Car Accelerates On Its Own Problems of Tesla Model X

Unintended acceleration while driving at a slower speed. The car suddenly sped up which was very alarming. I had to hit the brake to cause it to slow down. It happened once during a 4 mile trip. My spouse had reported a similar experience earlier in the evening. Also many functions like park assist, traction control etc seemed to be automatically disengaging.

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The contact owned a 2016 Tesla Model X. The contact stated that after stopping and pressing the brake pedal, the vehicle suddenly experienced unintended acceleration and drove forward causing the driver to loose control of the vehicle and drive through a bush and drive off a retaining wall and ended up crashing into a car. During the incident the air bags deployed and the vehicle was destroyed. No injuries were reported. No police report was taken. The local Tesla service center located at 52 derwood cir, rockville, MD 20850 was notified of the incident. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 25,628. The consumer stated the local dealer escalated the complaint to Tesla hq and Tesla couldn't download the data at the time of the incident.

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I purchased a Tesla Model X on 14 Nov 2020 and had been driving just around 2 months. At around 11:10pm or so as we were cruising on the I-580, and were 2 exits north of the 680 highway, the entire instrument cluster in the car which included the large screen and the driver's instrument panel went completely dark. We were baffled as this was something we never encountered before. We began pulling over to the side when after about a couple of mins the lights came on and the panel showed that we had just around 30 miles of range left. We then proceeded to the nearest charging station which happened to be the Tesla factory at 45500 fremont blvd, fremont, CA, 94538. As we reached the charging station we slowed down the car by taking foot off the pedal and was about to change gears to reverse when the car suddenly accelerated without warning and ended up hitting one of the charging stations. The car finally came to a halt after striking and mounting over the charging station. The car struck the charging station head on from the front and around the mid left part of the front bumper. We were all shocked to see that none of the airbags were deployed, even though the collision was pretty nasty. While three of us managed to get away badly shaken and with strained backs, one of the occupants was sitting in the rear and was in the process of taking off her seat belt as the car was slowing down. She was thrown off her seat and suffered injuries to her face. Tesla refuses to ack any vehicle issue and has not shared any accident investigation report.

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While I was parking, my Tesla Model X suddenly accelerated into my office building. I am sure that my foot was on the brake at the time.

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When pulling into a parking space the vehicle unexpectedly accelerated causing the vehicle to jump the parking curb and strike a retaining wall. I have the video from the car. While turning right into an available parking spot, I was about 80% into the spot when the vehicle surged.

The car suddenly accelerated on its own as I was slowly entering a parking space in a supermarket parking lot and hit the car that was parked in the space in front of me.

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Sudden unintended acceleration. The car suddenly accelerated instead of stopping when I applied the brakes while pulling into a parking space. I was going approximately 5 mph. Instead of stopping, the car jumped a concrete parking block, went over a curb, climbed an embankment, and struck a tree before it came to a stop. The car suffered damage to the front driver's side wheel well and the undercarriage. The driver was not injured and the airbags did not deploy. Video surveillance captured the incident in its entirety. Photos of the scene and the resulting damage to the car are also attached. This incident occurred during a routine trip that I drive about 4 times each week. Weather, traffic, and road conditions were not a factor in this incident. The car does not contain any aftermarket equipment.

Note: I am not a Tesla short seller, I am real owner, driver of Tesla for the last 19 + months. 1. Sudden acceleration happened many times during autopilot, vehicle doesn't decelerate even when another vehicle is in front, I had to take control from autropilot with this sudden acceleration and I apply brake. This has been many many times at different locations (freeways ~65mph, expressways ~45/50mph speeds). I did not apply any gas pedal/other techniques to increase the speed, but the vehicle suddenly without any intervention speeds up, I was terrified with this and took control from autopilot. Contacted Tesla earlier regarding this, but their poor customer service, service center did not help much. 2. Automatic emergency braking. . . Which is supposed to stop if any objects infront, does not stop. Its just the visible clear objects, vehcile does not stop even at lower, higher speeds. I request NHTSA to kindly take note of these issues with Teslas and appreciate your action in this regard.

The car suddenly accelerated to full speed when parking the car in a mall parking lot. I tried to park the car, it did not fit so I went reverse a couple of feet and when I put the car in drive, it accelerated on its own and the steering wheel turned all the way to the left. The car went over the tire stoppers and came to a complete stop when it crashed against a post. This was 100% the car's fault, I am sure I did not press the accelerator. I have submitted the claim with Tesla and they are reviewing the data. I saw the news that other cars had similar problem and I wanted to share my experience as well. This is very serious and needs to be addressed.

Edit/additional note to my earlier complaint number: 11300604, this sudden acceleration with Tesla happen when using with/without auto pilot, I observed many times during (a). This unintended acceleration happen even when driving normally without auto pilot, though I am not pressing gas pedal, especially observed in the city road speeds around 30-45 mph, whn using auto pilot on freeways, this happened arounbd 55-70mph speeds too. (b). Also this unintended acceleration happen when battery is at 20-40% of range. (c). Also happen whenver there is a new software update, this unitended acceleration popped up many occasions(don't remember exact times) as if some software bug resurfaced and I used to take control of the vehcile having been alert all the time. Reported this over email, talked to service center, but no concrete action from Tesla end.

