battery should be replaced instead of having the safety issue still there and decreasing the performance.
The battery range on the car was limited by 10% in order to prevent a fire from happening.
Nhtsa action number: dp19005 - investigation subject : battery management software updates starting with a software update in may 2019, Tesla capped the max voltage the high voltage battery would charge to. They claim they did this "out of an abundance of caution" after several non-crash fires happened to these models. Tesla took action to downgrade horsepower and range along with all other aspects of performance through a total voltage cap after claiming to be releasing a fire-safety update, but officially no safety update was released. This change happened while the car was parked in my garage and stationary.
I experienced a sudden loss of range with 2019. 16 software update that Tesla release. I no longer have the range or charging speed before the update. This was a purposeful action from Tesla due to the potential for the batteries catching fire. Tesla took action to downgrade horsepower and range along with all other aspects of performance through a total voltage cap. This in effect has devalued the resell value of my car by removing functions, range and charging speed. This change happened while the car was parked in my garage and stationary.
My electric car battery overheats so much and lost more than 25% of the range with the latest computer upgrade. This is cheating. Tesla remotely lowered my battery range without my approval.
My 2013 Tesla Model S had the touchscreen fail. This resulted in me having to pay for a brand new screen. I understand there is an investigation into the touchscreen failures and I would like to be included in the investigative process and receive reimbursement.
A software update from the manufacturer has resulted in a loss of range and apparent rate reduction while using high voltage charging (I. E. , "supercharging"). This has resulted in longer charge times and range loss. The change occurred without notice or explanation of need, and has resulted in significant loss of use of an important function in long distance travel.
On June 27, 2019 I brought my car to a Tesla service center for maintainance unrelated to the battery or drive unit. During the visit Tesla downloaded a new software revision to my car that immediately limited range, power, charge rate and battery capacity. I noticed this and brought the car back to have the battery checked for damage, not knowing that Tesla had purposefully throttled my battery. Tesla told me that my car was limited via software because of age and offered no further explanation. I felt this was unacceptable and began to search for the reason Tesla would limit my battery. This is when I found out that several Tesla's in the age range of mine had spontaneously caught fire and many others had been limited via the same software update as mine. Tesla needs to replace these faulty batteries, not limit the use. That is not the appropriate solution.
On or about June 24, 2019, my parked car's software was forcibly updated without my prior knowledge, without any prior notification and without my authorization. This forced software update reduced the nominal capacity of my battery by 16. 02%. On June 23, 2019, my 100% state of charge (soc) would charge each cell in my battery pack to 4. 2 volts, resulting in a rated range of 256 miles. Upon entering my parked car on June 24, I discovered that Tesla "capped" the battery such that each cell would only charge to approximately 4. 09 volts, resulting in a rated range of 215 miles at a 100% soc, or a rated range loss of 41 miles. They also slowed the charging rate by over 50%. Four Tesla cars that were parked recently caught fire. After the fourth fire, Tesla issued an over the air (ota) software update preventing the full charging (e. G. , to 4. 2 volts for each cell) of the battery pack, limited the amount of current that can be "pulled" from the battery pack at any one time, resulting in a loss of acceleration. Tesla stated the update was "out of an abundance of caution" after the occurrence of several non-crash fires. Tesla unilaterally took this action of issuing a "fire-safety update" without informing the car owners of the reason for the update, why said update should be installed and the effect on the car once the update was installed. In my case, the update was forced on my parked car via an ota update on June 23 (or 24) without prior notification to me nor requesting my approval nor informing me of the consequences of installing the update (reduced range, power, etc. ), Tesla said that they were releasing a fire-safety update, but officially no safety update was released. . Read more...
Shortly after a software update in June, 2019 I noticed that my charge capacity had diminished significantly (approximately 30 miles or 15%). I raised concerns about my battery knowing that Tesla represents an unlimited mile 8 year warranty on the battery. My battery was tested remotely and I was assured it was not a battery issue. Shortly thereafter I became aware that this is a known issue and actually the subject of class action litigation. I have text messages with Tesla going back to June, 2019 and again in October, 2019 - the date of my most recent service. Tesla has failed to acknowledge a plan of action related to the issue and will not "rollback" the update. I want Tesla to stand behind their battery warranty and make the necessary repairs to ensure safety and provide me with what I paid for. I have also experienced significant slowdowns of charging rates at various superchargers.
