What 417 owners told NHTSA about the 2016 Tesla Model X 90d

WHILE TURNING LEFT INTO A PARKING SPOT AT A VERY SLOW SPEED, THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITH EXTREME FORCE. IT RAN OVER A CURB AND COLLIDED WITH A TREE AND A TRUCK. THERE WAS ONLY LIGHT PRESSURE ON THE ACCELERATOR. THE AUTOMATIC BRAKING AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WAS OVER $18 000 DAMAGE TO THE TWO VEHICLES AND THE TESLA MODEL X IS NOT DRIVEABLE WITHOUT REPAIRS.

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I HAD PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT, PROCEEDED TO PULL INTO A SPOT ADJACENT TO A CINDER BLOCK BUILDING. I HAD MY FOOT LIGHTLY ON THE GAS PEDAL, THEN AS I MADE THE TURN INTO THE SPOT, MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE - THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD AND SPED UP AND THE BRAKES DID NOT STOP IT. I WENT RIGHT INTO THE CONCRETE BUILDING, HEAD ON - AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE FRONT END CRUSHED AND THE 2 AIRBAGS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE DEPLOYED AND WERE SMOKING. I READ ON LINE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS INCIDENCES OF THIS HAPPENING WITH THE TESLA. SPONTANEOUS ACCELERATION WITH MY FOOT NOT ON THE GAS PEDAL. THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP BY THE BRAKES! I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR HIT ANOTHER PERSONA OR VEHICLE. THE CAR HIT THE BUILDING AS WELL AS A NATURAL GAS PIPE THAT WAS RUNNING ALONG THE BUILDINGS SIDE AT THE LEVEL OF MY FRONT BUMPER. I FILED A POLICE REPORT.

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HERE IS A MODEL S IN THE JUNKYARD HTTPS://M.IAAI.COM/VEHICLEDETENC.ASPX?AUCTIONID=0&ITEMID=23232693&ROWID=41&PAGESOURCE=VEHICLERESULTS IT HAS BEEN IN A COLLISION. THE SUSPENSION APPEARS TO HAVE COLLAPSED. THE LH FRONT WHEEL IS JAMMED BACK IN THE WHEEL WELL THE TREAD ON THE TIRE OF THE LH FRONT WHEEL HAS BEEN WORN AWAY WHICH IS ALMOST CERTAIN TO HAVE HAPPENED BEFORE ANY CRASH. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY OTHER CASES OF COLLAPSED SUSPENSIONS IN TESLAS. IT IS REPORTED THAT THE CARS LACK ANY FORM OF LIMIT STOPS ON THE SUSPENSION SO THAT A SIMPLE AIR LEAK IN THE SYSTEM CAN HAVE CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES. PLEASE INVESTIGATE.

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HERE IS A TESLA MODEL X IN THE JUNKYARD. HTTPS://M.IAAI.COM/VEHICLEDETENC.ASPX?AUCTIONID=0&ITEMID=23554172&ROWID=47&PAGESOURCE=VEHICLERESULTS IT HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY COLLISION AND NONE OF THE AIRBAGS HAVE DEPLOYED. THE AIR SUSPENSION HAS COLLAPSED ON ALL 4 WHEELS CAUSING THEM TO JAM UP IN THE WHEEL WELLS. THE TESLAS DO NOT HAVE ANY BUMP STOPS AND SUCH FAILURES ALWAYS CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE CAR AND CAN CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL AND ENDANGER OTHER ROAD USERS. HOW MUCH LONGER WILL YOU IGNORE THESES FAILURES AND CONTINUE TO GIVE TESLA THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT? I WILL ENSURE THAT DETAILS OF THIS INCIDENT ARE MADE PUBLIC. PLEASE TAKE THIS DEADLY CAR OF THE ROAD. IT IS SIMPLY "UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED" THANK YOU.