My Model X was traveling at low speed as it was near home. Before entering the curve, the x suddenly accelerated out of control. It first crashed into my other parked car in front of my house, pushing the parked car into my garage. Then it continued to hit a city light pole, breaking it at the base. The x continued to hit my next door neighbor's two cars parked outside of their home, damaging their garage. The car finally stop when it hit the wall of third neighbor' that divide up her driveway. Tesla roadside support contacted me on the day of the incident because they were able to see my airbag was deployed and may require assistance. I requested Tesla to review the log of the car and explain why the car suddenly accelerated out of control. When I followed up that first week they acknowledged my request in an email and told me that the request is with their engineering team and it may take a while before they will have any response. However, as of today, I haven't heard from their engineering team.

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On Nov 17, 2018 at 4:50 pm, I was driving my Tesla x slowly with auto pilot off and auto steer off on a surface street in san clemente, CA. I was trying to do a u turn. I verified that there was no traffic, that there was an area where cars were not parked on the left side of the street and could use a parking driveway on the right that will allow more space to perform the u turn. I gently pressed the break to further slowdown and then veered a little to the right into the driveway at less than 5 mph. I started to turn to the left while still gently pressing the break. As soon as the front right wheel left the driveway and before I had completed the u turn, the Tesla all of a sudden, on its own spontaneously accelerated to full power (a Tesla x can go from 0-60 miles in approx. 4 seconds). My foot was still on the break, I did not move it and therefore I did not press the accelerator. There were no objects obstructing the pedals. In a small fraction of a second, the Tesla traveled at full speed towards the tacoma car parked ahead on the left (less than 20 feet). Something in the Tesla system triggered the sudden spontaneous full acceleration resulting in this collision. The Tesla had major damage in the front, the air bags were deployed. I had a major bruise on my abdomen and several small bruises on my chest. The tacoma suffered damage in the front, moved backwards and hit the car parked behind it. There were no passengers in the other vehicles. It is my firm belief that this accident occurred due not to a driver's error but to a technological error within the Tesla vehicle. I found more than 60 complaints for spontaneous sudden acceleration for Tesla vehicles that have been filed to NHTSA. What these complaints have in common are that vehicles are traveling slowly trying to park or make turns at low speed when sudden spontaneous full acceleration was triggered.

While in a parking lot at low speed and coming around a turn to park, Tesla suddenly accelerated from low speed to high speed hitting a pole. Airbags deployed. Sudden acceleration was without warning. Severe damage to car. Luckily no pedestrians were nearby.

On Aug 4, 2018, in ventura, CA, at about 2:30 pm I was driving a passenger to a medical clinic in a rented Tesla Model X. As I was pulling into the parking space the Tesla rapidly accelerated forward unexpectedly. Surprised and scared I turned the steering wheel as hard as I could and pressed on the brake to stop the car to avoid the building in front of me. Even with my efforts of stopping, the car went over the curb onto the sidewalk and then over a low cement wall and finally stopped next to the building. This caused damage to the cement wall, the front right wheel well and the undercarriage of the car. Luckily no one was hurt. If I hadn't avoided hitting the building or if a person had been walking or standing in front of me on the sidewalk someone could have easily been injured. The police were called and there was an incident report.

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This is a complaint about the alarming number of instances of unintended sudden acceleration involving Teslas. I believe the following is extremely relevant. ** this comment on the Teslamotorsclub raises a very good point. Mark_t, 7 minutes ago I still think this all comes down to how much muscle memory you have to deal with. . . If you've been driving ice autos for years then you do all your low speed manoeuvres with your foot feathering the brake and your 'safety' reaction is to press hard on the break pedal. We all know how that ends if you forget you have creep off and you are in an ev with your foot on the 'go' pedal. . . :) same goes for any unexpected obstacle causing a sudden stop, inertia is likely to increase pedal pressure. . . Entirely safe if your foot is on the brake, but not if your foot is on the 'gas'. . . Luckyj, 2 minutes ago yeah, I'm with you on this. I've driven a manual all my life until I got a Tesla. Sometimes I wish the significant braking that can come from regen would be restricted to when I actually press the brake. I think the "one pedal" concept is not good for most folks. Maybe even not good for anyone. *** please consider this. Concerned citizen.

My car had an unintended acceleration when I was trying to park in the parking lot of my office. The car accelerated, jumped the parking curb and hit another parked car. My car suffered substantial damage, air bags were deployed and I escaped with minor bruises. The car which was I collided with was parked and did not have any passengers in it. Nobody else was injured.

I was parking when I felt the vehicle suddenly accelerate and jump the curb, smashing through the front windows/door of a business.