What 459 owners told NHTSA about the 2013 Tesla Model S 75d

2013 TESLA S P85 WITH MANUFACTURE QUALITY CONTROL PROBLEMS. MY CURRENT CONCERN IS THAT MY MEDIA CONTROL UNIT (MCU) TOUCH SCREEN IN MY MODEL S MANUFACTURE IN 2013 FAILURES OF THE TOUCH SCREEN WITH BUBBLES ON THE LCD TOUCH SCREEN AND SOMETIME JUST LINES ON THE LCD DISPLAY WHEN IT IS HOT UNDER THE SUN. THE CAR TAKES A LONG TIME TO START UP AFTER DRIVER GET INTO THE DRIVER SEAT- SOMETIMES IT CAN TAKE UP TO 3 MINUTES TO START UP THE CAR AND, LINES ON LCD DISPLAY, STICKY GLUE LEAKING DOWN UNDER THE DASH AREA FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE. THIS MCU AND LCD TOUCH SCREEN IS THE ONLY CONTROL THAT CAN BE USE AS AN INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR THIS VEHICLE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUES WHILE DRIVING AND CAN BE VERY DISTRACTING AND CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS A MANUFACTURES DEFECT AND IT SHOULD BE RECALL FOR REPLACEMENT OR REPAIR. IT IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN.

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THE MCU CONTINUES TO FAIL AND WAS NOW THERE ARE YELLOW LINES AROUND MY SCREEN AND IT KEEPS REBOOTING. *TR

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TOUCHSCREEN WENT OUT. ACCORDING TO THEIR SYSTEM THIS IS STILL A 'DRIVEABLE' CAR AND NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT TO THEM. THE BLINKERS AND HEADLIGHTS ARE CONTROLLED THROUGH THIS AS ARE MANY OTHER FEATURES.

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COMPUTER DISPLAY MALFUNCTIONING HAS TO BE TURNED OFF AND ON. THIS IS DANGEROUS WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE VIDEO OF SCREEN BUT CANNOT UPLOAD THAT TYPE OF FILE. *TR

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MEDIA CONTROL UNIT APPEARS TO BE FAILING. THE SYSTEM IS SLOW TO BOOT, THE MEDIA FUNCTIONALITY IS OFF-LINE, THE VEHICLE DOES NOT RESPOND TO DRIVER INPUT WITH RESPECT TO INPUT ON THE MAIN TOUCHSCREEN. THE MCU CONTROLS SEVERAL CRITICAL VEHICLE FUNCTIONS. *TR

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TOUCHSCREEN STOPPED WORKING MULTIPLE TIMES OVER SEVERAL WEEKS, WHEN STARTING CAR OR WHEN DRIVING, AND HAD TO BE REBOOTED. THEN NAVIGATION FUNCTION STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY. I HAVE SEEN REPORTS FROM OTHER OWNERS INDICATING THAT THE SCREENS FLASH MEMORY DEVICES HAVE FAILED OVER TIME. *TR

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MY MAIN LARGE SCREEN, WHILE MOVING IN REVERSE, SHOWS THE IMAGE FROM THE BACK UP CAMERA...IT WILL SUDDENLY AND RANDOMLY SHUT OFF AND ALMOST LIKE RESET OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND I WILL HAVE TO SLAM ON MY BRAKES AND WAIT TO SEE WHATS HAPPENING

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2013 MODEL S 40. MCU FAILED DUE TO MEMORY CARD FAILURE IN DECEMBER 2018. CAR WOULD NOT DRIVE. HAD TO BE TOWED. CAR LOWERED WINDOWS BY ITSELF AND COULD NOT BE CLOSED. DRAINED BATTERY. CAR COULD NOT BE OPENED. CHARGED $2100 TO REPLACE MCU OUT OF WARRANTY. MCU ALSO FAILED ON MY 2015 MODEL S 70D [XXX] IN 2019. REPLACED EMMC CHIP. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

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MCU FAILED - LEAVING BLINKERS AND OTHER CONTROL ITEMS NOT WORKING.

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LOSS OF REAR VIEW CAMERA; SCREEN STARTED TO LEAK CONDUCTIVE ADHESIVE THAT REQUIRED THE SCREEN AND ENTIRE MEDIA CONTROL UNIT TO BE REPLACED.

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THE MCU IS THE MAIN CONTROL FOR EVERYTHING IN THIS CAR. IT'S NOT ACTING AS IT SHOULD, SLOW OR BLACKS THE SCREEN SOME TIMES AND HAS TO BE REBOOTED AGAIN.

