2015 Tesla Model S: sudden unintended acceleration

Filed Dec 13, 2023 · Acceleration, Fuel system · CA · crash

The Model S, which was bought in 2015, had a sudden acceleration while I was trying to park near the entrance gate of the parking lot. The accident happened on May 25, 2023. Fortunately, nobody got hurt and the car was totaled. I feel strongly that this should be investigated, as this can be a very serious public safety issue. It was inspected by the insurance company. There were no warning messages prior to the failure.

Filed Dec 11, 2023 · Acceleration, Brakes · 60,000 miles · TX · crash · 3 injuries

The contact owns a 2015 Tesla Model S. The contact stated that while he, his wife, and his son were in the vehicle he had begun veering right pulling into the driveway, at approximately 5 MPH, he had begun slightly releasing the brakes when the vehicle suddenly accelerated at accelerated high speeds. The contact immediately depressed the brake pedal however the vehicle speed continued to accelerate. As a response, the contact attempted to maneuver the vehicle to avoid crashing into the garage. The contact crashed into a nearby tree, jumped the curb, and became airborne crashing into the side of the home. The driver's side of the vehicle crashed into the side of the home where the laundry room was located ricocheting hitting the kitchen and bedroom windows and eventually coming to a stop. Due to the home being on a slope, the vehicle ended up falling into a nearby embankment after coming to a stop. All air bags deployed. The vehicle was towed. The contact was informed by insurance the vehicle would more than likely be totaled however this had not been confirmed. A police report was filed. The contact received emotional distress, cuts, and bruising to their hands. arms and forehead. The contact also suffered from back pain. The contact's wife sat in the rear on the driver's side and received emotional distress, trouble breathing, bruising on their face, and bleeding in the mouth. Their wife also received neck, back, and head pain. The contact stated that their wife ended up falling to the floor of the vehicle as a result of the crash. The contact's son sat in the rear on the passenger's side and received emotional distress, and back and neck pain. All persons received medical attention on-site, such as cleaning the wounds and icing any bruising. They were advised to seek additional care, however, have not been able to do so as of yet. The crash caused damage to the wall and flooring structures, electricity, and water systems in the home. The vehicle had not been taken to the dealer. The cause of the failure had n

Filed Nov 3, 2021 · Brakes · CA

Brake and accelerator pedals are configured such that both are easily pressed together. Other unintended acceleration or loss of brakes complaints here may be the same issue. I was cornering and needed to slow. Pressing the brake pedal did not slow the vehicle. An error that both pedals are pressed was seen in the first occurrence. This time I only heard the chime. I couldn’t look to see the message. No crash, just a scary incident.

Filed Jun 11, 2020 · Acceleration, Electrical · 73,150 miles · CA

On june 9 at approximately 10:30pm, the car accelerated on its own at a high rate of speed. The cruise control was off, as such, so was the driver assist mode. In addition, without prompting, the sunroof opened and the windshield wipers turned on. The only way to stop it was to reboot the computer. The fact that tesla denies this is a problem is ridiculous. There is clearly a software issue that has been recently introduced. I have had the car for more than 5 years and have never had this type of problem until now.

Filed May 24, 2020 · Body, Electrical · 43,704 miles · CA · crash

Sudden unintended acceleration. I had almost completed a u turn (but not completely) to slowly pull into a parking spot parallel to the sidewalk when the car all of a sudden lounged forward (see skid marks). It only slowed after hitting and damaging the brick wall.I pressed on the brakes, the screen flashed something like: your auto park is now disabled. I was able to slowly ease into my intended parking spot and come out and assess the damages. It all happened over a split second. The collision definitely felt like there's a major fault with the car's computer system - instructing it to lurch forward at rapid speed and not able to autostop with an object (brick wall) in front of it. I was at a residential area within a gated community. When california highway patrol came, they said they couldn't file a report within private property.

Filed Jan 29, 2020 · Acceleration, Airbags · 33,033 miles · WA · crash · 1 injury

My tersla experienced a sudden acceleration event on july 31, 2019. It was being parked in a target parking lot about to be put in park when it suddenly experienced a full acceleration. It jumped over a 6 to 8 foot wide concrete meridian, took out a bush and hit a parked pick-up, moving it about 15 feet and totaling the truck. The car had almost $40,000 in damage and the driver was injured. Telsa first said they would have their read out in one week then 3, then 4 - finally after about 4 months they said it was driver error but the driver denies touching the gas or brake. She was already stopped and it happened so fast she didn't have time to react.

Filed Nov 5, 2019 · Acceleration · 48,000 miles · CA · crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 tesla model s. While driving 65-70 MPH for thirty minutes with the auto pilot engaged, the vehicle spontaneously accelerated without warning. The contact crashed into the rear of a 2015 toyota prius. The air bags deployed. There were no injuries and a police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to an independent lot. The contact called tesla (6701 amador plaza rd, dublin, ca 94568, (925) 361-1173) and informed them of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and did not assist. The failure mileage was 48,000. *dt*jb *bf

Filed Jan 20, 2019 · Acceleration · 24,386 miles · NC · crash

As I parked my car in my garage on 1/19/2019, I had placed the car in park and was preparing to exit the vehicle when it suddenly accelerated and hit the front of my garage wall. The car was in park and not moving. I had my hand on the door handle to exit. I immediately slammed the breaks but the car seemed to keep going into my wall and then it jolted and stopped. It was like it had a mind of its own. There was no alert or anything. It just suddenly accelerated while in park. As you can imagine this is a very scary occurrence and I am not going to drive this vehicle until it is rendered safe. I'm very concerned with what could happen if this occurred in a parking lot or area with people. I contacted tesla immediately following the incident to file a report and share my concern. They told me they would pull logs and be in touch. I also called my insurance company. The incident happened at 5:50 pm.

Filed Mar 11, 2018 · Acceleration · 26,000 miles · MI · crash

While pulling into a perpendicular parking spot in a parking garage, at ~4-5 feet from a wall, the car experienced sudden acceleration, slamming into the wall, resulting in moderate body damage to the front of the car and deploying the driver-side airbags. There were no other passengers in the car, and there was no significant injury or damage to the garage or other cars. Though I recognize that the vast majority of accidents of this type are due to driver error, there are several factors that leave me with concern for a possible electronic systems malfunction. Specifically, ~3 days prior to the accident, the car began displaying a constant error message: 'driver assistance features unavailable". I notified tesla service by phone and email, and on their instructions, rebooted the computer system, and fully powered down and restarted the system. However, the error message persisted. The accident occurred before I was able to schedule a service call. I have requested details from the data logs for the accident from tesla, but they have provided only very limited information, stating that legal action on my part would be required to obtain more detail. They have told me that the car speed was 3.6 MPH at which time the data indicates that the accelerator was pressed to as far as 100%, resulting in acceleration of the car to 7 MPH at the time of impact, with this acceleration occurring over a 2 second time period. This information seems incompatible with the otherwise rapid acceleration typically exhibited by this car with a fully depressed accelerator, and the short distance traveled (only several feet).

Filed Feb 27, 2018 · Transmission · 6,000 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 tesla model s. The contact stated that the vehicle experienced unintended acceleration after making contact with a curb. It was discovered that the automatic transmission feature was turned off. The contact stated that the failure occurred without warning. No dealer the car is purchased directly from california. The manufacturer was contacted, but no further communication was initiated. The failure mileage was approximately 6,000. *tt

Filed Mar 24, 2017 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · 13,500 miles · CA · crash

I was parking in my usual parking spot in a parking lot at my office at approximately 8:15 a.m. As I approached my parking spot, I slowed my car by pressing on the brake and made a 90 degree turn into my parking spot. The vehicle was slowing moving forward and was less than 10 feet from where I intended to stop the vehicle when the vehicle suddenly accelerated on its own and crashed into the concrete wall that was at the base of my parking spot, causing the car's airbags to deploy. I did not have my foot on the accelerator pedal at the time the vehicle accelerated into the wall. I informed tesla of the incident and they told me that the vehicle had experienced 100% acceleration immediately prior to the collision with the wall.)

Filed Sep 27, 2016 · Acceleration, Airbags · 11,000 miles · AZ · crash · 1 injury

I drove the car into a parking space at the school (desert christian elementary) in tucson arizona on sept 16th about 11:05 am, when the car accelerated on its own (unintended acceleration) and crashed into 2 parked vehicles and airbags deployed and I sustained a fracture of my right arm requiring surgery. Also my car (the tesla model s) was damaged and the two other parked cars.