The contact owns a 2021 Tesla Model 3. The contact stated that while the vehicle was in full auto-drive mode approximately 10-15 MPH, the vehicle lost motive power. The contact was able to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 2,300. The VIN was unavailable.
2021 Tesla Model 3 electrical complaints
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Periodically one headlight starts flashing and my front turn signal won’t work. This typically happens in the middle of driving so I’m at risk of getting home safely.
Tesla: 2021 Model 3 (Standard w/Full Self-Driving Capability) Vehicle Safety Issues as of August 09, 2021: 1. Vehicle does not have interior rear manual door release to allow rear seat occupants to escape in case(s) of emergency or vehicle electrical power failure 2. Vehicle does not have an exterior manual release for all doors in order to allow first responders the ability to assist or rescue vehicle occupants and/or driver 3. Vehicle doe not provide regenerative charging of 12V batter used as the only primary source of power to operate all Onboard Computer and Diagnostics, as well as electronics 4. Vehicle does not provide redundancy to operate Onboard Computer and Diagnostics or to maintain the electronics in order to allow vehicle to keep satellite contact or radio beacon 5. Vehicle does not have a mechanical locking system and is unable to be opened in the event of failure of the 12V battery 6. Vehicle does not have any audible seatbelt warning 7. Vehicle does not shift into Park or Neutral when drivers door or passenger doors are open 8. Vehicle interior parts and exterior parts are not securely fastened or reasonably installed to a standard that provides protection to occupants in cases of side impact, rear impact, and frontal collisions 9. Vehicle does not adequately provide secure installation or covering of Side-curtain Airbags, as well as a poorly designed tether that can easily be pulled triggering the Airbags gas canister 10. Vehicle does not have any audible seatbelt warning 11. Vehicle does not shift into Park or Neutral when drivers door or passenger doors are open 12. Materials used in vehicle are both flammable and gaseous, as well as produce a toxic smell when ignited 13. Vehicle "Panoramic" glass roof provides UV protection and actually absorbs heat 14. Vehicle does not feature adequate detection of: moving objects(pedestrians, bicyclist) 15. Vehicle is unable to safely navigate streets or highways with out solid lines or objects to follow
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After parking and leaving the car, I realize later the dashboard did not shut down. The dashboard was still illuminated, and I was also able to hear the sound from a tuned FM radio. I re-open and closed both the driver and the passenger doors in an attempt to shutoff the dashboard. Since I did not get the expected result, I decided to get back into the car. I sat down in the driver chair to investigate the problem when the car was instantly activated and switched to a sudden and uncontrolled acceleration. It crashed into a facing wall after a run of about 30 feet.
At around 5:30pm on 5/16/2021 We were entering our garage when our tesla accelerated on its own into our garage extremely quickly and nearly brought the garage down.
-body parts on car a lot were off aligned, service dept won't help or answer calls - sentry mode drains battery (sales rep said it doesn't, since the camera storage isn't stored on the car) - rear passanger door panel is not on correct - there was green tape inside the car - the window trim was hanging off. - adam told me that he would be working with the 'remarketing team' to get me a better than normal trade in quote. Said he was working with a special team to get me a quote - and that the team should have offered me a long range vehicle and he apologized - called me with a regular trade in quote. He went to the tesla.com website and submitted a trade in quote and was not working with a 'special remarketing team" - kevin called me and asked for adam and if I had received my trade in quote through the website, figured it out that it was me and not adam, hung up and blocked me. - called and wanted to take my car in for the issues - the advisor wouldn't give me his name and that he felt threatened because I asked for his name. - my wife goes down to tesla costa mesa to speak to kevin wong then speaks to brian and finds out jared is who accused me of threatening him. - julia called me after that interaction, the same day and gave me the 3 options - went back and said 'it was a miscommunication' -car AC stopped working when driving -car wouldn't start -rear small window shattered by itself when driving on freeway, causing us to swerve and almost hitting the side barrier.
2021 tesla model 3. Consumer writes in regard to an issue with the right pillar camera. *ld the consumer stated the camera frequently displayed an "obstructed" error message, but there was no obstruction.
The car suddenly powered off while I was driving on a city street. The car remained broken down in the middle of traffic and needed to be towed to the service center. The service report indicates that the drive unit failed.
Heat no longer works in the car's climate control. This apparently is tied to faulty humidity and temperature sensors that must work properly for the heating system to work, and tesla service centers are aware of this yet are not proactively replacing them. This is a safety issue in cold climates since the windshield defrost no longer works, and the car is unsafe to drive overall in cold temperatures without functional heat. This issue appears to be restricted to the 2020/2021 model 3/ys with the heat pump that require these sensors to function properly. Another symptom is the climate screen displays an error message of "climate keeper is unavailable due to a system fault."
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