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VEHICLE MCU DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH STORAGE CAPABILITY THIS CAUSING IT TO FAIL AND NEED REPLACEMENT MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGH THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT IN THE VEHICLE AND FAILS AT RANDOM TIMES MAKING THE VEHICLE INOPERABLE.

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A KNOWN MCU FAILURE, DUE TO A MANUFACTURING ERROR ON THE PART OF THE CAR COMPANY, REQUIRES MULTIPLE REPLACEMENTS OF THE MAIN ELECTRICAL CONTROL. THE FAILURE OF THIS PART RENDERS THE CAR INOPERABLE. *TR

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MCU1 WITH EMMC IS DEAD, WHICH CAUSES LOSS OF CENTER SCREEN CONTROLS, THUS YOU HAVE NO CONTROLS OVER INTERIOR DEFROSTING OR FOGGING TO KEEP FROM HAVING LOSS OF VISIBILITY. IN ADDITION THERE IS NO BACKUP CAMERA. ALSO THE CAR WILL NO LONGER CHARGE PAST ABOUT 20% LEAVING YOU STRANDED. CAR WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN SCREEN WENT OUT AND WOULD NOT COME BACK. LAST AUGUST I HAD TO GET THE SCREEN REPLACED FOR 1100.00 NOW THIS REPAIR WILL COST 1600.00 AND IT COMES WITH ANOTHER SCREEN. THEY WILL NOT JUST FIX THE EMMC, P/N THAT IS ORDERED FOR THE REPAIR INCLUDES A NEW SCREEN THAT I DON'T NEED. I DECLINED TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR AT THIS TIME TO WAIT UNTIL MCU2 IS AVAILABLE, THEN A FEW DAYS LATER MY CAR WILL NO LONGER EVEN CHARGE. WELL IT CHARGES EXTREMELY SLOW TO A MAXIMUM OF 46 MILES. THEY SAY THE BATTERY AND DRIVE UNIT IS FINE SO GUESS WHAT, NO WARRANTY FOR ANYTHING ELSE FOR ALL THIS.

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THE MEDIA CONTROL UNIT (MCU) HAS FAILED ON MY VEHICLE OVER A MONTH AGO. I AM STILL WAITING FOR THE TESLA SERVICE CENTER TO NOTIFY THEY HAVE A REPLACEMENT FOR ME. TILL THEN, THE REPRESENTATIVE SAID THE VEHICLE IS STILL SAFE TO DRIVE. FAILURE OF THE MCU MEANS I AM UNABLE TO CONTROL MOST OF THE VEHICLES FUNCTIONS. MOST NOTABLY, I CANNOT RAISE THE VEHICLES SUSPENSION, TURN ON THE AIR CONDITIONING, OR VIEW THE REAR VIEW CAMERA. OTHERS THINGS AFFECTED ARE OPENING THE SUNROOF, LISTENING THE THE RADIO OR MUSIC AT ALL, USE GPS, CONNECT MY PHONE TO THE VEHICLES BLUETOOTH, CONNECT TO MY PHONE VIA TESLA APP, THE ODOMETER READING ISN'T VISIBLE ANYMORE, THE WALK-AWAY LOCK FEATURE IS INOPERATIVE SO IF I FORGET TO MANUALLY LOCK THE VEHICLE IT WILL STAY UNLOCKED, AND THERE MAY BE MORE FEATURES INOPERATIVE THAT I AM UNAWARE OF. THE FAILURE OF THE MCU OCCURRED AFTER I WAS DONE CHARGING AT A SUPERCHARGER STATION. I NOTICED THE SCREEN WAS GLITCHING SO I ATTEMPTED TO RESET THE SCREEN. AFTER A FEW SECONDS THE SCREEN SHOULD'VE CAME BACK ON BUT IT NEVER DID.

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THE TOUCH SCREEN FOR THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE (TESLA) WENT BLACK RENDERING THE VEHICLE TO UNABLE TO BE CHARGED AND ANY ENTERTAINMENT, CLIMATE AND OTHER BASIC FUNCTIONS FOR THE VEHICLE TO BE USED. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND PARKED WHEN THIS HAPPENED BUT THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF THE SCREEN GOING OUT WHILE DRIVING FOR OTHER OWNERS.

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MY TOUCHSCREEN MEDIA CONTROL UNIT (MCU) COMPLETELY FAILED. THIS HAS RESULTED IN NO BACKUP CAMERA, NO TURN SIGNALS, NO ABILITY CONTROL AC, THE SEATS DO NOT MOVE TO PREVIOUS POSITIONS, AND WORST OF ALL, THE CAR CANNOT BE CHARGED. I LIVE ABOUT 350 MILES AWAY FROM THE CLOSEST SERVICE CENTER SO I CAN'T EVEN ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THERE BECAUSE IT WOULD REQUIRE CHARGING ALONG THE WAY. THE CAR WAS PERFECTLY FINE ASIDE FROM BEING VERY SLOW TO TURN ON EVERY DAY. YESTERDAY MORNING ON GOING TO WORK 6/26/20 I FOUND THE MCU TO BE BLACK AND UNABLE TO BE TURNED ON WITH ANY REBOOTS. I CALLED TESLA SERVICE, AND THEY ARE SENDING A MOBILE RANGER TECHNICIAN BUT THEY TELL ME THE CAR WILL NEED TO BE LOADED ON A FLATBED TO BE SERVICED IN DALLAS. THIS APPEARS TO BE ANOTHER EMMC MEMORY FAILURE ON THE EARLY TESLA NVIDIA MCU SYSTEM. IT MAKES THE CAR UNSAFE TO DRIVE WITH NO TURN SIGNALS , AC, OR REAR BACKUP CAMERA. *TR

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THIS IS A COMPLAINT ABOUT A BURNED OUT MODEL S IN THE JUNKYARD. THE VIN IS UNAVAILABLE BECAUSE THE CAR IS ROASTED SO I HAVE SUBSTITUTED THE VIN OF A DIFFERENT WRECK IN ORDER TO PROMPTLY FILE THIS URGENT COMPLAINT. HERE IS THE CAR I AM COMPLAINING ABOUT. HTTPS://WWW.IAAI.COM/VEHICLEDETAILS/36655532?ROWNUMBER=4 I HAVE ATTACHED A CLOSE UP PHOTOGRAPH OF THE WRECK WHICH SHOWS THAT THE STEERING KNUCKLE HAS SNAPPED IN HALF. THE STEERING KNUCKLE ON THESE EARLY TESLAS IS MADE FROM HOLLOW DIE CAST MONKEY METAL AND IT IS VERY COMMON FOR THESE TO SNAP IN HALF. TESLA CAME OUT WITH A SLIGHTLY IMPROVED KNUCKLE IN ABOUT 2014 BUT THOSE ONES ALSO SNAPPED EASILY. THE CURRENT VERSION IS MUCH STRONGER. OWNERS HAVE NOT BEEN WARNED ABOUT THESE WEAK PARTS. NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. MORE PEOPLE WILL DIE IF YOU DO NOT TAKE ACTION. THANK YOU. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

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YOU HAVE A CURRENT INVESTIGATION REGARDING THE TOUCHSCREEN. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY COMPLAINT TO YOUR FILE. BECAUSE OF THE TOUCHSCREEN FAILURE, I HAVE HAD THE CAR TOWED 3 TIMES. "TOUCHSCREEN UNRESPONSIVE". WITHOUT THE TOUCHSCREEN, YOU CAN DO VERY LITTLE WITH THE CAR. ON OR ABOUT 2015 I HAD COMPLAINED TO THE SERVICE DEPT. THAT I THOUGHT I HAD A CRACKED SCREEN. THE COST OF REPAIR WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY..OK, I THOUGHT I COULD LIVE WITH A COSMETIC PROBLEM BUT IT WAS NOT COSMETIC. OVER THE PAST 2 WEEKS, WHEN I PLACE MY HAND IN THE SMALL STORAGE AREA BELOW THE SCREEN, I FOUND A VERY STICKY LIQUID ON MY HAND. IT WAS FLUID LEAKING FROM THE SCREEN WHICH I WAS TOLD NOT TO TOUCH BECAUSE THAT LIQUID IS CONSIDERED A CARCINOGEN. I AM UNABLE TO USE THIS CAR FOR FEAR I WILL BE STUCK FAR AWAY FROM HOME AND REQUIRE ANOTHER TOW. I VISITED THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT IN DEDHAM, MA AND THEY WERE UNSURE WHICH SCREEN MATCHES MY VEHICLE. THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THE SCREEN AND THE MCU WOULD BE APPROX. $2600 INCL LABOR. NO ONE WAS AVAILABLE TO OFFER ME A DEFINITIVE COST. I WAS TOLD THE WARRANTY FOR THE REPLACEMENT WOULD BE 1 YEAR. PERHAPS WITHIN 2 YEARS I WILL AGAIN HAVE TO SPEND ANOTHER 2600 FOR LIQUID LEAKING FROM THE SCREEN. PLEASE HOLD TESLA ACCOUNTABLE. I'M HOPING THAT IF THE RECALL IS SUCCESSFUL, I WILL BE REIMBURSED FOR THE MONEY SPENT. THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL FOR THE HEADLIGHTS. TAKING ANY TURNS AT NIGHT WAS A DANGER. THEY NEW IT WAS A PROBLEM BECAUSE LATER MODELS DIDN'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM. BECAUSE THE TOUCHSCREEN IS NOT FUNCTIONING, THE PICTURE I AM ABLE TO PROVIDE MAY NOT BE OF MUCH HELP. THE PICTURES ARE FROM THE LEFT AND RIGHT OF THE SCREEN. SCREEN NOT WORKING MAY HAVE TO REQUIRE THE 4TH TOW. THIS CAR IS DANGEROUS. *TR

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OCCASIONALLY, THE VEHICLE CENTER DISPLAY HAS VARIOUS ISSUES: BLUETOOTH WILL DISCONNECT, VOICE COMMANDS WILL STOP WORKING, THE CAR WON'T START WHEN I GET IN IT (THE CENTER SCREEN WILL REMAIN BLACK UNTIL I EXIT THE VEHICLE THEN SHUT THE DOOR THEN RE-ENTER IT. IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE FOR ME, WHERE I MOVED MY CAR OUT OF A PARKING SPOT, EXITED THE VEHICLE TO CHECK SOMETHING, THEN THE CAR WAS TOTALLY UNRESPONSIVE AFTER GETTING BACK IN. IT TOOK ME UPWARDS OF 5 MINUTES TO GET THE VEHICLE STARTED AND OUT OF PARK AND INTO DRIVE. LUCKILY, I WAS IN A LOW-TRAFFIC PARKING LOT, BUT IF THIS WAS A BUSY AREA IT COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ISSUE. THE CENTER DISPLAY HAS BEEN REPLACED IN THIS VEHICLE BEFORE AS WELL. I AM AFRAID THAT MY CAR IS APPROACHING THE INEVITABLE EMMC FAILURE WHERE THE FLASH MEMORY WEARS OUT AFTER TOO MANY WRITE OPERATIONS. *TR

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TOUCHSCREEN FAILURE. THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE 8GB EMMC NAND FLASH MEMORY CHIP IN THE NVIDIA TEGRA 3 PROCESSOR. TESLA PROVIDED FREE LOANER CAR. REPLACEMENT MEDIA CONTROL UNIT ON ORDER FOR YOUR VEHICLE. THEY CURRENTLY ARE ON A GLOBAL BACK ORDER BUT TESLA SAID THEY ARE WORKING WITH SUPPLY CHAIN TO PRIORITIZE VEHICLES ON SITE. TOTAL FOR REPLACEMENT IS $1,516.32. *TR

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LOST TOUCHSCREEN ENTIRELY WHICH MEANT I HAD NO TURN SIGNALS! REQUIRED TRIP TO TESLA TO FIX. HEARD YOU WERE HEARING ISSUES ABOUT THIS. CONCERNED SCREEN WILL FAIL ONCE OUT OF WARRANTY. NOT SAFE TO DRIVE WITHOUT SIGNALS! *TR

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SUDDEN ACCELERATION OF THE VEHICLE CAUSING CRASH. VEHICLE WAS IN PARKING LOT. FAILURE OF THE MCU CAUSING BLANK SCREEN. *TR

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TESLA MODEL S MASTER CONTROL UNIT (MCU) HAD TO BE REPLACED 5/27/20. NHTSA IS INVESTIGATING THIS WIDESPREAD ISSUE. REPAIR WAS $1600. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. PLEASE ADD MY DISPUTE WITH THE ONGOING PROBE INTO THIS CASE. *TR

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WHILE MOVING OR STILL INTERFACE/MCU THAT CONTROLS NAVIGATION, CLIMATE CONTROL, AUDIO EQUIPMENT, ETC. RUNS VERY SLOW AND SOMETIMES RESETS ITSELF WHILE UNDERWAY. THIS IS DISTRACTING IF IT OCCURS WHILE DRIVING. MOST RECENTLY THIS OCCURRED WHILE MERGING ONTO I95 AT NIGHT. ALSO, CAR IS NOW SLOW TO "BOOT UP" ON MOST DAYS TO THE POINT I'M SOMETIMES CONCERNED IT WON'T START. FINALLY, RECENTLY THE CAR WOULDN'T ACCEPT CHARGE FROM HOME CHARGER. A SOFT REBOOT OF THE MCU ALLOWED ME TO CHARGE. CONCERNED THE PROBLEM MAY REOCCUR WHEN ON LONG TRIP LEAVING ME STRANDED. *TR

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