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HERE IS A MODEL X IN THE SALVAGE YARD. HTTPS://WWW.COPART.COM/LOT/35873206/PHOTOS?RESULTINDEX=2&TOTALRECORDS=14&BACKTO=%2FLOTSEARCHRESULTS%2F%3FFREE%3DTRUE&QUERY=TESLA&QUERY=TESLA&DISPLAYSTR=SEARCH%20RESULTS&VIEWEDLOT=35873206 IT HAS ONLY DONE 3000 MILES. THE BACK WHEEL HAS SKEWED 90 DEGREES SIDEWAYS AND ALL THE SUSPENSION ARMS HAVE SNAPPED OFF. NONE OF THE AIR-BAGS HAVE DEPLOYED. THERE IS SOME SCRAPING DAMAGE TO THE SIDE OF THE CAR BUT NOT ENOUGH TO ACCOUNT FOR THE SNAPPED OFF SUSPENSION. IT IS MOST LIKELY THAT THE SCRAPES ON THE SIDE WERE CAUSED AFTER THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL WHEN THE WHEEL WENT WHOMPY. IT IS BLINDINGLY OBVIOUS THAT THE ALLOY SUSPENSION COMPONENTS ARE TOO WEAK FOR THE HIGH POWER AND WEIGHT OF THIS VEHICLE. PLEASE DO NOT WAIT UNTIL MORE LIVES ARE LOST BEFORE TAKING ACTION.

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THE WINDSHIELD ON MY MODEL X HAS SEVERE GHOSTING. AT NIGHT, IMAGES OF CAR HEADLIGHTS (AS WELL AS ANY OTHER LIGHT SOURCE) ARE TRIPLED AND SOMETIMES QUADRUPLED DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE STATE OF THE WINDSHIELD. CAR HEADLIGHTS AND OTHER LIGHTS SOURCES ALSO HAVE A STRONG, STREAKING GLARE DUE TO THE WINDSHIELD. ALL OF THIS COMBINED IS LEADING TO A DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT, BECAUSE I AM SEEING A MULTIPLICITY OF LIGHT SOURCES WHEN ENCOUNTERING ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I HAVE CONTACTED TESLA NUMEROUS TIMES, ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT NO FIX IS ORDER. I HAVE MULTIPLE EMAILS TO CONFIRM THIS. ALSO, I HAVE PICTURES I HAVE TAKEN FROM THE DRIVER'S SEAT AT NIGHT. DUE TO MY CAMERA QUALITY, THESE PICTURES DO NOT ACCURATELY DISPLAY THE EXTREME LEVEL OF GHOSTING, BUT ONE CAN EXTRAPOLATE. *TR

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 TESLA MODEL X. WHILE PARKING THE VEHICLE, IT ACCELERATED WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL AND CRASHED INTO A FENCE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURE WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000.

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HERE IS A NEW COMPLAINT OF UNINTENDED ACCELERATION WHICH SOUNDS HIGHLY CREDIBLE. HTTPS://FORUMS.TESLA.COM/FORUM/FORUMS/NEAR-ACCIDENT-WHILE-PARKING-JUST-NOW NEAR ACCIDENT WHILE PARKING JUST NOW!! SUBMITTED BY HAMI05 ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2016 WOW GUYS I'VE SEEN THOSE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION THREADS BEFORE AND THOUGHT THAT THE PERSON MUST'VE ALWAYS DEFINITELY BEEN PUNCHING THE ACCELERATOR, BUT I'M NOT SO SURE AFTER WHAT JUST HAPPENED TO ME. PLEASE HEAR ME OUT, BECAUSE MY SON AND I ARE FRANKLY QUITE SCARED RIGHT NOW. I WAS DRIVING INTO A PARKING LOT AND I JUST LIGHTLY PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR AS I WAS GOING UNDER 10 MPH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY X WENT FROM 10 TO OVER 40 MPH IN ABOUT 2 SECONDS! I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THE THING COULD ACCELERATE THAT FAST! CAN ANYBODY EXPLAIN WHAT THE HECK MIGHT'VE HAPPENED? THANKFULLY I WAS ABOUT 100 FT AWAY FROM ANY OTHER CARS BEFORE IT TOOK OFF, SO I HAD TIME TO SLAM THE BRAKES WITHOUT PANICKING, OTHERWISE WHO KNOWS WHAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED... I'M CERTAIN THAT I DIDN'T ACCIDENTALLY ACTIVATE CRUISE CONTROL/AP, SO THERE'S NO WAY THAT COULD'VE CAUSED IT. MY THEORY IS THAT THE REGENERATIVE BRAKES MAY HAVE GIVEN ME A SUDDEN KICK OF ACCELERATION? I'M KIND OF WORRIED NOW, BECAUSE THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SECOND TIME SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME, EXCEPT THE FIRST TIME WASN'T NEARLY AS BAD, SO I DIDN'T ASK YOU GUYS ABOUT IT. HAS ANYONE ELSE HAD THIS HAPPEN TO THEM? DO YOU GUYS THINK I NEED TO ASK MY TESLA TEAM ABOUT THIS? THIS HASN'T ONLY HAPPENED TO ME WHILE GETTING READY TO PARK, THE FIRST TIME I WAS JUST ACCELERATING UP TO 25 IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT SUDDENLY WENT TO 35 IN A SECOND BUT I WASN'T TOO BOTHERED ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE IT WAS JUST A 10MPH BURST, BUT THIS ONE THAT HAPPENED TO ME TODAY WAS THE CAR JUMPING 30 MPH... I'VE DRIVEN THIS CAR FOR 2000 MILES NOW AND IT'S THE ONLY CAR I'VE BEEN DRIVING REALLY OVER THE PAST MONTH.

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THIS IS A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE TESLA MODEL X AND MODEL S UNINTENDED ACCELERATION INCIDENTS. IT APPEARS THAT TESLA IS STILL USING AN ACCELERATOR PEDAL THAT HAS ONLY A SINGLE SENSOR. THIS PEDAL IS SUPPLIED BY FORD WHO HAVE A HISTORY OF UA INCIDENTS INVOLVING ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL. SOME MANUFACTURERES HAVE NOW SWAPPED TO A DUAL SENSOR 6 WIRE SYSTEM. IN THE EVENT OF A BAD INPUT FROM ONE SENSOR THIS TRIGGERS A FAULT CODE AND DISABLES THE ACCELERATOR. TESLA HAS REPEATEDLY CLAIMED THAT IN ALL THESE INCIDENTS THE LOGS SHOW 100% THROTTLE. THIS CAN EASILY HAPPEN DUE TO DIRT OR WHISKERS ON THE SENSOR. THE LOG WOULD BE UNABLE TO SHOW WHETHER IT WAS A GENUINE CASE OF PEDAL PUSHED TO THE FLOOR OR AN ELECTRICAL GLITCH. I SHOULD NOT NEED TO REMIND YOU OF THE HISTORY OF TOYATA AND FORD UA CASES AND THE NHTSA. TESLA ND ITS SUPPORTERS CONSTANTLY REPEAT THE OLD CLAIM THAT ALL CASES OF UA ARE CAUSED BY DRIVER ERROR. THAT WAS TRUE FOR MECHANICAL THROTTLES BUT IT HAS BEEN PROVEN THAT ELECTRONIC ENGINE CONTROLS ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO EMI OR SPURIOUSLY INDUCED GLITCHES. WITH THE TESLA'S INSANE AND LUDICROUS ACCELERATION THE RESULTS ARE EVEN MORE DANGEROUS THAN FOR A LESS POWERFULL VEHICLE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE AS TO WHETHER TESLA IS STILL USING A THROTTLE SENSOR THAT DOES NOT HAVE DUAL CIRCUIT SAFETY PROTECTION

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MANY OWNERS ARE COMPLAINING ON THE FORUMS ABOUT GHOSTING IN THE MODEL X WINDSCREEN BUT DUE TO THEIR INFATUATION WITH TESLA AND ELON MUSK VERY FEW OF THEM ARE BOTHERING TO REPORT TO NHTSA THIS IS A TYPICAL CONVERSATION ON THE TOPIC. HTTPS://TESLAMOTORSCLUB.COM/TMC/THREADS/I-DONT-THINK-TESLA-WILL-TAKE-GHOSTING-SERIOUSLY.76523/PAGE-3 KAM SHAHID, SEP 20, 2016 NEW ELECTRICITY SAID: ↑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WHILE COMING TO A STOP IN A PARKING GARAGE GOING 3 MPH THE AUTO SUDDENLY PROJECTED FORWARD AT FULL SPEED INTO A CONCRETE WALL DESTROYING THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE CAR AND INJURING THE PASSENGERS BY DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAGS08102016

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I WAS GOING UP BY DRIVEWAY WAITING FOR MY GARAGE DOOR TO OPEN. I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND WAS SLOWING DOWN WITHOUT HITTING THE BREAKS WAITING FOR THE GARAGE DOOR TO OPEN. THE CAR TOOK OFF THROUGH THE GARAGE DOOR AND HIT MY HUSBANDS CAR SITTING IN THE GARAGE.

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REFILING THIS COMPLAINT AS IT DID NOT SEEM TO GO THROUGH PROPERLY 5 MINUTES AGO. HERE IS A REPORT OF ANOTHER BROKEN SUSPENSION WITH PHOTOGRAPHS THAT SHOW AN IDENTICAL FAILURE TO THE LAST MODEL X COMPLAINT FILED. DETAILED PHOTOS SHOW STRETCHED AND FRACTURED PARTS. HTTPS://TESLAMOTORSCLUB.COM/TMC/THREADS/MODEL-X-FRONT-SUSPENSION-FAILURE.77534/PAGE-4 REELER, YESTERDAY AT 7:07 PM NEW SREDDY642 SAID: ↑ I POSTED THIS ARTICLE ORIGINALLY AND UPLOADED THESE PICTURES OF MY CAR WHEN IT FAILED IN OUR PARKING LOT WHERE MY CAR IS THE ONLY TESLA. I DO HAVE THE TESLA INVOICE WITH $0.0 CHARGED THAT CLEARLY ACKNOWLEDGES THIS FAILURE AND SHOWS WHICH PARTS WERE REPLACED. I THINK THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO OUR EARLY PRODUCTION MODEL X. THIS ARM WAS ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE TOWARD THE FRONT OF THE CAR. TESLA FIXED IT FOR FREE TOO.

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ANOTHER CASE OF SUSPENSION FAILURE IDENTICAL TO PREVIOUS COMPLAINTS LODGED. TESLA MOTORS CLUB FORUM HTTPS://TESLAMOTORSCLUB.COM/TMC/THREADS/MODEL-X-FRONT-SUSPENSION-FAILURE.77534/PAGE-4 SREDDY642 SAID: ↑ I POSTED THIS ARTICLE ORIGINALLY AND UPLOADED THESE PICTURES OF MY CAR WHEN IT FAILED IN OUR PARKING LOT WHERE MY CAR IS THE ONLY TESLA. I DO HAVE THE TESLA INVOICE WITH $0.0 CHARGED THAT CLEARLY ACKNOWLEDGES THIS FAILURE AND SHOWS WHICH PARTS WERE REPLACED. I THINK THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO OUR EARLY PRODUCTION MODEL X. THIS ARM WAS ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE TOWARD THE FRONT OF THE CAR. TESLA FIXED IT FOR FREE TOO. SEE ATTACHED PHOTOGRAPHS. ALSO NOTE HOW THE ORIGINAL POSTER ON THIS THREAD HAS BEEN CALLED A LIAR AND WORSE. MANY OWNERS WOULD BE AFRAID TO REPORT THESE FAILURES DUE TO PEER PRESSURE AND FEAR THAT TESLA MIGHT WITHDRAW THEIR SUPPORT.

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DRIVER SIDE DOOR WILL NO LONGER LATCH PROPERLY - CONSTANT CYCLING NOISE COMING FROM LATCH. CYCLING CAN BE STOPPED BY MANUALLY MOVING THE STRIKER LATCH WITH A SCREWDRIVER TO FOOL THE CAR INTO THINKING THE DOOR IS CLOSED. CAR CAN BE DRIVEN BY PLACING AN ARM OUT THE WINDOW AND HOLDING THE DOOR CLOSED MANUALLY. IF THE DOOR IS FORCED CLOSED DURING THE CONSTANT CYCLING, THE DOOR CANNOT BE OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE, YOU NEED TO CLIMB IN TO THE FRONT FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE OR THE REAR SEATS TO OPEN WITH THE INSIDE HANDLE. THE FAULTY LATCHING MECHANISM RAISES CONCERN FOR NOT ONLY WHETHER THE DOOR CAN BE CLOSED SECURELY AND NOT OPEN WHILE DRIVING, BUT THE FAILURE OF BEING ABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE IS A SAFETY RISK IN THE EVENT SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE IN AN EMERGENCY AND THE FRONT DOOR CANNOT BE OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE.

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WHILE TURNING LEFT TO ENTER A VERY NARROW GARAGE ENTRANCE I NEEDED TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT I HAD TO STRAIGHTEN OUT BEFORE PULLING IN OR IF MY LEFT TURN WAS TIGHT ENOUGH TO PULL IN WITHOUT REVERSING TO STRAIGHTEN OUT. I SAW THAT I WAS IN THE POSITION THAT I COULD CONTINUE INTO THE GARAGE AND LIGHTLY PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR TO FINISH MY TURN INTO THE GARAGE. IT WAS AT THIS POINT THAT THE CAR ACCELERATED WITH EXTREME FORCE AND WITHIN A SECOND SLAMMED INTO A LARGE CONCRETE POLE THAT WAS JUST INSIDE THE GARAGE TO THE LEFT. I NEVER FELT THE CAR SLOW IN THAT MOMENT, ONLY SPEED UP AND I BELIEVE THE CAR SLAMMED INTO THE POLE WHILE ACCELERATING AND WOULD HAVE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE IF NOT FOR THE LARGE POLE. I DID NOT HAVE EITHER FOOT DEPRESSED ON EITHER PEDAL AT THE MOMENT OF COLLISION. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, BUT THERE WAS VERY SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END OF THE CAR THAT WILL BE AT LEAST $25K. I WAS NOT ON THE PHONE OR DISTRACTED IN ANY WAY. I WAS DRIVING CAREFULLY AND PAYING FULL ATTENTION. THIS IS NOT A CASE OF MISTAKEN PEDAL BECAUSE I WAS INTENDING TO ACCELERATE. AT FIRST TESLA TOLD US OVER THE PHONE THAT THEIR LOGS SHOW THAT THE DRIVER PRESSED THE PEDAL 100% AND THEN TAPPED THE BRAKE BEFORE IMPACT. THIS EXPLANATION SOUNDED PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE THE DISTANCE COVERED WAS LESS THAN 3 CAR LENGTHS. A MONTH LATER TESLA SENT A LETTER STATING THE DRIVER PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR 100% UNTIL THE VEHICLE SENSED A CRASH. TESLA DID NOT RESPOND TO OUR QUERY ABOUT WHY THEIR LOG STORY HAD CHANGED. TESLA ALSO REFUSED TO PROVIDE DATA ABOUT ACCELERATOR/BRAKE PERCENTAGE AND CAR SPEED FOR THE CAR EARLIER IN THE DAY. IF A DRIVER IS PRESSING THE PEDAL 100% IT IS A VERY DELIBERATE ACTION. THIS IS A FAILURE OF THE ACCELERATOR AND THE AUTOMATIC BRAKING. THE CAR ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN AND CRASHED FULL FORCE INTO A LARGE CONCRETE POLE.

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HERE IS FURTHER PROOF THAT THERE IS A DESIGN AND/OR MATERIALS PROBLEM WITH TESLA'S SUSPENSIONS. THIS WAS POSTED TODAY ON THE OFFICIAL TESLA MOTORS FORUM. HTTPS://FORUMS.TESLA.COM/FORUM/FORUMS/MODEL-X-FRONT-SUSPENSION-FAILURE CONDENSED VERSION OF POST: YESTERDAY, I WAS PARKING MY MODEL X90D IN THE PARKING GARAGE AT WORK, I WAS MAKING A SHARP TURN AS I WAS BACKING INTO A PARKING SPOT (IN MANUAL MODE, NOT AUTOPARK), WHEN I HEARD A BANG AND MY STEERING BECAME STIFF. WHEN I TRIED MOVING THE CAR, IT FELT LIKE IT WOULDN'T WANT TO MOVE. WHEN I MOVED FORWARD, THE CAR FRONT PART FELT LIKE IT WAS LIFTED UP AN INCH OR SO. I STOPPED, GOT OUT, GOT ONTO MY KNEES AND CRAWLED UNDER THE FRONT SUSPENSION TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. IT WAS OBVIOUS TO ME THAT THERE WAS A FRONT SUSPENSION FAILURE. THE WHEEL APPEARED TO CONTACT THE WHEEL WELL. I REFRAINED FROM MAKING ANY FURTHER MOVEMENT AS THE WHEEL WELL WAS ACTING AS A GIANT BRAKE ON THE TIRE. THIS MORNING, GOT A CALL FROM THE SERVICE CENTER, THEY CONFIRMED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE CONTROL ARM HAD CRACKED AND WAS BROKEN. . AS A PRECAUTION THEY ARE REPLACING THE CONTROL ARM ON THE PASSENGER SIDE TOO.. I AM SURPRISED THAT THE CONTROL ARM CRACKED AS THE FATIGUE CYCLES ON THE PART WOULD HAVE BEEN LOW. I THINK WHEN ONE IS MAKING AN EXTREME TURN, THE CONTROL ARM WILL BE MOST STRESSED AND IT APPEARS THE STRESS ANALYSIS DONE MAY NOT HAVE FULLY CAPTURED THE LOADS DURING THE EXTREME TURN. I WAS DRIVING AT LESS THAN 5 MPH WHILE REVERSE PARKING WHEN IT FAILED. I SHUDDER TO THINK WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THIS FAILURE OCCURRED AS I WAS ON AN EXPRESSWAY AT SPEED, TAKING A TURN/ON A CURVED EXIT RAMP, POSSIBLY MADE WORSE IF I WAS ON AUTOPILOT. PLEASE DO NOT GIVE TESLA ANY MORE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT BUT INSTEAD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PREVENT LOSS OF LIFE.

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THIS IS THE WORST CASE IMAGINABLE OF IRRESPONSIBLE USE OF THE TESLA AUTOPILOT. HTTPS://M.FACEBOOK.COM/STORY.PHP?STORY_FBID=863138560487599&ID=336451809822946 THE MAN IS DRIVING THROUGH A DENSELY BUILT UP AREA WITH MANY PEDESTRIANS ABOUT. HE HAS 6 PASSENGERS IN THE CAR HE PASSES THROUGH SEVERAL RED LIGHTS. ALL NO HANDS NO FEET. AND HE TREATS IT ALL AS A HUGE JOKE. HTTPS://M.FACEBOOK.COM/STORY.PHP?STORY_FBID=863138560487599&ID=336451809822946 NO NEED FOR ME TO SAY MORE.

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TESLA IS NOW ALLOWING WEB BROWSING BY THE DRIVER WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION.WATCH THIS VIDEO FROM TIME 27:00 HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=AEU5OL2IR4M THIS IS CONTRARY TO WHAT TESLA HAVE PREVIOUSLY CLAIMED WHICH IS THAT BROWSING IS NEVER ALLOWED WHILE DRIVING. I DON'T THINK THAT I NEED TO SPELL OUT THE DANGERS CREATED BY THIS SITUATION. THERE ARE SO MANY TESLA SHOWING UP IN THE SAVAGE YARDS THAT HAVE BEEN IN MAJOR FRONT END COLLISIONS THAT THERE MUST BE A PROBLEM WITH DRIVER DISTRACTION OR BRAKE FAILURE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE.

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TESLA DEACTIVATED SAFETY FEATURES ON THE FALCON WING REAR DOORS. SAFETY FEATURES WERE ACTIVE WHEN VEHICLE WAS SOLD, NOW THEY HAVE BEEN DEACTIVATED DUE TO CHRONIC PROBLEMS WITH THE DOORS CLOSING RELIABLY. INSTEAD OF FIXING THE ROOT PROBLEM WITHT HE DOORS, TESLA CHOSE TO DEACTIVATE THE SAFETY FEATURE DESIGNED TO PREVENT THE DOORS FROM INJURING HANDS, FINGERS, OR ARMS THAT MAY DAMAGED BY THE MECHANICALLY CLOSING DOORS. TESLA DID NOT NOTIFY OWNERS OF THE CHANGE. TESLA SALES REPS DESCRIBED THE SAFETY FEATURES, BUT THE COMPANY HAS NOT NOTIFIED OWNERS THAT THOSE SAFETY FEATURES ADVERTISED BY THEIR SALES REPS NO LONGER WORK.

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THIS IS A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE TESLA AUTOPILOT HERE IS A VIDEO THAT WAS UPLOADED ON SEPT 04 2016: HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=VRZAZ3BUW7Y HERE IS WHAT APPEARS TO BE A TESLA EMPLOYEE DEMONSTRATING AUTOPILOT TO A POTENTIAL CUSTOMER AND ENCOURAGING HIM TO DRIVE HANDS FREE. THE AUTOPILOT IS STILL PERMITTING HANDS FREE DRIVING WITHOUT SOUNDING ANY ALARMS. THE PASSENGER/DEMONSTRATOR ASSURES HIM THAT TESLA MONITORS THE ROAD AND CONSTANTLY IMPROVES BY SELF LEARNING. I UNDERSTAND THAT AN INQUIRY INTO THE TESLA AUTOPILOT IS UNDERWAY. PLEASE WATCH THIS VIDEO TO SEE HOW OWNERS ARE STILL BEING GIVEN FALSE CONFIDENCE IN THE SYSTEM.

