Cause unknown. The vehicle was stopped just before entering into a head in parking space when with the brake depressed, the vehicle accelerated suddenly and uncontrollably causing it to jump the curb and take down a retaining wall. It continued through the wall until it was stopped by a tree. Vehicle was a total loss. Vehicle settings at the time of incident were as follows: there is no autopilot on this model s and cruise control was off. Additionally, the car was set with creep mode off. Hvac was on.
Acceleration & cruise control
2012 Tesla Model S Acceleration problems
Owners have filed 1 complaint about the 2012 Tesla Model S's acceleration & cruise control with NHTSA - 2% of all its complaints, most recently on January 19, 2020. They describe 1 crash, 0 fires and 0 injuries. Unintended acceleration, surging, throttle problems and cruise or adaptive cruise faults.
- Complaints
- 1
- Recalls
- 0
- Crashes
- 1
- Fires
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Deaths
- 0
Acceleration complaints
Tesla Model S acceleration complaints by year
Model S acceleration 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