Driver door of vehicle will unexpectedly and randomly unlatch and open whenever the vehicle is unlocked. While moving, as well as parked and when vehicle is unattended.
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Door handle is supposed to pop out to open the door. This is the 2nd time my door handle is stuck and does not pop out, making it impossible to open the door from the outside. This appears to be a systematic defect in Tesla Model S cars as seen from numerous online complaints. It is a safety issue as not being able to open a door can prevent help from getting in in case of any accident. Tesla refuses to consider this in issue and treats it as an out-of-warranty expense to be covered by the owner. The right thing to do is to recall these broadly and fix this correctly.
Like everyone else who owns an early Model S, we have had numerous issues with our door handles. A couple were replaced under warranty, but now the car is out of warranty. The design is OBVIOUSLY defective. Our best friends have the same car and they have had to replace all four of them. Our car just started opening two of the doors randomly. Not just unlocking, its actually opening the doors all the way. This is seriously concerning to me. Tesla wants $700 to fix the doors. It would seem to me that Tesla needs to recall these handles or at least fix them for free as issues arise for people. Its NOT okay to have doors that randomly pop open with children in the back seat. So dumb! Please help!
Two issues to flag: 1) Door handles are defective. I have now had to replace all 4 door handles at $500+ each. There is clearly a design issue that should have been addressed and every part failing in the same way is unacceptable. 2) Phantom braking when 'Autopilot' engaged... rarely the car will brake hard at highway speeds for no apparent reason. I have noted this seems to occur on specific parts of road such as driving under an overpass with an uphill slope... this has been dangerous and required quick reactions to prevent the car from stopping on the highway.
Door handles that present themselves when you approach vehicle consistently break and prevent the ability to open the vehicle from the outside. This also results in inability to open the door completely when child lock is in place. Although broken door handles can happen these break every year or two. It's a real safety issue for when you have kids strapped to car seats in the even of an emergency. Please intervene before they move to touch less door handles, functioning outdoor and indoor handles are really important in the event of an emergency such as fire after and accident. First time handle broke was around 30k miles then again another around 50k
On afternoon of november 23, 2020, 2015 tesla model s 85d was in motion with single occupant, turning right turn into residential area off city street. Driver heard loud and deep metallic sound and immediately slowed. Warning message similar to 'unsafe to drive, pull over safely' appeared on dash. Driver stopped car right away and heard 3-4 loud, identical sounds. Driver heard another sound followed by loud 'pop' and smelled something burning. Driver immediately exited and saw smoke billowing from below the vehicle. Driver moved away. There was another loud 'pop' sound and flames started visibly shooting outward and upward from the front passenger wheel well area, mid-cabin and rear passenger tire well, charring the curb and grass next to vehicle. Fire continued to burn through passenger door, front of car (frunk), and underside of the car. Fire department and police department arrived on scene within minutes and extinguished fire. Fire damage to exterior was visible to front tire well and front passenger door. Additional fire damage noted inside rear passenger door. Cause is currently unknown.
Tesla model s has an auto presenting door. Early model has a frequent failure and teala has updated it with 3rd generation. If it is fail it cannot open from outside since it is stuck and it might be critical in accident
Two days prior door handles on front passenger door ,opening and closing by itself. Not even allow entry to car. On 11/8/2020 while car in drive door completely opened. Not handle but door completely opened. I'm afraid of severe consequences. Tesla not admit ant issue like this . Doors were retrofit for a fix about a year ago . Now thi is life and death or severe injury and lost of life . Help me , tesla only wants me to pay again and coverup again . Must recall before lost of life is the cost.video available
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.
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.
On january 2, 2019 between 1:45 and 2 pm I drove from my house into a clinic parking lot. As I drove my 2015 tesla model s forward and steered to the right into a parking spot, I consciously eased my right foot off from the accelerator pedal, thus lowering my speed from 10-9 MPH to about 5-6 MPH. The brake pedal was not pressed, allowing regenerative breaking to slow down the vehicle. About a second into the parking turn, the vehicle suddenly jolted forward, accelerating unexpectedly. I felt as if the brakes failed to work when I reflexively removed my right foot from the accelerator, and stomped the brake pedal as hard as I could. My vehicle came to a stop only after colliding with a chevrolet sports utility vehicle parked in the spot across. As I regained my bearings, I caught myself still flooring the brake pedal with my right foot, and continued to floor it until I after I had shifted it into parking gear, and made sure there was nobody walking in the vicinity. The impact from the tesla model s bumped the chevrolet SUV parked in front about 5 feet back. The model s itself stopped between 2-3 feet into the next parking space, slightly into the opposing parking space on the right side, as seen in the included photos. This would indicate the brakes **eventually** worked. Had they not, the tesla would have been expected to roll forward and into the SUV's bumper after the collision. This is called tesla creep mode, which I have enabled (slowly roll forward while no pedal is pressed). I asked the police officer to position his patrol car behind my vehicle before I moved it and advised the police officer I did not trust the car. I used an app to call for a tow through my insurance, but the tow's number was disconnected. I was able to drive off with the patrol car in escort.
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 tesla model s. After placing the vehicle into park, the driver's side door opened independently without warning. The contact also stated that the door would not open or operated when needed. The contact notified the manufacturer of the failure and was informed that they were aware of the defect and the repair cost was estimated at $600. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 120,000.
On thursday , june 7 around 6:30 pm I met with a bizarre incident on my 2015 tesla model s , 70d. Incident took place on rt 83 near oak brook mall near chicago. The car slowly rolled and approached a semi in front in a traffic jam. I heard a beeping sensor as it was about to touch the semi, I immediately pressed the brake but the car started accelerating instead. I thought I must have pressed the gas pedal, so immediately lifted my foot to make sure I was pressing the break pedal. The second time also it started accelerating and kept pushing the semi in front because it was touching it. Perplexed I then brought the car to parking mode to make it stop. As the semi started moving again and there was sufficient gap, the car started functioning normally. I got a repair estimate on the following day from a tesla approved garage and they have quoted above $4000 to repair.
Rear driver door handle stopped presenting restricting access to the car. This is a well known common break on cars with some cars experiencing as many as 6 door handles breaking.
Was using the auto-summon feature to get the car out of the garage and it crashed on the garage walls.
Two of the four door handles failed within a month of each other. In both cases the door handles failed to emerge from the door body. There was no way to open either door from the outside. One was the driver's door, which could pose a safety concern. Additionally, the electrical motor that operates the handle would spin non-stop, no matter if the car was on or not. I was concerned the motor would overheat. The faulty door handle is a known problem to tesla. I believe a recall is warranted.
Drivers side door handle wont come out. Have to open door from inside car
Rear driver side door handle would not retract 7/2017, nor could be used to open the door. Car was stationary when issue occurred. Handle was rarely used since purchased new 3/2015. Have heard this issue is common and appears to be a manufacturing defect. Service center said common due to colder climate as well. Door handles should not be defective within the first few years of production, nor should be affected by climate. Part was not repairable and not covered under warranty. Total cost to repair was $882.
Door handles are heated to hight temperatures from exposure to sun light and is burning our fingers.
While using the autopilot on a busy I-80 freeway in san francisco. I was driving south and in the middle lane trying to make a lane change into the left lane. I hit the speed adjuster knob instead of the turn signal, this automatically increases the speed of the car without intending to perform such action. This action could prove fatal if a bicyclist or other bikes in the category are in front. This is a design flaw. The turn signal is too close to the speed adjuster knob, and I could foresee a safety incidence occurring due to this lapse. Thank you.
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