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2013 TESLA MODEL S — SERVICE BRAKES

crash · 1364258 · 2017-03-19

Vehicle

Make
TESLA
Model
MODEL S
Year
2013
Manufacturer
Tesla, Inc.
Component
SERVICE BRAKES
Miles at failure
40,000
Speed
30 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
Yes

Narrative

THIS IS A TELSLA MODEL S IN THE JUNKYARD THAT IS JUST ONE OF MANY WHICH HAVE RUN INTO THE BACK OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. HTTPS://WWW.IAAI.COM/VEHICLE?ITEMID=22544553&ROWNUMBER=3&LOADRECENT=TRUE THERE APPEARS TO BE A DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF TESLAS APPEARING IN SALVAGE YARDS WITH HEAVY FRONT END DAMAGE. IT SEEMS PROBABLE THAT THE HABIT OF "ONE PEDAL DRIVING" THAT TESLA OWNERS BRAG ABOUT ON THE FORUMS MAY BE PLAYING A PART IN THIS. NOT ONLY DO DRIVERS FAIL TO HAVE THE FOOT "COVERING THE BRAKE" AS TAUGHT BY DRIVING SCHOOLS BUT ALSO THE REGENERATIVE BRAKING IS REPORTED TO BE HIGHLY ERRATIC AND DEPENDS UPON THE STATE OF CHARGE OF THE BATTERIES AND IS ALSO SUBJECT TO ALTERATION BY EACH NEW RELEASE OF SOFTWARE. RELYING ON ERRATIC REGENERATIVE BRAKING IS PROBLEMATIC BUT ALSO IT IS LIKELY TO DEGRADE THE DRIVER'S MUSCLE MEMORY AND BRAKING REFLEX POSSIBLY LEADING TO PEDAL CONFUSION. THE FOLLOWING TWO THREADS SHOW HOW WIDESPREAD THE PROBLEM IS. HTTPS://TESLAMOTORSCLUB.COM/TMC/THREADS/COULD-1-PEDAL-DRIVING-LEAD-TO-UNINTENDED-ACCELERATION-INCIDENTS.83578/ HTTPS://TESLAMOTORSCLUB.COM/TMC/THREADS/WHATS-WRONG-WITH-THE-TESLA-REGEN-OR-MY-CAR-CHART.87537/ PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS. THANK YOU.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10967098
Machine
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