Tesla Model X fire or smoke problems

Filed Nov 30, 2025 · Electrical · CA

During home charging using 40A, the 220 volt UMC connector started smoking and was melting. The charging appeared unaffected, and I caught it before it caught fire.

Filed Nov 19, 2025 · Airbags, Body · CA · fire

I had my two Teslas parked in the garage. The model X was charging at about 1:30 AM. We heard explosions coming out of the garage. Went to check only to see my model X in flames. We evacuated and called 911 eventually a fire investigation report was made Showing the fire started within the vehicle outward. The battery pack was on fire. We had lithium contamination all over the house and this fire endangered five lives. This incident has been two years ago and until now Tesla refuses to acknowledge the faulty battery and is refusing to do anything about it

Filed Apr 1, 2025 · Electrical, Locks · 60,000 miles · IL · crash · 1 injury

The contact owned a 2016 Tesla Model X. The contact stated that while his wife was driving approximately 15 MPH from a traffic light, the vehicle was T-boned by another vehicle attempting to run the red light. The contact stated that the other vehicle crashed into the driver’s side front fender panel of the vehicle. The contact stated that the driver’s door was not impacted in the crash. The contact stated that the air bags deployed as needed. However, the contact’s wife was stuck in the vehicle, and unable to exit the vehicle because the doors failed to unlock. The contact stated that the vehicle had lost all electrical functions, causing the doors to remain closed. The contact stated that his wife was unable to move over to the passenger’s side front or rear to exit the vehicle. The contact stated that some pedestrians nearby were able to unlock the door from outside for his wife to exit the vehicle. The contact was concerned that his wife could have been killed if the vehicle had caught on fire or there was some other form of an emergency. The contact stated that his wife sustained a knee injury. Medical attention was not needed at the scene; however, the contact’s wife had since started receiving physical therapy for pain in her knee. The contact was unsure if the other driver had sustained any injuries. A Police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a tow lot and was deemed a total loss. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 60,000.

Filed Feb 19, 2025 · Seats · IA · fire

The front passenger heat seat is automatically turned on whenever car is turned on from phone. This time when driving in the evening there was a burning smell for 1 hour which I thought was from the vents. Then the passenger seat started smoking and the fumes were so bad that I could not breathe. No one was in the passenger seat at that time thank goodness. It created a hole in the seat. Tesla will replace the seat under warranty, but service center is 2 hours away.

Filed Jan 11, 2024 · Electrical, Fuel system · CA · fire

Bran new Tesla Model X 2022 model went up in flames in my garage on it is own, burning my garage, and destroying my other tesla. the car melted completely and Tesla Warranty is no where to be found, they are not even talking to me after 8 weeks of the incident and as of this date filing this complaint. The Car was purchased directly from Tesla, Brand New, owned it less than 14 months and had less than 30,000 miles on it.

Filed May 16, 2023 · Electrical, Steering · CA · fire

Feb 2022 while driving horn engaged and would not go off , had to pull over , steering wheel then locked up and car would not start again but horn continued to go off and had weird smell until it died out. Took vehicle to Tesla service center, was told multiple fuses were blown , mother board and several other electrical/computer issues. May 2023 while parked in driveway horn engaged wound not stop, steering wheel once again locked up and unable to use any features in the car, while looking for fuse to pull to stop horn, noticed smoke coming from under frunk and smelled like something was burning , pulled main front end fuse which stopped the horn and burning. Called Tesla emergency services, advised not to drive it and have it towed to Tesla service center . Tesla repair shop once again said horns were fried along with other electrical problems, the smell of something burning was still present , same as event in 2022. Rear safety belt malfunction alert pops on and off for past 2 years .

Filed Jul 30, 2020 · 16,000 miles · KY · fire

Vehicle began smoking and caught fire. Iv completely burned, nothing left except the frame.

Filed Jul 16, 2020 · Suspension · 20,000 miles · CA · crash

Here is a tesla freshly arrived in the junkyard. Https://www.iaai.com/vehicledetails/36822732?rownumber=0 itt is burned out but judging by the ashes around the vehicle it has most likely burst into flames while stored in the junkyard post crash. The back wheel has gone whompy which is not unusual for a tesla. There is no crash damage at the back of the car that would explain why the wheel went whompy. It went whompy before the crash. The front wheel and suspension has snapped off and has escaped the fire because it was lying on the ground next to the car during the fire. The air-shock is stashed inside the car because it was stashed there by the tow truck driver. The front wheel is cleanly sliced in half. This is a common failure in teslas. The suspension breaks whilst the car is travelling and the broken part gouges the wheel whilst it is rotating. Many similar cases can be seen here; https://www.flickr.com/photos/136377865@n05/albums/72157661343139261 tesla suspensions are defective. I bet you a signed dollar. Please issue a recall immediately. Thank you. [xxx]. Date of crash, mileage etc. Are estimated. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed Jan 18, 2020 · Acceleration · 43,000 miles · CA · crash · 2 injuries

We had an accident 2days ago. We were in the school loop to drop off our son to school. My husband was driving and was heading towards the drop off area when everything just happened so fast, the next thing I knew is that we hit one of the in-ground installed basketball hoops. The impact was hard and deployed all the airbags on the passenger seats and the side airbag of the driver and the 2nd row passenger seats where my son was seated and also saw some smoke from the front where I was seated and I do not know where it was coming from that I thought that the car was on fire but my husband informed me there was none. Recalling now, it has been a mystery to us as to why and what really happened. I was seated on the front passenger seat and sustained a fracture in the right scapula and generalized contusions in my body area. My son who was seated on the 2nd row also sustained contusions on his face and a few lacerations. We were coming into the school loop and was running on a somewhat 20mph speed, I was wondering if the vehicle did accelerate it's speed cause why would we have such a hard impact and sustained those injuries that it even deployed almost all the airbags? Hope someone can look into this so as not to have anyone be on our same fate and for everyone's future safety. Thank you.

Filed Jun 18, 2018 · CA · fire

According to an article that I just read on yahoo finance, the telegraph has reported today that british tv director's tesla bursts into flames sitting in traffic. Actor mary mccormack has shared video of her british husband's tesla car shooting flames while in southern california traffic. He had been driving along a major route through los angeles, when the fire was first spotted by other road users.she said there was no accident, and the incident was out of the blue. This is what happened to my husband and his car today. No accident, out of the blue, in traffic on santa monica blvd. She also said, thank you to the kind couple who flagged him down and told him to pull over. And thank god my three girls weren't in the car with him. Sheriff's lt. Willian nash in west hollywood said on saturday that deputies saw smoke coming from the electric vehicle and then fire. Deputies requested help from firefighters who quickly extinguished the flames. Here is the link: here is the link: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2018/06/17/actormary-mccormack-shares-video-husbands-tesla-car-going-flames/ (lol)