# 2016 TESLA MODEL S — UNKNOWN OR OTHER
> NHTSA complaint `1638544` · 2020-01-19 · Tesla, Inc.
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 2
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** Yes
- **Vehicle towed:** Yes
## Vehicle
- **Make:** TESLA
- **Model:** MODEL S
- **Year:** 2016
- **Manufacturer:** Tesla, Inc.
- **Component:** UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- **Miles at failure:** 20,000
- **Speed:** 35 mph
## Narrative
ON 1/18/20, I WAS TRAVELLING IN MY 2016 TESLA MODEL S P100D EASTWARD ON ANDERSON HILL ROAD TOWARD THE INTERSECTION WITH PURCHASE STREET.  THE STOP LIGHT WAS RED.  I WAS DRIVING 1MI UNDER THE SPEED LIMIT OF 35MPH.  THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WAS AROUND FREEZING, AND A WET SNOW HAD BEGUN 5-10MIN EARLIER, WITH MINIMAL ACCUMULATION.  I KNOW EXACTLY HOW FAST I WAS GOING BECAUSE I HAD CRUISE CONTROL ON.  I WAS NOT ON AUTOPILOT.  JUST CRUISE CONTROL.  WHEN THE INTERSECTION AND STOP LIGHT CAME INTO VIEW, I TAPPED THE BREAK TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL, AND THEN DEPRESSED THE BREAK TO SLOW THE CAR. NOTHING HAPPENED.  THE BREAKS WOULD NOT ENGAGE.  AND NEITHER DID THE REGENERATIVE BREAKING.  I DO NOT FEEL THAT I WAS SKIDDING OR SLIDING.  IT SIMPLY FELT AS IF THE CAR HAD NO IDEA I WANTED TO BRAKE.  IT WAS VERY VERY STRANGE.  IN THOSE FEW SECONDS IT BECAME CLEAR TO ME THERE WAS A GOOD CHANCE I WOULD BE DEAD SHORTLY.  AS IT HAPPENS, I WAS STRUCK BROADSIDE BY A LARGE SUBURBAN TRAVELLING NORTHBOUND ON PURCHASE STREET PERHAPS 25 MILES AN HOUR.  BOTH HE AND I SEEM TO HAVE EMERGED RELATIVELY UNSCATHED (PHYSICALLY, ANYWAY) THANK GOD.  BUT I WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO MY  CAR.  CAN YOU PLEASE CONTACT TESLA AND DEMAND ALL THE INFORMATION FROM THE CARS COMPUTERS - AND THEIR COMPUTERS AT HQ - SO WE CAN FIND OUT???  WHAT HAPPENED WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, AND COULD HAVE KILLED BOTH ME ND OTHERS.  TO SUMMARIZE: BRAKE FAILURE, BOTH MANUAL AND DEGENERATIVE, IN 2016 TESLA MODEL S CAUSED MASSIVE COLLISI
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