Nhtsa action number: dp19005 - investigation subject : battery management software updates our Tesla Model S software "update" greatly reduced the amount of total charge, and speed that we can charge our battery. We called Tesla, and initially they said that our battery had "degraded" and that was causing the problem. We responded that our battery is not even 4 years old (the car was purchased December 22, 2015), and batteries don't suddenly "degrade" 15 - 20% in one week. Tesla maintenance then admitted that the problem is due to a software update that reduced the speed and total charging of the battery "out of an abundance of caution". The service rep assured us that he was looking at our battery stats on line and there is nothing wrong with our battery. Fine, we said, if there is nothing wrong, take the crippling software update off. Sorry, can't do that, was the response. Your car is one of a number of cars that have had battery fires. It has a gen 1 battery (built before April 2016). We are researching the problem, and do not understand why this is happening. Ok, if you are aware of defective batteries, just replace our battery. The response was "sorry, we cannot due replacements at this time. " my wife needed to drive 500 miles up to oregon to be present for her mom's cancer surgery last week. She could not take her Tesla, as it now takes an hour and a half to "supercharge" the amount it used to receive in 35 to 40 minutes. She is afraid to drive the car. We read that in at least one of the Tesla battery fires, the electric door handles would not operate and the passengers could not get out of the car. The Tesla carries our family and loved ones. Tesla appears to be putting economics above safely in this matter. We need NHTSA to investigate to determine if it is safe to continue driving this car. Thank you.
The car has lost a large amount of charging speed. Tesla has informed me multiple times there is nothing wrong when I know for a fact the charge speed has dropped an average of 10kw from when I first bought it. My main marker was at 5p% the car would be at 72kw and now after a random ota update a few months ago at 5p% I'm am usually around 55kw. This drop in charge rate has caused me to be late, and it makes every charge stop take about 15 minutes longer than it would previously.
My car's charging speed was significantly reduced following a software update. I used to charge at 116kw until about 25% state of charge but now I barely get 90kw at that state of charge.
Nhtsa action number: dp19005 ' investigation subject: battery management software updates I am concerned about the safety of my family being in and around my car. On may 29, 2019 I received software 2019. 16. 2 73d3f3c. Although not known at the time, when installed, it reduced battery capacity by about 8kwh, and performance by about than 40kw. There was no notification from Tesla this was being done. On 14 February 2017, (before software 2019. 16. 2 73d3f3c), at 100% and 76. 6kwh of 76. 4kwh remaining capacity, module voltages were about 4. 19v. This is expected and typical for a fully charged li ion battery. After the software change the battery charges to 390v, and a max cell voltage of about 4. 07v. It is well understood the li ion batteries degrade with use. However, limiting the cell voltages at 100% soc is not 'normal degradation', but this is clearly now being done, based on the data above, and the lack of regen while driving the car at these reduced cell voltages. This appears to be a deliberate action on the part of Tesla. It may be the result of some now-detectable defect, which through deception, Tesla is attempting to cover up. Tesla claims to have done this 'out of an abundance of caution' after several non-crash fires. I believe that this may be a safety issue. If my battery is 'normal" then it shouldn't need protecting via a software update, the conditions would have been known to Tesla for the last five years. If Tesla decides to suddenly, and without any owner notification, to "protect" something five years after it was manufactured, I suspect it's because something is very, very wrong. There are also indications this was deliberately done in such a way as to make it less noticeable to owners. Please provide an independent assessment of the safety of my car and battery pack.
I have a p85d and since recent software updates my range has dropped significantly. . My supercharger sessions have also become extremely slow resulting in almost an an extra hour to charge the car compared to before updates. These updates seem to be a makeshift cover for defective batteries due to high fire and explosion risk, which have occurred on other Tesla cars. So instead of fixing batteries Tesla reduced their capabilities across the board.
