An even more dangerous development in the autopilot experiment. This man has collected a rental tesla to perform his pranks. Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmvoalpqhjc just as soon as he drives away from the hire depot and on an undivided busy road he engages autopilot and goes hands free whilst taliking to the camera. Every customer that rents one of these cars is likely to do the same thing. This is a matter of life and death. Please do not wait any longer to complete your investigation of autopilot. Have this system disabled right now until it can be proven to be safe.
2016 Tesla Model S steering complaints
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Here is a new youtube video in which the owner pranks passengers using autopilot. Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uml4pml22pm this is meant to be funny. I doubt that the other road users or indeed the passengers would have found it so amusing if they had known that their lives were being placed in danger. It is impossible to prevent owners fro doing stupid things like this especially when they have been told that the autopilot is twice as safe as a human driver. I intend to report this case to the highway patrol and have preserved the video as evidence. Please halt this experiment immediately
Here is a very dangerous development in the tesla autopilot situation. Here is a new youtube video that shows how to defeat the autopilot nag and warning beeps by the use of 2 rubber bands. Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whhrnhnm1xk this video has already had over 300 hits. It will very soon be common knowledge that this is all you need to do to eliminate those annoying nags. Owners are now free to indulge in whatever recreational pleasures they enjoy the most. The only way to cure this kind of reckless behavior is to ban the tesla autopilot. Please take action immediately.
Here is a forum post started today. Https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/90-degree-left-turn.77349/ this shows not only that the autopilot is unreliable but that that it is still being used in city traffic on undivided roads. Quote:sir guacamolaf, yesterday at 10:22 am something strange happened with autopilot today (1 year old). I was using ap in an inside road (city), on a light behind a uglier than yeti's butt porsche panamera. Light turns green, and my car, totally negotiated a full left turn across 3 lanes into a divided two lane road, all on it's own. Yeah I had my hands on the wheel, but wow! Never experienced that before. I haven't received a s/w update lately btw. And I've driven on this road numerous times, this is the first time ap has done this. It was promised that the autopilot would be restricted to use on divided roads. This has not happened if this situation continues then it is a certainty that more lives will be lost please take immediate action.
Must we wait for more deaths before the tesla autopilot is banned? Here is a new video from russia? Showing the driver placing lives in danger. Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm_5oeidd_e here is a video showing the death of a young man in china and the effect this tragedy has on his family. Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rsiek9afug the victim was an intelligent and successful man who was using the autopilot in just the way that it has been marketed as being capable. Lives are at risk all over the world and tesla has been slow to come forward with reports of crashes. Please stop this experiment immediately.
Here is another complaint about the tesla autopilot to draw attention to the way in which owners are behaving in real life. The proposed upgrades to the autopilot will do nothing to prevent the behavior shown in this video. Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeu5ol2ir4m in common with the self-reported behavior of owners on the forums, drivers are driving hands free except for giving the wheel a gentle tweak just often enough to prevent the hold wheel nag. 90% of the time it is hands free. The system does guard against the driver having totally fallen asleep but it does not cause him to keep hands on the wheel at all times to ensure safe control of the vehicle. If there is any malfunction of the autopilot or a mechanical failure or blown tire this hands free driving can kill in an instant. I am not trying to be a know all. I am trying to counter the false confidence that has been created in the autopilot and the unwillingness of tesla owners to desist from hands free driving.
This is yet another complaint about the autopilot. Please watch this video in full. It shows how an intelligent and well educated driver chooses to use the autopilot without having any idea that he is placing his own life and that of other road users in extreme danger. Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55a7nzxvtrq he chooses to drive with one hand near the wheel because actually placing hands on the wheel causes too many disconnections of the autopilot. He thinks he will have time to take over control if something goes wrong. He passes inches away from oncoming traffic on undivided roads with a combined speed of greater than 200 km/h. Even after the recent fatal accident caused by autopilot owners have been told by elon musk that autopilot is safer than human drivers. This is simply untrue. Other road users did not give permission for their lives to be placed at risk by a three ton car being driven towards them hands free. The driver in this video is not to be blamed for believing that it is safe to drive in this fashion. Tesla is to blame for exaggerating the capabilities and the safety of the autopilot. This autopilot has been released all over the world. It is constantly being altered by software updates. None of the cars that have had autopilot enabled over the air have been put through testing to ensure that all sensors and other hardware is working correctly. Please stop this experiment before more people are killed.
Here is another complaint about the tesla autopilot. Here is a recently uploaded video of a tesla employee giving a customer a test drive and demonstration of autopilot. Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbcx2o-otso the demonstrator is only playing lip-service to the requirement that drivers should keep hands on the wheel. He assures the driver that the autopilot is perfectly safe and allows him to take his hands off the wheel and drive while distracted. He even reaches over and puts his hands through the spokes of the steering wheel to perform an automatic lane change without even glancing in the mirror. If this is the kind of instruction being given to new owners then the situation will only get worse when the new owner becomes overconfident in the system and perhaps instructs his partner or other people to have a go at letting autopilot take care of everything. The problem is not just that the system is flawed but that the way it is being pitched to customers is reckless in the extreme. Please stop this experiment immediately.
This a complaint about the tesla autopilot. This video has just been uploaded. Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcc7jh8ux-e here is an owner driving hands free at high speed while waving his arms around and even crossing his arms across his chest. The irresponsible marketing and promotion of the tesla autopilot has encouraged this kind of behavior. Whilst an inquiry into the autopilot is still in progress tesla is planning to roll out yet another version beta release. I believe that is another attempt to shift the goal-posts and sidestep the inquiry. The prudent thing would be to disable the autopilot until it is proven to be safe.