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HERE IS A TESLA MODEL X IN THE SALVAGE YARD. IT HAS BEEN IN A MAJOR CRASH THE FRONT LH SUSPENSION TOP LINK IS TORN AWAY WHICH COULD HAVE HAPPENED IN THE CRASH. HOWEVER, THE TIRE HAS HAD THE TREAD SEVERELY WORN AWAY OVER THE ENTIRE CIRCUMFERENCE. THIS COULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED AFTER THE IMPACT UNLESS FULL POWER WAS STILL APPLIED TO THE MOTOR POST IMPACT. IT IS FAR MORE PROBABLE THAT THE TIRE DAMAGE WAS CAUSED PRIOR TO THE CRASH BY A MECHANICAL FAULT IN THE SUSPENSION. SEVERAL OTHER MODEL X CARS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH BROKEN SUSPENSIONS. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER URGENTLY. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DATE OF CRASH, DETAILS OF INJURY ARE ONLY ESTIMATES.

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UPDATE TO THE AUTOPILOT SITUATION. FORUM POSTS TODAY SHOW THAT THE SITUATION IS GETTING EVEN WORSE. HTTPS://FORUMS.TESLA.COM/FORUM/FORUMS/DANGEROUS-AUTOPILOT-NAGGING-EVERY-15-SECONDS-WHY SAMPLE: AESCULUS | AUGUST 25, 2016 MINE WORKS BY HOLDING WITH A FEW FINGERS AT THE BOTTOM. I THINK IT JUST WANTS TO MEASURE SOME AMOUNT OF RESISTANCE WHEN IT MOVES THE WHEEL. ROSSRALLEN | 25. AUGUST 2016 I AGREE WITH @AESCULUS - LIGHT FINGER PRESSURE BIASING THE WHEEL TO ONE SIDE IS ENOUGH, BUT YOU ALSO NEED TO BE READY TO ASSUME CONTROL. SO, A HAND RESTING AT 5, 6, OR 7 O'CLOCK SHOULD PROVIDE ADEQUATE PRESSURE TO BE SENSED BY THE AP. BTW - USE CAUTION WITH AP ON TWO-LANE ROADS: AP STAYS TOO CLOSE TO THE CENTERLINE FOR MY COMFORT, AND MANY APPROACHING DRIVERS DRIVE TOO CLOSE TO THE CENTERLINE. ALSO FROM ANOTHER FORUM HTTPS://TESLAMOTORSCLUB.COM/TMC/THREADS/DANGEROUS-AUTOPILOT-IS-NAGGING-EVERY-15-SECONDS-WHY.76141/ AESCULUS | 25. AUGUST 2016 MINE WORKS BY HOLDING WITH A FEW FINGERS AT THE BOTTOM. I THINK IT JUST WANTS TO MEASURE SOME AMOUNT OF RESISTANCE WHEN IT MOVES THE WHEEL. CGIGUY, TODAY AT 8:20 AM BRANDON332 SAID: ↑ IT'S DANGEROUS BECAUSE I HAVE TO LOOK DOWN AT THE SCREEN RATHER THAN ON THE ROAD, I ALMOST CRASHED ONCE! WOW. I'M SOMEHOW NOT SURPRISED BY HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE CRASHING THEIR CARS ON AP WITH STATEMENTS LIKE THIS. AT LEAST YOU WEREN'T PETTING YOUR DOG AND CLEANING THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR AROUND A CURVE WHILE ON AP. THESE COMMENTS ARE FROM ENTHUSIASTS WHO SHOULD BE EXPECTED TO KNOW BETTER. THE BEHAVIOR OF THE TYPICAL TESLA OWNER IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD IS LIKELY TO BE EVEN WORSE. TESLA OWNERS SEEM TO HAVE BLIND FAITH IN THE TESLA AND IN THE CREATOR ELON MUSK (BLESSED BE HIS NAME)