Starting with a software update in may 2019, Tesla capped the max voltage the high voltage battery would charge to. They claim they did this "out of an abundance of caution" after several non-crash fires happened to these models. Tesla took action to downgrade horsepower and range along with all other aspects of performance through a total voltage cap after claiming to be releasing a fire-safety update, but officially no safety update was released. This change happened while the car was parked in my driveway and stationary.
Tesla has limited charging speed after a 2019. 16. X software update to almost 3x slower, following reports of fires with cars while just sitting there. The car has additionally began deteriorate quickly as distance available to drive after the 2019. 16. X update has gone down as well. This is now known on the internet as "batterygate" and "chargegate". Due to lack of communication from Tesla on this issue and fires surrounding cars with similar batteries, I am not confident the issue has been resolved with just software and the car is completely safe to operate with the battery it was sold with. I am not even sure it is safe to sleep under the same roof as where it is being parked.
In mid may, 2019, Tesla sent me a mandatory software update for my 2015 Tesla Model S p85d ludicrous with the 85 kilowatt-hour battery. Immediately following this software update my Tesla experienced a 30% drop in supercharging rates at all states of battery charge level and battery initial temperature. I also experienced a 25 mile drop in maximum range when battery is at 100% capacity. I have brought my vehicle still under full warranty to Tesla service centers in dublin, CA and berkeley, CA. They have been unwilling to bring charging rates and battery range capacity to original levels before the may, 2019 software update, or to even acknowledge that there is an issue. They have removed car performance for which I paid a considerable amount of money with no compensation or any kind of explanation.
Nhtsa action number: dp19005 - investigation subject : battery management software updatesstarting with a software update in may 2019, Tesla reduced battery capacity from 73kwh to 62kwh. They claim they did this "out of an abundance of caution" after several non-crash fires happened to these models. Tesla took action to downgrade horsepower and range along with all other aspects of performance through a total voltage cap after claiming to be releasing a fire-safety update, but officially no safety update was released. This change happened while the car was parked in my garage and stationary. There is a fire safety issue here that is not made public by Tesla.
Nhtsa action number: dp19005 - investigation subject : battery management software updates - vehicle had sudden loss of battery capacity and charging velocity after software update in may 2019. This has continued with a roughly 15% reduction in the kwh rating of the battery (published rating 85. 0, actual 71. 65). I am disappointed with the reduction in the performance and usability of the car, but more concerned with the potential of an undisclosed defect or risk that I am am not aware of.
Shortly after updating the vehicle with Tesla's software updates 2019. 16. 1 and 2019. 16. 2, it was discovered for the first time that the vehicle had suffered from a sudden and immediate loss of approximately 26 miles of range as a result of the pair of software updates. The updates in question also severely decreased the supercharging speeds for the vehicle. In addition, the software updates issued by Tesla did not disclose anything with regards to the range loss or decreased charging speeds. Tesla has released updates since initial range-reducing and charge-speed limiting updates which were supposed to and purportedly were issued to correct the problems, however, there is no significant change or increase in range or charging for the vehicle to date. Note - this complaint has been submitted by legal counsel who currently represents the affected owner for this specific vehicle. Legal counsel here also serves as counsel to the putative class members and named class plaintiff in the litigation currently pending in the u. S. District court, northern district of CA, case no. 5:19-cv-01422-vkd.
After software update 2019. 16. X last may, my 2015 Tesla Model S 70d lost around 30 miles of range. Charging times were affected with the car not been able to charge to 100%. The charging after 90% becomes extremely slow and stops @97%. When the update was done the vehicle was stationary. I contacted Tesla, but they refused to even look at the car, canceling my appointments and stating that this is normal. After last attempt to question the issue I was texted a message that they are aware of software issue and they are working on it. That was on July 24 2019.
On Saturday 5/11/2019 around 12:45pm while I was driving on the highway the car suddenly made a loud sound then the car shut down in the middle of the highway leaving me stuck. The car would not go into gear. The car display an error on the center console "unable to drive, please proceed to safety" (something like this) I did not take a photo since I was concerned about being rear ended. I had to call 911 to stop all traffic so the car could be pushed off the highway. As we were about to push the car it started working again. I will be taking the car into Tesla service so they can try to determine why this occurred. This could have caused a major accident to myself and others if this happened during non rush hour traffic.
