2014 Tesla Model S Complaint Log

REPORTEDLY SEVERAL TESLA MODEL S' HAVE HAD ANTILOCK AND POWER ASSIST FAILURES WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM. *TR

MY 2 DAY OLD P85D SUDDENLY DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION: TESLA BUILT THESE P85D CARS WITH FAULTY ELECTRICAL CONTACTORS THAT IT WAS SECRETLY RECALLING THROUGH ITS FORUMS. THE FAULTY CONTACTORS CAUSED SOME NEWLY RELEASED P85D CARS TO LOSE ALL POWER WITHIN FIRST 100 MILES. TESLA SHOULD ISSUE A PUBLIC RECALL TO REPLACE THE FAULTY CONTACTORS. TESLA SHIPPED THE P85D CARS WITH OLD SEATS , EVEN WHEN IT CHARGED CUSTOMERS FOR NEXT GENERATION SEATS. TESLA NEEDS TO IMPROVE ITS PROCESSES AND MAKE SURE IT RELEASES CARS ONLY WHEN SAFE FOR PUBLIC ROADS. I SHOULDN'T BE PAYING OVER $100K TO GO THROUGH THESE PAINS AND DANGERS. MORE HERE: HTTP://WWW.TESLAMOTORSCLUB.COM/SHOWTHREAD.PHP/40527-MY-2-DAY-OLD-P85D-SUDDENLY-DIED-IN-THE-MIDDLE-OF-AN-INTERSECTION MY 2 DAY OLD P85D SUDDENLY DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION:- WELL ... MY SHORT RANGE BRAND NEW P85D WITH 191KM (120MI) DIED SUDDENLY IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION (COMPLETELY STOPPED MOVING) ON -12C WEATHER. EVEN THE HEATER STOPPED WORKING. MY 10 YEAR OLD SON AND I HAD TO GET OUT AND PUSH IT TO THE SIDE. CALLED MY DS WHO CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE WHO PUT HIM ON HOLD FOR 30 MINUTES AND THEN TOLD ME THAT IT WILL BE AN HOUR BEFORE A TOW TRUCK ARRIVES. MY SON AND I WERE FREEZING WITH NO HEATER SO I MADE MY 80 YEAR OLD DAD COME AND PICK US UP. NEEDLESS TO SAY ... I AM NOT IMPRESSED. I KNEW I WAS BUY BLEEDING EDGE BUT A COMPLETE BREAKDOWN 2 DAYS AND 140KM AFTER LEAVING THE SHOWROOM? REALLY?

CONDENSATION IN THE LEFT REAR TAIL LIGHT. THERE ARE MANY REPORTS OF THIS SINCE 2013 ON THE TESLAMOTORSCLUB.COM WEBSITE UNDER MODEL S FORUM AND EXTERIOR. SEARCH WATER IN TAIL LIGHTS AND YOU GET MANY POSTS AND PHOTOS.

