Warnings problems of the 2018 Tesla Model X

Tesla x in full self driving mode failed to lower speed and detect stopped in-lane vehicle on a very sharp turn, crashing into the back of the vehicle at significant speed.

Our Tesla Model X is failing recently with several issues as listed below: 1. 'autiopilot disabled' - autopilot was not available to use since 09/2024 after upgraded to 12. X fsd upgrade. Tesla service diagnosed in 11/2024 with some error connected to evaporator fan, advised me to replace the kit at an estimated $580 2. 'unable to start' - hv battery failed on 03/06/2025 with series of failures that was reported to NHTSA (voq#11651899). Tesla replaced the battery, and service delivered vehicle on 03/24/2025 3. 'hood unlatch' failure - while driving home from service center on the same day at 70 mph on I-95 freeway, the 'hood' popped up blocking the front view, and had to pull vehicle to shoulder to safety. There was no warning message on the screen at all. Took the vehicle to service immediately, and service team pointed that they forgot to turn on 'auto-latch' resulting hood failure. They offered the 'free' repair of hood. 4. 'ecu autopilot failure' - while taking the delivery of 'hood' fix on 04/22/2025, I noticed the 'autopilot' was still not working. Serviced diagnosed with 'failed autopilot ecu' at an estimated cost of $1791. 55. Currenlty the vehicle is with Tesla service team. My vehicle is with service team since 03/06/2025, and has been identified with series of issues/failures. It has caused severe safety failure putting our lives at risk with 'unlatched' hood while driving on a freeway. Also with hv battery failure its completely unreliable on when it might fail during driving. Now with failed autopilot ecu, we are unsure of the vehicles ability to navigate, drive function and safety concerns. Service team is unable to provide precise root causes or fixes, or restore it to a functioning vehicle. Every visit with service team there is a new issue with vehicle. Our family is greatly concern with the quality of the vehicle, persisting issues, safety concerns and overall reliability of the vehicle. Please find enclosed all service records.

Https://youtu. Be/yrdzis4fjjg "autopilot is set to shut down 1 second before any impact. Makes the driver 100% in control before an accident. Makes the driver 100% responsible. Tesla has killed two motorcyclists in the past 4 months. At night the ai can't tell the difference between a motorcyclist up close and a car far away. So, it assumes car and runs right into it. Another interesting issue with Teslas autopilot. They claim its 10x safer than a person. That not true. The claim is based on sheer accidents per mile. Autopilot is only really used on the highway, eating up miles quickly and in an environment where, although consequences of crashes can be more severe, they happen less often. When adjusted to compare highway driving autopilot to highway driving people, it's really only about as safe as a person, if that. In their 2022 cars Tesla has done away with radar. So all new Teslas have no idea the true distance something is from them. They are 100% cameras, while every other autonomous driving company is utilizing lidar. Lidar is expensive and ugly. That's why Tesla isn't using it. And taking radar out of their cars was just another cost savings measure. They were having a problem with the video and radar being at odds as to what's in front of the car. So instead of spending the money to fix it and fuze the sensors into a more robust solution. They just ditched radar and make the assumption that the video analysis is correct. ".

My wife was driving the car in was turning left on to a major road, she apparently hit another car trying to turn right on to the major road from opposite side. Both cars must have started from a stop sign and neither of them knew the speed. My wife does not remember the details of the incident, she was shaken up, initially declined to seek medical care but soon after could not recognize people, so had to be taken to er. The car with all the technology failed to alert the impending crash, did not apply emergency brakes, nor did not record the event which it was supposed to have.

While driving on an interstate freeway on 8-14-2021, using the vehicle autopilot driver assistance mode (which I had been using for the previous 18 months without incident), the vehicle failed to avoid hitting the vehicle in front of me. This collision resulted in no passenger injury, but resulted in both driver and passenger airbags to engage and resulted in total vehicle loss of the Tesla Model X. No other vehicles involved had airbag engagement. Tesla may have actual information on the functioning of the vehicle and the autopilot software that may explain why the collision avoidance system failed, but refused to supply me with this information.