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Tesla Faces Investigations Over Sudden And Unexpected Vehicle Acceleration

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) says it’s launching an investigation into petitions of “sudden and unexpected acceleration” of 500,000 Tesla vehicles, in a report by Reuters.

 

NHTSA says that it received the petitions last month. It also confirms that its Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) will be looking into the claims.

 

The investigation concerns Tesla Model S (year 2012-2019), Model X (2016-2019) and Model 3 (2018-2019) vehicles. The NHTSA also cites 127 consumer complaints, 123 unique vehicles, 110 collisions, and 52 injured people.

 

Tesla Acceleration
Tesla Model 3.

 

NHTSA in a statement said:

 

“On December 19, 2019, the Office of Defects Investigation received a defect petition by email requesting a defect investigation of alleged sudden unintended acceleration in [the] model year 2012 through 2019 Tesla Model S, MY 2016 through 2019 Tesla Model X, and MY 2018 through 2019 Tesla Model 3 vehicles.

 

“In support of his request, the petitioner cited 127 consumer complaints to NHTSA involving 123 unique vehicles. The reports include 110 crashes and 52 injuries.

 

“A copy of the petition will be added to the public file for this defect petition and ODI will evaluate the petitioner’s allegations to determine if the petition should be granted or denied. If the petition is granted, ODI will open a defect investigation; if the petition is denied, ODI will publish a notice in the Federal Register.”

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Sudden unintended acceleration means that a vehicle accelerates without the driver intending to, due to malfunction or driver error.

Tesla also had incidents of unintended acceleration in the past

In November 2018, the electric car manufacturer settled a class-action suit brought by customers who claimed their Model S and X vehicles would suddenly accelerate without warning.

 

Last year, Disney live-action star of Aladdin, Mena Massoud claimed a defective suspension had caused the wheel to detach from his Model 3 one day after its purchase.

 

More recently, NHTSA launched an investigation into complaints regarding vehicle fires related to the battery management systems in certain Model S and X vehicles.

 

There is a number of reports regarding Tesla owners crashing their vehicles while using autopilot. Meanwhile, Tesla has always maintained that drivers who use the autopilot are safer than those who don’t.

 

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