When I purchased my car less than a year ago, it came with a 50,000 mile, 4 year "new car" warranty although it was a used car with approx 25k miles. Within 6 months, an update came out over the air and changed my software, and ultimately lead to a range loss of approx 40 miles and an increase in charging time by approx 3x because Tesla, admittedly through their service texts, has limited the charging on my car to "preserve battery life. " this is akin to selling me a 8 cylinder car, and limiting it to 6 to not have to change engine. The car has become almost unusable as it takes 3 hours to charge when it used to take 45 minutes. The car was able to get a full 116 kw for an extended period of time when the battery was below 15%-30% and the charging would gradually (over 45 minutes) drop to about 40kw. Now it starts at around 110 kw and quickly (within 5 minutes) drops to below 80kw. It tapers off and charges around an average of 35-40 kw. Tesla should be changing the batteries as they knowingly are doing this to stop the battery from over heating and starting on fire. This is a hazard and Tesla, instead of replacing the part with a warranty, limits the performance of the vehicle without telling the owner.
Nhtsa action number: dp19005 - investigation subject : battery management software updates a software update in may 2019 is when this began, Tesla has capped the max voltage the high voltage battery would charge to, should be 4. 2 volts and now its 4. 08 volts. Tesla claims this was done "out of an abundance of caution" after several non-crash fires happened to these models. Tesla took action to downgrade horsepower and range along with all other aspects of performance through a total voltage cap after claiming to be releasing a fire-safety update. There has been no official safety update to date. This change happened while the car was parked in my garage and stationary.
In may 2019 our Tesla Model S p85d battery charging capacity reduced from about a maximum charge of 248 miles to about 218 miles. Tesla did not notify us that this would happen and after several phone calls and letters there has not explanation or information as to why it occurred.
This is in regards to NHTSA action number: dp19005 - investigation subject : battery management software updates Tesla pushed a software update to our cars in April/may of this year that substantially reduces range and power using a voltage cap that also removed about $30,000 worth of paid upgrades to range and horsepower (electric cars need volts for both range and power, so Tesla's reduction took substantial value out of the cars affected). Tesla claims they downgraded our cars "out of an abundance of caution" after a series of cars caught fire while parked (non-collision, non-physically damaged vehicles, that caught fire for apparently for no reason - some after being unused for several days). Tesla initially claimed the update was removing features we paid for "out of an abundance of caution" but now Tesla will not tell us whether or not the issue is safety related. This is a critical omission, because there was never any NHTSA recall notice posted, or service bulletin, or otherwise safety related official information. Thousands of Tesla owners are choosing to skip the update, because it can instantly reduce the value of our cars by half and make them unusable if people bought the range upgrades out of necessity. Distances that were able to be driven before the update are impossible afterward. Purchases were calculated on this and the range upgrades were made for the additional range the software update removes. Please go forward with this investigation. I would like to know: 1) is there a safety issue? 2) does the update address a warranty problem? 3) is my hardware faulty? will it be repaired? why was it reduced? 4) are people that don't connect their car to wireless internet at risk from not being updated?.
April, 2019- my Model S was stationary at a supercharging station, battery not charging normally, interrupting with error message: battery "recalculating". A 90% charge normally resulted in 242 miles of rated range. Suddenly, a 90% charge now results in only 210 miles rated range. Since new, the battery gradually lost a total of 3% of range, or 8 miles, over 3. 5 years. Suddenly, the loss of range is an added 15% or another 32 miles. The car now charges at a much slower rate. Normal supercharger rate of charge starts at 116 kw. Now, starts at only 60-80 kw. Charging now taking much longer. I contacted Tesla multiple times, with the above information. I have received no repair of issue after numerous attempts at receiving service. I've received many nebulous, conflicting, and untrue statements from Tesla, refusing to confirm clearly what has caused this battery performance and charging problem. At one point, they indicated "the charging rate and your battery's capacity was limited to prevent over degradation of cells and damage caused by overuse of supercharging. " another Tesla rep stated it was caused by a firmware update, but no one has put that statement in writing. But, they still insist the battery has no problem, and needs no repair. If there is no problem with my battery then why did Tesla cap it's voltage and charging rate with a firmware update? why will Tesla not restore my car's performance? indications are such that either the battery should be repaired or replaced. Considering that this firmware update coincided with some Tesla battery fires, I am concerned that a faulty battery could present a dangerous condition. Tesla has not been forthcoming with information, only refusing to repair the issue.