This is another complain about the tesla autopilot made in the interest of public safety. Here is a new youtube video showing a driver in mexico driving hands free on curving undivided roads and passing oncoming traffic just inches away. Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nb_eu43o1y "usando el autopilot de tesla en carreteras secundarias" the driver is obviously unaware of how dangerous this practice is. The car permits him to do this. There do not appear to be any hold steering wheel nags. A large number of owners have gained the perception that this is a true fail-safe autopilot rather than a beta release. Please halt this out of control experiment before more lives are lost.
Here is a report of a crash between a tesla model s and a bmw in switzerland http://electrek.co/2016/07/26/tesla-model-s-uninjured-frontal-crash-bmw-tunnel-gallery/ at first glance it appears that the front wheel has fallen off the bmw since it is lying on the ground next to the car. Closer examination reveals that the wheel and steering knuckle actually belongs to the tesla. The tesla steering knuckle is the mk 2 version which uses a webbed h section rather than the hollow casting used on earlier versions. Image of tesla steering knuckle: https://www.flickr.com/photos/136377865@n05/25665362065/in/album-72157658490111523/ I have attached photograph of the crash scene showing the tesla wheel and suspension on the ground. The magazine article credits the tesla with protecting the occupants but fails to mention the detached wheel that may have been the cause of the crash. Teslas are sold all over the world and I believe this crash should be considered during any investigation into the tesla suspension problems.
This is a complaint about the tesla autopilot here is a very recent video made by an owner in czechoslovakia. . Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hguq-6hgm0u he is not taking the advice to hold the wheel seriously and his placing lives at risk by his reckless behavior. This same behavior is taking place all over the world and will certainly cause more deaths unless this unregulated experiment is stopped immediately. Please take action
Here is another tesla model s in the junkyard: http://www.copart.com/us/lot/26502206?searchid=2012603337 this car has been involved in a major crash. The front suspension ball joint has pulled out of the steering knuckle. The tire is peeled off the rim. There seems to be a pattern of failure in the tesla suspension which is causing crashes. Please investigate the circumstances of this crash, it seems probable that the broken suspension was the cause of the crash rather than the result of impact damage. Please note that I have supplied a fictitious us address to comply with your website requirements, my correct name and contact details are supplied in the the information fields. The number of injuries is an estimate based on the damage to the vehicles.
This is a complaint about the tesla autopilot. An owner has posted a video of a near miss that could have resulted in a fatality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61gks0il8i0 he reported the event to the tesla motors forum. Https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/video-heres-why-you-have-to-keep-your-eyes-on-the-road-when-using-autopilot.73767/ the owner was using the autopilot in the exact same way that tesla publicity has shown him - hands "near" the wheel. The discussion on the forum seeks to blame the owner and to absolve tesla of responsibility. A minority of posters see things in a different way "ampedrealtor, wednesday at 1:49 am last edited: wednesday at 2:00 am adrien said: ↑ wow interesting and exactly why it's still "beta." no need to email tesla. Any correction you did will improve the neural network automatically. That's how it get's better this is exactly why you don't release software like this that is beta. This vehicle could have crashed into the car in the next lane and caused death or severe injury. Tesla cannot hide behind the "beta" moniker and expect that it is not accountable in any way for the performance of a system which, by its very nature, enables a greater degree of driver distraction while doing nothing to mitigate that distraction. All of the analysis as to why this or that happened is rather meaningless, in my opinion. The system just doesn't work if it does not require hands on the wheel and can suddenly throw you into the next lane. It sounds like the passengers were quite alarmed. Maybe we should just explain to them about "beta" and that if they were to be maimed in a crash it's okay because the system is "beta" and its' neural network needs to learn some new techniques.
Here is a report of a crash that occurred in germany. Http://teslaclubsweden.se/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=5024 the owner is uncertain of the exact sequence of events and is not sure if he was on autopilot or not. He credits the tesla with saving his life but does not concede that the crash might have been caused by a vehicle fault. The rollover and crash may have been partially the fault of the truck driver but the reports are ambiguous. Both front and rear wheels have been torn off the car which may have been the result of the crash but bearing in mind the large number of crashes in which tesla wheels have snapped off it may be that this was actually the cause of the accident. Tires should not peel off the rim even during a high speed spin. Wheels and suspension assemblies should not snap off so easily. I would like the federal safety agency to contact the german investigators to alert them to the possibility of autopilot or mechanical failure being a factor in this crash. I am not a tesla owner. I am a concerned citizen that has to share the roads with tesla autopilot controlled vehicles and I believe that lives of road users are being put at risk by this unregulated experiment.
Here is a recent youtube video showing what appears to be a tesla employee demonstrating the use of autopilot and encouraging the driver to take his hands off the wheel. This is utterly irresponsible. Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jptyoykotps
While test driving a model s at a tesla store, sales rep told me to remove my hands from the steering wheel while on auto pilot. Car suddenly swerved to the right at highway speeds causing the car to leave the regular lane I was traveling in. The tesla rep instructed me that I did not have to keep my hands on the wheel which left me unprepared for the sudden swerve. Name/address are left this complaint off due to concern about the retaliatory nature of the tesla ceo. Tesla ceo's overly defensivebehavior has a chilling affect on reporting issues.
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