Vehicle Speed Control Problems of Tesla Model S

Tesla Model S owners have reported 212 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 (155 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

On 6/11/26, around 2:10 pm, when I was slowly pulling over to park on a road side, the car suddenly rushed forward unexpectedly. It was so powerful, at the time I could only hear the panic reactions from the two passengers and sense the imminent collision with the parked BMW in the front of several   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 main screen stays blank and the backup camera does not work. All controls that were on the main touch screen do not function include safety features such and adaptive cruise control and emergency breaking.   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...

The Accelerator Pedal problem

The contact owned a 2021 Tesla Model S. The contact stated while driving approximately 100 mph, as he took his foot off of the accelerator, with the vehicle brake control set to "aggressive slow down," as the vehicle slowed the contact looked into the rear view mirror and observed white   Read details...




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