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ON JULY 8TH 2016, AT 9:37 A.M., WHILE SLOWLY PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE AT CREEKWOOD DOG PARK IN BRADENTON FLORIDA, MY TESLA MODEL X SUDDENLY ACCELERATED UNDER ITS OWN VOLITION, DROVE OVER A PARKING STOP, OVER A FIVE INCH CURB, AND THEN HIT AND KNOCKED OVER A CONCRETE LIGHT POLE. ALL THIS HAPPENED IN A DISTANCE OF LESS THAN TWENTY FEET. TESLA WAS NOTIFIED IMMEDIATELY AND THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO DIMMITT COLLISION CENTER IN CLEARWATER, FLORIDA. THE SERVICE MANAGER AT TESLA OF TAMPA, TOLD ME VERBALLY THE LOG FROM THE EDR SAYS THE CAR WAS TRAVELING AT 6 MPH, THEN THE ACCELERATOR WAS ADVANCED TO OVER 50% AND THEN TO 87%. THE CAR ACCELERATED TO 20 MPH AND ABRUPTLY STOPPED. I DENIED THIS SCENARIO AND ASKED FOR A SUPERVISOR. TESLA'S SOUTHEAST REGIONAL MANAGER MET US AT THE BODY SHOP. HE HANDED ME A LETTER THAT HAD DIFFERENT EDR RESULTS-VEHICLE SPEED WAS 7 MPH, PEDAL POSITION WENT FROM 3.2% TO 15.6% TO 100% AND CAR WENT TO 14 MPH. THE FIRST REPAIR ESTIMATE SHOWED ACTUAL MILEAGE AS 205 AND A SUBSEQUENT REPAIR ESTIMATE SHOWS THE ACTUAL MILEAGE AS 1425. THESE FIGURES ARE INACCURATE SINCE I HAD LOOKED AT THE ODOMETER SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT AND THE MILEAGE WAS OVER 1800. I INFORMED TESLA THAT I AM POSITIVE BEYOND A SHADOW OF DOUBT THAT THE CAR'S ELECTRONIC THROTTLE COMPUTER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCIDENT WHICH THEY DENY. THIS APPEARS TO BE THE INDUSTRY STANDARD SINCE EXPERTS WILL TESTIFY THAT ALTHOUGH A CAR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR UNINTENDED ACCELERATION THERE WILL BE NO TRACEABLE EVIDENCE OF THAT RESPONSIBILITY AND THEREFORE THE MANUFACTURER HAS PLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY. TESLAS ARE UNDERGOING UNINTENDED ACCELERATION AT A RATE MORE FREQUENT THAN 1/5,000 VEHICLES MANUFACTURED. THIS IS WAY MORE FREQUENT THAN THE INDUSTRY STANDARD. GENERAL MOTORS HAS AN EXTREMELY GOOD RATE OF 1/123,000 VEHICLES.

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HERE IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE DANGER POSED BY THE BETA RELEASE AUTOPILOT . FROM THE TMC FORUM. HTTPS://TESLAMOTORSCLUB.COM/TMC/THREADS/FL-I95-AUTO-PILOT-JAX-DRIVERS-HEADS-UP.75990/ DISCUSSION IN 'MODEL X' STARTED BY X FAN, TODAY AT 7:54 AM. I WAS IN LEFT LANE USING AP NEAR WHERE ROAD SPLITS TO I295 LOOP. I WAS FOLLOWING A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME TRAVELING AT SPEED LIMIT WITH CARS IN ADJACENT LANE TO RIGHT. ACTION: ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME MAKES A BEELINE TO GET TO FAR RIGHT HAND LANE TO GET TO I295 SPLIT. INSTEAD OF STAYING IN LEFT LANE, MY X MAKES A DECISION TO SHARPLY FOLLOW THAT CAR RIGHT. UNLESS I HAD TAKEN OVER I BELIEVE WOULD HAVE HIT THE CAR ADJACENT TO ME IN THE NEXT LANE OVER. AFTER ADJUSTING AND REGAINING COMPOSURE, I QUICKLY LOOKED AT SCREEN AND SAW THAT ROAD STRIPING WAS DIMMED AND I WAS UNABLE TO RE-ENGAGE AP. IT APPEARS THAT THE WHITE CONCRETE ROADWAY COUPLED WITH INTENSE SUN FACING CAR WAS IMPACTING THE X'S ABILITY TO TRAVERSE THE ROAD PROPERLY." NOTE HAVING HANDS NEAR THE WHEEL OR LIGHTLY RESTING ON THE WHEEL (COUPLED WITH AUTOPILOT INDUCED INATTENTION) IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO PREVENT A CRASH PLEASE BRING THIS UNCONTROLLED EXPERIMENT TO AN END.

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