HUNDREDS of times this car (as well as our other Tesla Model S) would brake hard for no reason, usually on the highway. Often there was no car nearby and no bridge ahead so we have to guess that it's due to the sky. The car will often go from 75 mph down to 25 mph in seconds, sometimes with tire squealing noise. When it happens now we instantly look into the rear view mirror for traffic that might hit us, and we hit the accelerator if necessary. If nobody is behind us, we let it play out to see how slow the car will get. 25 mph on an interstate, which is usually where this occurs, is unsafe. Recently my wife saw an approaching truck that would have hit her had the truck not been able to change lanes.
2019 Tesla Model S driver assistance complaints
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This is my 6th trip with 2019 Tesla S from Chicago to San Francisco / 1st time SO MANY “PHANTOM BRAKING” incidents / FLAT TIRE WARNING error / screen shut off 3 times …..
I have a Tesla with Full Self Driving software. On Oct 15, around 1:15 PM Central, in Austin, we had finished lunch. Testa was parked around 100 ft away and I pressed Summon to have the car come to where we were. Completely line of sights. The car while pulling out hit the car parked next to it and sustained body damage. No one was in the car. While I realize that the Summons software is in Beta, the car should not have hit the car safely parked next to it. I feel it is a big safety hazard to release software in a car which can cause damage including human. I feel Tesla should be marketing and selling FDS software while claiming it is in Beta and perhaps buyer should not use it. This is false advertising and can put human lives in danger. I can afford to fix the damage but I would like for Tesla to stop releasing untested software and refund buyers for FSD who are uncomfortable using it. Tesla has been making a lot of promises including how cool Summon works and I know from my own experience it does not and can cause damage. I will be happy support the investigation. I have saved the USB drive where Tesla might have captured information. In addition, Tesla has been collecting driving data and can share the data with the investigators.
At ~5,000 total vehicle miles, our 2019 model s performance had sudden and complete power steering assist failure at highway speeds, possibly concurrent with autopilot (autosteer) failure. Either I, or the autopilot system, turned off the autopilot feature at or near a slight curve on an interstate freeway. Immediate "startle" reaction was that the autopilot feature was "fighting" me for control as I turned the steering wheel to keep the car on the freeway, with extreme effort. The reality is most likely that this "fighting" was only the immediate impression caused by the massive amount of effort required to turn the steering wheel, despite being at speeds in the 60-70 MPH range. Soon noted a scrolling series of warning messages: a. "steering assist reduced: steering may require increased effort." [which is a gross understatement.] b. "autopilot safety/convenience features unavailable: features may be restored on next drive." [which, after the car had sat parked for ~30 minutes, were restored.] user-visible mcu-display failure log revealed the following supplemental failure codes (with the probable times of failure):: 1. 17:26/app_w207: autosteer temporarily unavailable 2. 17:20/app_w264 autopilot safety/convenience features unavailable: features may be restored on next drive I feel very strongly that this sort of power steering failure would likely have resulted in a less experienced driver suspecting the steering had "locked up" and be causal to a major accident. Given the circumstances of the failure mode, and at these speeds, fatalities could be likely. Of note, this is at least the fourth time this has occurred to us, but the first with this car; all other events were in a 2017 model s performance, also at very low total mileage. After a failed repair attempt, that model s was traded in to tesla for this model s . . . .
I was driving my 2019 model s tesla on autopilot down the freeway at freeway speed when suddenly it started braking and the alarms went off as if reacting to an impending collision. Only, there was nothing in front of me to react to. The guy behind me rear ended me and spun across traffic lanes. Thankfully, everyone walked away from this with what we think is just whiplash at this time - it could have been so much worse!
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