Vehicle Speed Control Problems of Tesla Model S

Tesla Model S owners have reported 215 vehicle speed control related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 6 most common vehicle speed control problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's vehicle speed control (157 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's car accelerates on its own (36 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.

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


Recently reported Vehicle Speed Control problems of Tesla Model S

The Vehicle Speed Control problem

This complaint covers a 13-month continuous chain of severe electrical system failures stemming from a deficient federal safety recall remedy on my vehicle's media control unit (mcu) architecture. Tesla's corporate policy has been to replace only the isolated center screen explicitly tracked by the   Read details...

The Car Accelerates On Its Own problem

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.   Read details...

The Cruise Control problem

The contact owns a 2021 Tesla Model S. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds with the cruise control feature engaged, the brakes independently activated without the brake pedal being depressed. No warning light was illuminated.   Read details...

The Speed Control Springs problem

The contact owns a 2016 Tesla Model S. While parking, the vehicle inadvertently accelerated and crashed into a fence and a neighbor's air conditioning unit. The brake pedal was depressed, but the vehicle failed to stop. There were no warning indicators illuminated. There were no injuries.   Read details...

The Speed Control Cable problem

I drove to work on may 2, 2019, and was trying to park in my allotted parking stall on the 3rd level of my office parking garage. My parking stall was along the outer edge of the garage and the only barrier to the outside was a set of three (about " diameter) cables strung between outside   Read details...




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