# 2021 TESLA MODEL S — STEERING
> NHTSA complaint `1791975` · 2022-02-03 · Tesla, Inc.
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** Yes
## Vehicle
- **Make:** TESLA
- **Model:** MODEL S
- **Year:** 2021
- **Manufacturer:** Tesla, Inc.
- **Component:** STEERING
- **Speed:** 35 mph
## Narrative
Beta Autopilot was engaged, driver had hand on steering wheel, vehicle was traveling less than 35MPH (speed limit) and coming around a corner when it misjudged the road curve.  The road curved to the left and as the car took the turn it took too wide of a turn and veered slightly off the road.  Unfort the front right side of car went up and over the begining of a rock incline.  The front right tire blew out and ONLY the side AIrBags deployed (both sides).  The car traveled about 500 yards along the road and then turned itself off.  I could not get the horn to work, nor put it in neutral.     There were no warning signs before incident.  In fact the I belong to a beta driving scoring rating and for that day Tesla rated me a 91/100.  I called Tesla roadside assistance and they said they would not provide any help as it was viewed as an accident and not a self-driving issue.  It was reported to Tesla and I have called several times to try and understand why the car didn't stay in the lane and why only the side airbags deployed. I reported this to Tesla Customer support and was now told they would not provide any information based upon their analysis, although initially I was told that it would take 5 weeks for engineering to review and get back to me.  Vehicle is at repair facility and was told damage to car will be almost $28-30K.  Car previously had issues with Forward Collision Warning system going off, although I was not aware there was a recall regarding this exact problem,
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