# 2020 TESLA MODEL Y — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
> NHTSA complaint `1703147` · 2020-10-29 · Tesla, Inc.
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** Yes
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** TESLA
- **Model:** MODEL Y
- **Year:** 2020
- **Manufacturer:** Tesla, Inc.
- **Component:** VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- **Miles at failure:** 323
- **Speed:** 5 mph
## Narrative
THIS IS MY THIRD TESLA (MODEL S AND X AND NOW Y) IN THE LAST 10 YEARS. I WAS THE PRIMARY DRIVER HAVING OVER 40K MILES DRIVEN.  I DO NOT SUFFER FROM ANY MEDICAL PROBLEMS. ON MONDAY MORNING OCTOBER 5TH AROUND 9AM I MADE MY WAY TO MY LOCAL SUPERMARKET. I PULLED INTO THE PARKING LOT SLOWLY. THE TESLA MODEL Y WAS LESS THAN A WEEK OLD, SO I WAS DRIVING EXTREMELY SLOW TRYING TO FIND A PARKING SPACE WHERE I WOULD LEAST LIKELY GET A DOORDING. I SPOTTED A SPACE, AND PROCEEDED TO SLOWLY TURN INTO THE SPACE. AS I WAS PULLING INTO THE PARKING SPACE, I SLOWLY TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR (GAS) AND NOTICED THAT THE CAR WAS NOT STOPPING, USUALLY AS SOON AS I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE 'GAS' THE CAR NORMALLY STOPS ABRUPTLY. THE CAR WAS NOT STOPPING. I NOTICED A WOMAN AND CHILD IN MY PATH, SO I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE CAR DID NOT STOP. THE CAR JUMPED A CURB AND PROCEEDED TO PIN THE WOMAN IN MY PATH AGAINST A WALL AND THE TESLA Y MODEL. I DRIVE WITH ONE FOOT ONLY, AND I HAVE NEVER CONFUSED THE 'GAS' FOR THE BRAKE. THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS CAR.     THERE WAS $16K DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE CAR BUT NO AIRBAG INFLATION.THE DAMAGE TO THE PEDESTRIAN IS CURRENTLY UNKNOWN.
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*Source: [NHTSA ODI](https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*