While attempting to park the car in a parking space the car accelerated on it's own and crashed over a small concrete retaining wall and crashed into another vehicle. My car and the car that was struck were totaled.
Engine & cooling
2017 Tesla Model S 90D Engine problems
Owners have filed 2 complaints about the 2017 Tesla Model S 90D's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 1% of all its complaints, most recently on July 3, 2019. They describe 2 crashes, 0 fires and 3 injuries. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.
- Complaints
- 2
- Recalls
- 0
- Crashes
- 2
- Fires
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Deaths
- 0
Engine complaints
2017 Tesla model s started to accelerate on its own over 100 mph, when traveling on highway around 70 mph, without autopilot engaged. As soon as it started to accelerate, the car took control over the steering wheel and drove into the guardrail on the left of the lane, then quickly steered to the right lanes and steered to the left again. Slammed on the brake but did not work at all, and steering wheel did not respond. The car completely took control over traveling over 100 mph going zig-zag on three lane highway, finally came to a stop after hitting number of trees in the woods on the right side of the highway. The car is completely totaled.
Tesla Model S 90D engine complaints by year
Model S 90D engine problems, every yearSource: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked . Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data