It was a 2hr45min drive into work on an icy blizzardy morning, driving my 2013 Model S rwd p85 with 90,000mi. Have owned this car for 4 yrs. Made it to work safely and the last 6 feet in the parking garage, going about 3 mph pulling at a right angle into a parking stall. Had brake pedal depressed, shifted my foot to tap on the accelerator to inch forward and next thing you know, car is accelerating full throttle into a cement wall. Crashed head on and airbag didn't even deploy. Sat for a moment to catch my breath and try to process what happened. Sent "bug report" on to Tesla central from the car. The dashboard had prnd lit up in red and the vehicle would not go into drive or reverse. Accelerator pedal was completely limp. Zero resistance. Thankfully, no other car was around me. Called Tesla service and they told us to reboot the car. We did, but accelerator pedal remained completely unresponsive. Had to push out of the 5 story garage and tow it to an autobody shop. Filed police report. Reported to local Tesla service center immediately. A few days later, we heard back from the Tesla rep that said that report showed no malfunction. According to Tesla accelerator went from 0% to 88% suddenly, implying "driver error. " yet they also said the brake was tapped and then released prior to impact. This does not jive, why we a person accelerate, tap the brake then release? skid marks from rear tires left on garage floor. Tesla won't release data. We do not want to accept this report and this is not what happened during the crash. Today the auto body shop informed us that they were curious why the car is not driveable. After being reset, they discovered the accelerator pedal is broken. Experience during the crash, combined with very unusual car behavior, and a broken accelerator refute Tesla's claim of operator error.
I was making a legal u turn on a city street to park. I pulled behind a parked car and was going about 1mph when my car suddenly accelerated and hit the parked car. There were no warning sounds until the car hit the other car and then the horn and lights on my car went off. The car was not on auto park and no air bags were deployed however my car and the car that was hit had extensive body damage. There were not injuries to people. I don't know why the car accelerated instead of stopping. I have never hit the accelerator peddle instead of the brake and I doubt if I did it in this case.
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.
This a complaint about the fatal Tesla crash in fort lauderdale. Even though the ntsb is investigating this crash the inquiry is likely to take more than a year. I am certain that this crash was caused by yet another suspension failure. . Read more...
Tesla s and x batteries are a design flaw. Tesla's panasonic cells are made with thin metal casings so that the heat from one burning cell causes the neighboring cells to burst especially when exposed to air in an accident. These fires emit toxins such as florine gas. These cars should be recalled and the batteries replaced with a safer design. The recent accident in florida shows the need for this recall.
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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!!!!!.
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This is a complaint about the fire danger in Tesla vehicles. The latest crash in lake forest shows that burning fluid is escaping from beneath the car and is near impossible to extinguish. . Read more...
This is a complaint about the issue of fires in the Tesla cars. There was an investigation into the fires in 2013. Tesla claimed that the fires were started by an object puncturing the battery pack and that the problem had been solved by the addition of a battery shield. Since that time there have been dozens more Tesla fires. It is obvious from looking at videos of fires that in most cases it is not the batteries burning (they burn with a white flame and with cells exploding like fire-crackers) in almost every case it is the coolant fluid that is burning. Propylene glycol is flammable. Even when diluted with water 50:50 it is still flammable when there is sufficient heat to boil off the water content. When the battery cells are hot from recent charging or from hard driving then there is sufficient thermal mass to boil off the fluid especially if the radiator pressure is lost. The Tesla radiators and fluid hoses are at the front of the vehicle and are highly vulnerable to impact damage. Teslas contain over 6 gallons of flammable glycol. The batteries themselves will not self ignite unless they are crushed in a heavy impact. The risk of fires from a leakage of hot propylene glycol is far greater. A google image search for Tesla fire shows dozens of cases where pools of fluid are burning on the ground beneath the car and the front of the car is engulfed in flames. Most of these fires are not accompanied by battery pyrotechnics they are simply coolant fires. Please reopen the fire investigation.
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