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2020 TESLA MODEL Y — STRUCTURE:BODY

crash · 1698623 · 2020-10-09

Vehicle

Make
TESLA
Model
MODEL Y
Year
2020
Manufacturer
Tesla, Inc.
Component
STRUCTURE:BODY
Miles at failure
1,500
Speed
10 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

OCTOBER 8 2020, 5:00PM. HEAVY TRAFFIC ON I-5 NORTH AT ANAHEIM, CA NEAR HARBOR BLVD/BALL RD EXIT. I HAD JUST CHANGED LANES TO THE RIGHT IN PREPARATION TO TAKE THE EXIT. DUE TO HEAVY TRAFFIC, MY SPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH. IMMEDIATELY AFTER SETTLING TO THE NEW LANE, TOYOTA RAV4 IN FRONT OF ME BRAKES AGGRESSIVELY. I WAS ABOUT 6 FT FROM THIS CAR, AND IMMEDIATELY PRESSED MY TESLA Y BRAKE PEDAL HARD IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID COLLISION. BUT, MY TESLA Y WOULD NOT STOP. THE WHEELS DID NOT LOCK INTO FULL BRAKING. TESLA'S AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING DID NOT ENGAGE, AND ITS COLLISION WARNING SYSTEM DID NOT ALERT ME. AS I AM PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL HARD, ALL I CAN DO IS TO WITNESS THAT WE WILL COLLIDE. NONE OF TESLA Y'S SAFETY FEATURES ENGAGED TO SAVE ME FROM THIS COLLISION.*LN*JB

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11363598
Machine
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