THERE HAVE BEEN MANY ACCIDENTS CAUSED BY MODEL S REAR SUSPENSION COMING LOOSE. I HAVE ARCHIVED THE AUCTION DETAILS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE. THE CAR DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN A CRASH BUT THE PHOTOGRAPHS SHOR THE REAR WHEEL AND AXLE HAS TORN LOOSE AN IS JAMMED IN THE WHEEL ARCH AT 90 DEGREES. THE FRACTURED SUSPENSION ARMS ARE CLEARLY VISIBLE. YOU CAN FIND THE ADVERT IN GOOGLE CACHE SALVAGE RESELLER DAMAGED 2014 TESLA MODEL S .0L LOT # 23807485 YOU CAN FIND THE CLOSE UP PHOTOGRAPH ON MY FACEBOOK ALBUM [XXX] --- FACEBOOK THERE ARE SEVERAL MORE TESLAS WITH THE SAME FAILURE CURRENTLY UP FOR SALE ON THE COPART WEBSITE. HERE IS A CLASSIC ONE... 4000 MILES, NOT EVEN DUE ITS FIRST SERVICE AND THE WHEEL FELL OFF COPART AUTO AUCTIONS DAMAGED 2015 TESLA MODEL S .0L LOT # 30043205 THERE HAS BEEN A DELIBERATE COVER UP BY TESLA OF THIS LETHAL DEFECT. I CAN SUPPLY PLENTY MORE EXAMPLES. THANK YOU [XXX] PLEASE NOTE: I HAVE SUPPLIED A FICTITIOUS USA ADDRESS BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOUR SYSTEM WILL NOT ACCEPT MY COMPLAINT. I AM NOT A US RESIDENT OR A TESLA OWNER. I AM A CONCERNED CITIZEN TRYING TO PREVENT FURTHER ACCIDENTS BEING CAUSED BY THIS DEFECT. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I PULLED SLOWLY IN TO A PARKING SPOT & MY CAR WAS AT A STOP POSITION JUST READY TO PUSH PARK BUTTON. WITHIN A SPLIT OF A SECOND, MY CAR (TESLA) JUMPED THE CURB AND TRAVELED 5' OF SIDEWALK BREAKING A GLASS WALL & TRAVELING THROUGH A RESTAURANT BREAKING TABLES & CHAIRS WITHIN COUPLE OF SECONDS W/O ME ACCELERATING THE PEDAL. BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED BY ME HALF WAY THROUGH THE RESTAURANT BEFORE THE CAR STOPPED. NO SERIOUS INJURIES TO ANYONE. TESLA WAS NOTIFIED & THIS IS THE LOG FILE DATA WORD BY WORD FROM THEM. ?AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT THAT RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO YOUR VEHICLE, YOU INCREASED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL POSITION FROM 1% TO 50% IN LESS THAN ONE SECOND WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. ONE SECOND LATER, YOU INCREASED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO 100% WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. ONE SECOND LATER, YOU CONTINUED DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AT 100% WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE PEDAL; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE'S TRACTION CONTROL ENGAGED & THEREFORE LIMITED THE VEHICLE'S TORQUE DESPITE THE FACT YOU WERE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AT 100% UNTIL YOU DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL IN THE FOLLOWING SECOND.? INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION PROVIDED BY TESLA. HOW MUCH WAS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DEPRESSED? SPEED OF THE CAR? DISTANCE TRAVEL? HOW DOES THIS PROVE THAT THIS IS NOT SUDDEN ACCELERATION? THE LOG DOES PROVE THAT I WAS AT A STOP. MY CAR WILL BE TOTALED BUT IS STILL SITTING AT STORAGE WITH INSURANCE COMPANY FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. MANY ACCIDENTS WITH TESLA HAS OCCURRED, EVEN JUST LIKE MINE IN TO A RESTAURANT( HTTP://INSIDEEVS.COM/TESLA-MODEL-S-CRASHES-THROUGH-RESTAURANT-DRIVER-BLAMES-IT-ON-UNINTENDED-ACCELERATION/) (HTTP://WWW.MOTORAUTHORITY.COM/NEWS/1087171_TESLA-MODEL-S-UNINTENDED-ACCELERATION-COMPLAINT-FILED-WITH-NHTSA.) THEY CAN'T ALL BE DRIVERS FAULT. NHTSA NEEDS TO INVESTIGATE THE BOX IN THE CAR BEFORE FATAL INJURIES OCCUR. PUBLIC SAFETY SHOULD BE THE PRIORITY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 TESLA MODEL S. WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE, THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD, JUMPED THE CURB, AND CRASHED INTO A BUILDING. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN IMPOUND LOT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,200.

THIS CAR IS UP FOR SALE AS A TOTAL WRITE OFF SALVAGE. HTTPS://WWW.EASYEXPORT.US/VEHICLE-FINDER/LOT-14402615/2014-TESLA-TESLA-CERTIFICATE-OF-DESTRUCTION-FL-WEST-PALM-BEACH FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHS IT APPEARS THAT THE CAUSE OF THE DAMAGE IS THAT THE REAR SUSPENSION HAS SHEARED OFF THE VEHICLE. THIS IS THE DEFECT SAME AS HAS BEEN REPORTED ON SEVERAL THREADS EG HTTP://MY.TESLAMOTORS.COM/FORUM/FORUMS/MODEL-S-PULLS-LEFT-PLEASE-READ THERE ARE OTHER REPORTS OF ACCIDENTS IN WHICH THE REAR SUSPENSION HAS BECOME DETACHED FROM THE MODEL S. HTTP://JALOPNIK.COM/TESLA-MODEL-S-TOTALLED-IN-VIOLENT-NEW-YORK-CRASH-1444083171 THIS WAS NOT A CRASH, THE VEHICLE FELL TO THE ROADWAY AFTER THE SUSPENSION FELL OFF. TESLA HAS A CULTURE OF DENIAL AND COVER UP. CONSIDERING THE VERY SMALL NUMBER OF CARS PRODUCED THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS IS EXTREMELY ALARMIN.

THIS IS A COMPLAINT MADE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. I BELIEVE THAT TESLA HAS A CULTURE OF COVERING UP DANGEROUS DEFECTS AND CRASHES BY CONCOCTING COVER STORIES. HERE IS ONE EXAMPLE. HTTP://WWW.CARSHOWTV.COM/2015/07/21/TESLA-INSANITY-MODE-CREATES-INSANE-CRASH/ FACT IS THAT THE BACK WHEEL IS SKEWED FOR NO GOOD REASON. THE ALLEGED COLLISION WITH A MAN-HOLE COVER IS RIDICULOUS. A GOOGLE STREET VIEW OF THE LOCATION SHOWS THE ABSURDITY OF THE STORY. HERE IS ANOTHER ONE: HTTP://INSIDEEVS.COM/TESLA-REVEALS-DETAILS-LAST-YEARS-FIERY-MODEL-S-WRECK-MEXICO/ THE BACK WHEEL IS SKEWED FOR NO GOOD REASON. GOOGLE STREET VIEW OF THE ACCIDENT SCENE SHOWS THAT IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE CAR TO BE TRAVELLING AT THE SPEED CLAIMED. THE DRIVER WAS ALLEGED TO BE DRUNK AND YET TESLA EXPEDITED HIS REPLACEMENT CAR. HERE IS ONE OF THE TESLA FIRES THAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY RUNNING OVER A TOW-HITCH. HTTP://INSIDEEVS.COM/THIRD-TESLA-MODEL-S-FIRE-IN-PAST-5-WEEKS-BREAKS-OUT-AFTER-ACCIDENT/ PROBLEM IS - THE PHOTOGRAPHS SHOW THAT THE TESLA SUSPENSION HAS COLLAPSED AND THE WHEEL IS JAMMED BACK INTO THE BATTERY. HERE ARE VIDEOS OF THE "TITANIUM SHIELD" (WHICH WEIGHS ABOUT 8 OUNCES) HTTP://WWW.THEWIRE.COM/TECHNOLOGY/2014/03/ELON-MUSK-MAYBE-THESE-GIFS-OF-TITANIUM-SHIELDS-PLATES-WILL-SHUT-TESLA-CRITICS-UP/359777/ THOSE VIDEOS ARE BEYOND RIDICULOUS. THE BLOCK AND ALTERNATOR SEEM TO BE MADE OUT OF PLASTER OF PARIS. ADDITIONALLY THE SUSPENSION HEIGHT WAS RAISED TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND THEN QUIETLY DROPPED BACK TO THE REGULAR LOW POSITION ONLY A FEW MONTHS LATER. I AM ENTIRELY SERIOUS ABOUT THESE ISSUES. I BELIEVE THAT THERE HAS BEEN A DELIBERATE COVER UP OF DEFECTS THAT ARE PUTTING LIVES IN DANGER.

MS1 BROKEN, NEEDED TO REPLACE

Rear Door handles are inoperable again after repairs made by dealer. The fault is due to design fault with the wiring harness on the door handles. Manufacturer refuses to make repairs under warranty