The contact owns a 2018 Tesla Model X. The contact stated that while driving downhill at approximately 40 MPH, the vehicle suddenly decelerated and stalled. The contact was unable to restart the vehicle. The suspension warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the local service center and diagnosed with engine failure. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 45,000.
Engine & cooling
2018 Tesla Model X 60D Engine problems
Owners have filed 3 complaints about the 2018 Tesla Model X 60D's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 2% of all its complaints, most recently on March 3, 2022. They describe 1 crash, 0 fires and 1 injury. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.
- Complaints
- 3
- Recalls
- 0
- Crashes
- 1
- Fires
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Deaths
- 0
Engine complaints
Tesla model x dies two times. 1) At apx 1k miles (within 3 months of new purchase of new vehicle, 1st owner), it died on freeway with no power and stopped. Due to spacing from the rear card, no accident occurred and hence no fatality. Tesla service center found nothing with this issue. No resolution on diagnosis and or did not care safety of the driver and passengers. 2) At 9k miles identical issue but with an additional issue of model x going in forward directions when it showed revers on the instrument panel....
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Everything in car was frozen only option was forward direction at low speed but with reverse mode sign!! I had not other control over the tesla model x. I have taken video at this time for an evidence. Tesla states that they did not find any issue and down loaded display driver again!! I find it an excuse and tesla does not understand seriousness in safety issue. Me and family is afraid to drive this car after two incidents.
A tesla model x was able to be started and shifted into gear by a 2 year old who was then able to drive the vehicle forward and pin his pregnant mother between the vehicle and garage wall. Apparently there are no safety-interlocks preventing starting of the engine, such as transmission in 'p' or 'n'. Further, there is a wand shifter, but gear selection is completely under software control. There is no interlock such as with a traditional prndl selector. This is an inherently unsafe design. Civil docket...
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describing the accident and tesla's response are attached. Note in tesla's response: 1) they do not state how many minutes elapsed between driver exiting the vehicle and toddler entering it. They use the vague term "moments." It could well have been 10 or 15 minutes. 2) They claim it is not reasonably foreseeable that a child would manage to shift a vehicle into gear, which is patently false. Safe vehicle design absolutely includes consideration of unsupervised children playing at the controls.
Tesla Model X 60D engine complaints by year
Model X 60D 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