California
Tesla stuck going 83 mph on California highway, driver says
A California driver says that his Tesla started malfunctioning whereas driving on the freeway, forcing him to go 83 mph on a freeway with none technique to management his accelerator.
Javier Rodriguez, a resident of Irvine, instructed KABC in Los Angeles that his Tesla Mannequin 3’s laptop froze up whereas driving on Interstate 10 — rendering the Tesla’s central touchscreen ineffective, but in addition inflicting the flip alerts, hazard lights and different customary automobile options to malfunction.
“I observed that it began to get sizzling within the automobile and there began to be a bizarre scent coming,” Rodriguez instructed the information station.
Whereas the brakes have been nonetheless operational, Rodriguez instructed KABC, he was involved that he wouldn’t be capable to speed up if he slowed down.
“I used to be nervous someone was going to slam into me,” he mentioned.
And although he was capable of efficiently pull to the aspect of the highway with the assistance of a California Freeway Patrol officer and get towed to get his automobile repaired, Rodriguez mentioned that Tesla didn’t present him many particulars surrounding his automobile’s malfunction.
Tesla mentioned in its report that the reason for the automobile freezing up was “poor communication from cost port door inflicting energy conversion system to close off,” Rodriguez instructed KABC.
Some Tesla Mannequin 3 house owners have reported failures and different points with the facility conversion system on their autos. In 2019, some autos had “service request” pop-ups on their display screen on account of “surprising situations” affecting the facility conversion system.
KABC tried to succeed in out to Tesla’s public relations group — which was quietly dissolved in 2020.