NHTSA complaint: 2016 TESLA MODEL X — STRUCTURE:BODY
ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2019, AT 7:40 AM, I WAS PARKING MY CAR AT WORK AND MY CAR WENT ON FULL SPEED FORWARD OVER THE MEDIAN AND CRASHED, LUCKILY NO ONE WAS HURT. THIS HAPPENED IN A SPLIT OF A SECOND AND THE VEHICLE'S SAFETY OVERRIDE BREAK THAT SHOULD HAVE PREVENTED FROM GOING OVER AN OBSTRUCTION IN FRONT OF THE CAR DID NOT ENGAGE AS CLAIMED BY TESLA. I REQUESTED AN ANALYSIS OF THE CAR'S RECORDED DATA TO TESLA AND ASKED TO PROVIDE ME WITH A COPY OF THE REPORT FOR BETTER UNDERSTANDING. AFTER WEEKS OF ANALYSIS, AN EMPLOYEE FROM TESLA CALLED AND INFORMED THAT IT WAS MY FAULT AS THE GAS PADDLE WAS FULLY ENGAGED, I WAS ASTONISHED AS I DID NOT HIT THE GAS PADDLE RATHER I JUST LET MY FOOT OFF THE BREAK TO PARK MY CAR SLOWLY IN THE PARKING SPACE AND THE CAR TOOK OFF WITH SPEED AS IF I PUT FULL FORCE TO GAS PADDLE. AS FOR GETTING A COPY OF THE REPORT, HE SAID THAT HE WILL HAVE TO ASK THE ENGINEERS AND LET ME KNOW. IT HAS BEEN FOUR MONTHS, AND NO ONE REACHED OUT TO ME ABOUT THE REPORT. SOME PEOPLE SAW THE WHOLE INCIDENT AND SAID THAT I REDUCED THE SPEED OF MY CAR TO PARK AND SUDDENLY IT TOOK OFF AND WENT FORWARD FAST. AT THAT MOMENT, IT FELT LIKE THE CAR WAS CONTROLLED BY SOMEONE ELSE AS PRESSING ON A BREAK WAS NOT STOPPING THE CAR AND FINALLY, I HAD TO PRESS THE PARK TO STOP IT. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THE CAR TO MY WORK AND PARKING AT THE SAME PARKING LOT EVERY DAY FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS. MY INSURANCE TOTALED THE CAR AND PROVIDED THE RESIDUAL VALUE, TO THIS DATE I AM WITHOUT A CAR AND
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation