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2022 TESLA MODEL Y — LANE DEPARTURE: ASSIST

1 fatalfirecrash1 injured · 2034103 · 2024-10-21

Vehicle

Make
TESLA
Model
MODEL Y
Year
2022
Manufacturer
Tesla, Inc.
Component
LANE DEPARTURE: ASSIST
Speed
50 mph

Severity

Deaths
1
Injured
1
Fire
Yes
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
Yes
Vehicle towed
Yes

Narrative

Hello, My name is [XXX] and I had the 2022 Tesla Model Y performance. I had an accident on [XXX]. Car just took control itself, we hit the tree. It was in a residential area, it happened so fast that I could not react to prevent it. After we hit the tree, the car caught fire, It was a nightmare for me, I had my best friend with me at the time of the accident in the front passenger seat. Both of us were unconscious, by the time I got awake, the car was in flames, my friend was still unconscious but then he got awake after I tried with the local neighbor to pull him out from the car. Unfortunately my friend passed away after an accident in 5 hours. I had autosteer assistance on my car as a subscription. Plus my car had a problem with the side cameras, from time to time it was giving me errors - Door Pillar error message. Cops were trying to get information from the car, but according to Tesla representative my car was out of network from June 30, 2022. And I never got any notifications that my car is out of network. I have a case against me VS State of New Jersey, the prosecutor's office charged me with vehicle manslaughter, at the time of accident i gave a statement to the police officer, in December 12, 2023 it was Nationwide recall on Tesla cars, and this recall it was exactly for the same problem what I described to the police officer at the time of accident, so my problem is, I can't retrieve any information from Tesla regarding what happened at the time of accident, DUE

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11620976
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown