While driving in the carpool lane with my mother in law to work with my wife, the car abruptly activated the brakes while in auto steer mode and necessitated my immediate slamming on the gas to increase my speed to avoid a rear collision.
2016 Tesla Model X brakes complaints
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Hi, the car isn't allowing me to drive because I get a notification saying "Parking brake not applied, Vehicle may free roll". It's been getting worse each day. I see that Tesla recalled this issue for models from October and older. My Model X is a November baby however I believe the calipers are the same from the October and older models. Please help [XXX] INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
The Model S and X has a recall for vehicles from 2015 to October 2016 builds. The recall is about the "parking break not released" when shifting to drive. My Model X is built in November 2016 and occasionally gets the warning of "parking break not released" from time to time. I would like to aware you guys and to please look into this issue that im facing. It may help if you guys over at the federal safety agency can look into what parking break Part numbers are installed on models earlier than my November 2016 built. Thanks!
On several the vehicle suddenly automatically brakes and warns there is an obstacle ahead when there is no such obstacle. Happens often on curved roads but also on straight always or even freeway with no vehicle or obstacle to be seen. Estimate it happens several times a month/a time or two a week.
Electronic parking brake error messages. 1. when powertrain is selected from park to drive, error message says, parking brake may not have fully disengaged. 2. other occasional times when powertrain is selected from drive to park, error message says, parking brake may not have engaged in each of the above cases, i can hear the parking brake servos engaging / disengaging but error messages are concerning telsa recommends replacing parking brake units, estimate is over $1300 for both rear wheels i also came across this the federal safety agency recall, my car was delivered 2016 dec, nto sure of the date of manufacture. both dates fall into the federal safety agency recall recommendation. have sent this recall doc to tesla service as well, waiting for feedback
The rear driver side lower control arm snapped off detaching the rear wheel/tire, brake assembly and strut/axel rendering the car immobile. Fortunately this did not happen 20 minutes sooner as my gf and I were traveling on the highway at normal highway speeds - this would have caused a life threatening, catastrophic multiyear crash being unable to control the vehicle... We were backing out >1mph of a parking space in a very shallow curve when it snapped - we stopped immediately and I think the electronic braking tried to stop the wheel from rolling jamming it further at angle into the wheelwell. There was nor had there been any unusual impacts on this tire nor the vehicle from potholes/sudden stops or any accidents of any kind.
While highway driving the main mcu froze due to a manufacturer known memory corruption defect and would not reboot. This defect failure impacts access and control of the following safety features, turn signals, emergency brake, emergency battery disconnect, fog lights (front and rear), auto high beams, rear pedestrian camera, suspension (inability to disable auto leveling for tire changing or towing), traction control slip start, side mirror adjustments. Battery safety limits for acceleration and regen based on environmental temperature safety limits are also disabled. This mcu failure also prevents refueling (l3 dcfc stations). As well as the HVAC system from being turned off while parked. Which continued to drain the primary battery for several hours. The odometer is also not available, as well as the hands free bluetooth feature and other non safety features. The initial incident occurred under warranty. The manufacturer switched to a backup memory partition to repair or workaround the defect issue temporarily. Within 3 months, less than 1,000 miles later, the backup partition also became permanently corrupted and required a complete replacement of the unit, out of warranty.
Sudden unintended acceleration. The car suddenly accelerated instead of stopping when I applied the brakes while pulling into a parking space. I was going approximately 5 MPH. Instead of stopping, the car jumped a concrete parking block, went over a curb, climbed an embankment, and struck a tree before it came to a stop. The car suffered damage to the front driver's side wheel well and the undercarriage. The driver was not injured and the airbags did not deploy. Video surveillance captured the incident in its entirety. Photos of the scene and the resulting damage to the car are also attached. This incident occurred during a routine trip that I drive about 4 times each week. Weather, traffic, and road conditions were not a factor in this incident. The car does not contain any aftermarket equipment.
Pulling into a parking place the car accelerated out of control even though the brake was pressed
The car auto accelerated on a surface street and crashed
Vehicle accelerated suddenly and crashed into a tree in front while parking the car in a parking lot. We reported the problem to tesla but they got back to us denying any car malfunction that caused the acceleration. However we received a recall letter today saying that affected parking brake caliper may cause in rollaway and crash.
Received a recall notice with the federal safety agency recall code 17v‑260. There is a problem with the parking brake caliper that "can result in an inability to move a parked vehicle" or an "increased risk of a crash". I received this notice today, june 10, but tesla doesn't expect to have the necessary parts until october!! This to me seems unreasonable.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 tesla model x. While parking the vehicle, it accelerated while depressing the brake pedal and crashed into a fence. There were no injuries and a police report was not filed. The air bags did not deploy. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacture was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 1,000.
Here is a freshly uploaded video of an owner using autopilot hands free. Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro4dhfcuyeo at 2:10 into the video he passes an oncoming school bus on an undivided road whilst waving his hands around and talking to the video recorder. There needs to be a very loud and clear warning issued to drivers that such behavior is dangerous and illegal. Better yet, the autopilot experiment should be halted immediately. Please act before more lives are lost.
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