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2019 TESLA MODEL S — ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

crash1 injured · 1676760 · 2020-07-14

Vehicle

Make
TESLA
Model
MODEL S
Year
2019
Manufacturer
Tesla, Inc.
Component
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
Miles at failure
9,000
Speed
70 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
1
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
Yes

Narrative

I WAS DRIVING MY 2019 MODEL S TESLA ON AUTOPILOT DOWN THE FREEWAY AT FREEWAY SPEED WHEN SUDDENLY IT STARTED BRAKING AND THE ALARMS WENT OFF AS IF REACTING TO AN IMPENDING COLLISION. ONLY, THERE WAS NOTHING IN FRONT OF ME TO REACT TO. THE GUY BEHIND ME REAR ENDED ME AND SPUN ACROSS TRAFFIC LANES. THANKFULLY, EVERYONE WALKED AWAY FROM THIS WITH WHAT WE THINK IS JUST WHIPLASH AT THIS TIME - IT COULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH WORSE!

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11339261
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown