A Tesla Model S owner has filed a complaint with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration alleging that the vehicle accelerated on its own resulting in a crash.
It’s worth noting that anyone can go onto NHTSA’s website and file a complaint. The owner is claiming that the Model S was being driven down a short driveway at about five miles per hour with the brakes applied when the vehicle suddenly accelerated, jumping a curb and landing with the front end resting on a 4.5-foot retaining wall.
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In the complaint, the owner also claims that the American electric automaker sent out an engineer to investigate and discovered that the vehicle accelerated from 18 to 100 percent in a split second. The engineer said the Model S has a safeguard to prevent the sedan from accelerating beyond 92 percent, causing the owner to believe there’s a mechanical defect in the vehicle.
A Telsa spokesperson declined to comment.
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[Source: Leftlane News]
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