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2018 TESLA MODEL 3 — AIR BAGS

crash · 2021232 · 2024-09-01

Vehicle

Make
TESLA
Model
MODEL 3
Year
2018
Manufacturer
Tesla, Inc.
Component
AIR BAGS

Severity

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

Narrative

I was involved in a rear-end collision where I was completely stopped at a green light due to traffic congestion and the person driving behind me hit my car from behind that caused me to hit the car in front of me. The impact was hard that the Tesla model 3 immediately turned on the hazard lights and called 911. The screen of my Tesla model 3 stated "airbag deployed;" however, no airbags deployed. The Tesla immediately became inoperable and did not let me drive the car to the side of the road out of traffic. Also, the Tesla did not let me change to towing mode (since the screen eventually went black); which made it more difficult to tow the vehicle out of the way of traffic.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11612041
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown