# TESLA TESLA — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
> NHTSA complaint `1599415` · 2019-09-03 · Tesla, Inc.
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 2
- **Fire:** Yes
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** Yes
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** TESLA
- **Model:** TESLA
- **Year:** —
- **Manufacturer:** Tesla, Inc.
- **Component:** ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
## Narrative
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. TESLA MOTORS HAS SIGNIFICANT CONSIDERABLE FIRE SAFETY RISKS. THERE WAS A GARAGE FIRE, A  FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRE INSPECTORS RULED THAT THE TESLA CHARGING CONNECTION WAS A POSSIBLE SOURCE OF THE FIRE. A  FIREFIGHTER WAS INJURED RESPONDING TO THE FIRE. TESLA FIRE "INSPECTORS" CLAIMED THAT TESLA WAS NOT AT FAULT, AND THE  MEDIA HAS PARROTED TESLA'S CLAIMS. I'M SKEPTICAL OF TESLA AND THE MEDIA'S CLAIMS. A LOT OF TESLA'S CUSTOMERS HAVE  HAD CHARGING CONNECTORS OVERHEAT AND MELT. A TESLA OWNER CLAIMS AFTER HE WAS ALERTED BY SMOKE, THAT HE WAS  BURNED ON HIS HAND AND ARM UNPLUGGING A TESLA CHARGER. SOME OF THE TESLA CHARGING CONNECTIONS SEEM TO BE  POORLY DESIGNED. SOME DON'T SEEM TO BE ROBUST ENOUGH AND ARE DESIGNED IN SUCH A WAY TO LIKELY CAUSE UNDUE  STRESS TO THE CONNECTIONS. I SUSPECT THE UNDUE STRESS COULD BE CAUSING/CONTRIBUTING SOME OF THE CONNECTION  FAILURES IN THE TESLA CONNECTIONS AND WALL OUTLETS. THOUGH TESLA DENIES THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM, THEY HAVE ISSUED  A SOFTWARE UPDATE TO REDUCE THE RISK. THE SOFTWARE UPDATE IS JUST A CRUTCH (STOPGAP MEASURE), IT IS NOT A TRUE FIX.  THERE STILL IS UNDERLINING HARDWARE/ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS.        *JS
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