NHTSA Tesla Model S 2016 Vehicle Speed Control complaint
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February 9, 2017 NHTSA ID NUMBER: 10953656
Components: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NHTSA ID Number: 10953656
Incident Date December 23, 2016
Consumer Location PASADENA, CA
Vehicle Identification Number 5YJSA1E22GF****
Summary of Complaint
CRASH Yes
FIRE No
INJURIES 3
DEATHS 0
COMPLAINANT, A PHYSICIAN, HAD TAKEN DELIVERY OF A 2016
TESLA MODEL S ON DECEMBER 22, 2016. THE FOLLOWING DAY,
SHE PULLED INTO HER DRIVEWAY AT HOME AND BROUGHT THE
VEHICLE TO A STOP. WITH HER FOOT STILL ON THE BRAKE, THE
VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN FROM A
STOPPED POSITION TO SPEEDS OF BETWEEN 40-60 MPH. THE
VEHICLE PLOWED THROUGH THE BRICKS OF HER DRIVEWAY,
THROUGH SHRUBS SEPARATING HER PROPERTY FROM HER
NEIGHBOR, WENT THROUGH AND ACROSS THE NEIGHBOR?S
YARD AND ONTO AND ADJOINING STREET, WHERE IT COLLIDED
WITH A TRUCK.
