NHTSA Tesla Model S 2016 Vehicle Speed Control complaint

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.