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    Best and worst week ever

    So sorry about the damage to your prized possession. Thankfully no one was hurt. My car had an accident on 05/04 and it's still in the body shop for parts from Tesla. I would not hold my breath on the repair to be done so quickly. The body shop said one Model S was with them for 89 days for a...
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    Sudden Unexpected Acceleration today

    Maybe you know more than I do? - Care to share?
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    Sudden Unexpected Acceleration today

    The car is at the Tesla approved repair shop waiting on parts. I have a rental from my insurance - nothing from Tesla. Given it was an accident, they did not want to touch it with a 100ft pole. The service center will inspect the car once it's fixed to make sure that all the sensors and DAS...
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    Sudden Unexpected Acceleration today

    Yes - that should be the case but as I alluded to in the original thread the brake force required to stop the car was much greater than what my wife had experienced in driving two other cars she drove in the past. I have not posted an update to the thread lately as Tesla refused to share the...
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    Sudden Unexpected Acceleration today

    Agree, the setting the poster mentioned above are becoming a default for both our profiles once we get the car back.
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    Sudden Unexpected Acceleration today

    Not left... still waiting for an answer from Tesla to see what they share.
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    Phone Distracted Driver on Autopilot Slams into Firetruck

    Tesla developers wanted more safeguards on Autopilot system to make driver pay attention Here's another example of a trade-off. When will companies start realizing that the best thing to do for their customers is also the best thing for shareholders and no other way!
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    1st Time @ Service Center

    Please don't! In an unfortunate event the battery catches fire, they need to reach the loop in the frunk.
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    Sudden Unexpected Acceleration today

    Excellent idea - how about a big block Chevy sound so that a driver can aurally tell the speed of the electric motor when parking. This would definitely reduce pedal misapplication. Heck make it configurable to so that a user can choose what kind of sound they like - Ferrari, Muscle car, F1 car etc.
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    Sudden Unexpected Acceleration today

    dsvick - I hope you don't have any personal grief with people who report SUA. I take your comments as being someone who's never done or been involved in possibility thinking or are completely naive. Any one of the options I have alluded to or get educated on could be a possibility including...
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    Sudden Unexpected Acceleration today

    Till now, I have been working on two possibilities with their probabilities - 1. Driver error (waiting for Tesla logs and wife maintains what she went through): 99% 2. Code defect (no way of knowing and forum members pooh-pooing the idea that this is even possible): 1% What if that 1% code...
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    Sudden Unexpected Acceleration today

    Hmm..that's an interesting thought. This way one does not confuse an accelerator to be a brake and yet get the best of both worlds i.e. regen while braking and not confusing ones gray cells to think that I am on the brakes when you might be pressing the throttle.
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    Sudden Unexpected Acceleration today

    One would hope so. I did get an e-mail from NHTSA earlier today.
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    Sudden Unexpected Acceleration today

    Is it only me or is there generally a greater force needed on our M3's to stop? My Infiniti has one of the most agressive brakes in any cars I have driven. They BITE! I also suspect that given the car is so new (1100 miles) and very few instances of braking needed due to regen, its possible...
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    Sudden Unexpected Acceleration today

    Funny... Either way I am screwed. Guess I will never find out the truth....from either parties.
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    More excellent efficiency to report

    1120 miles @211wh/mi with Aeros.
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    Sudden Unexpected Acceleration today

    Go read up details on SUA filed on S and X on NHTSA website where people are claiming they did not touch the accelerator pedal and the car accelerated suddenly. As I said earlier “pedal” is only part of the equation, which might execute few lines of code, there are thousands other that are...
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    Sudden Unexpected Acceleration today

    Complaint has already been filed with NHTSA. I am not hopeful anything would come out of it as they, just like some members here, are sick and tired of hearing the same saga over and over. And yes Tesla, if not for hubris, can help fix whatever is wrong with a SW download. I have not heard...
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    Sudden Unexpected Acceleration today

    Mongo - Yes I had read your thread regarding ISO 26262 safety standard and Jason's excellent explanation of the throttle body operation. I can understand that the physical pedal did not have a malfunction in its operation i.e. no spring jam, no lockup etc. and also the way the HW processor...
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    Sudden Unexpected Acceleration today

    This could be built into our cars along with the selfie cams. BTW - most members here are of the opinion that this is just another case of pedal misapplication and I am hoping that is the case. However, has anyone here have looked at cross referencing what the ECU did vs. what the ACTUAL...
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    What the wife said

    So true. I had a similar situation. Placed order on launch day. Waited for 2 yrs and now have a M3. Wife claimed the car since day 1 and I get to clean it over the weekend.
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    Sudden Unexpected Acceleration today

    And I bet this will continue until we either change Driver behavior or find what’s really causing these misinterpreted pedals and clear the gremlins in our brains or the car. Why do we not see that there’s a pattern and there might be a burden or responsibility that has to be shared between...
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    Sudden Unexpected Acceleration today

    I'd hypothesize that the rate of SUA is greater in Tesla's than regular ICE cars though NHTSA's claim is 16000 per year for pedal misapplication. If it's found that battery regen is behind the reason why Teslas are more susceptible to a driver pressing the wrong pedal, then something needs to...
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    Sudden Unexpected Acceleration today

    I agree with you that the rational decisions making goes out the window when you are emotionally charged. I have discussed with my wife multiple times since the incident to recall if she was in any duress, pre-occupied, on the phone, listening to loud music, health issues etc. etc. without...
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    Sudden Unexpected Acceleration today

    SageBrush - I understand. Unfortunately, I am not equipped yet to be able to collect logs. All I can do and hope is for Tesla to shed some light on what might have happened based on what the car is able to transmit to the mother ship. I will have to either trust my insurance company to pull EDR...
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    Sudden Unexpected Acceleration today

    There is a concerning aspect to the way TACC is engaged in the M3. When you double press the stalk for Autopilot and single press to cancel it - the TACC is still active and can definitely cause sudden acceleration to resume. I have been caught off guard sometimes with this behavior on freeways...
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    Sudden Unexpected Acceleration today

    AZRED - you and I are as much Tesla fanboys as any other on this forum. I have been a Tesla shareholders since the stock was $22. I will take your note above as a compliment to my writing style but make no mistake - this is not to arouse paranoia or induce hysteria among the members. After all...
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    Sudden Unexpected Acceleration today

    Jason - thanks for the explanation. At this point I don't have any evidence to point one way or the other. Yes, the EDR data will reveal what might have happened based on your explanation above. What bothers me is that both myself and my wife have over 20+ yrs of driving experience in several...
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    Sudden Unexpected Acceleration today

    The car has the creep ON.
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    Sudden Unexpected Acceleration today

    Yes, Tesla has recently released EDR tools for the users to pull logs from their cars. The tools are expensive ($995) so I am not sure how many owners would want to own one. I don't think its about keeping secrets, however I am not convinced that every instance of so-called pedal misapplication...
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    Sudden Unexpected Acceleration today

    Thanks for the contact Hacer. There's not much information on what throttle Tesla has on the Model 3. Assuming they are shared between the three models, it should have the same redundancy or lack thereof as in the S and X. Will have to see what log data Tesla shares with the owners.
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    Sudden Unexpected Acceleration today

    Hi Folks, Long time TMC lurker, however first time poster. I wish my first post would have been about the excitement of getting my M3. However, I have a much serious topic to post about. Today while out for shopping my wife met with an accident in the parking lot of a grocery store here in...