Evasive manoeuvre caused damage

[James-R10]

Coming home at 2am on New Year’s Day (sober as wife is pregnant and didn’t drink at all) and as driving through our driveway gate, the wind blew it into the side of the car very lightly.

The gate did no damage (that can be seen anyway)

However, my Tesla did an evasive manoeuvre I’m guessing (99.99% sure I did not steer it) forcing it to judder really fast to the right over a kerb and into our holly bushes. Fortunately, it seems this morning the only damage was a wheel got a chip in it and a tyre slightly damaged.

Very annoying as literally had the wheel refurbished on Friday evening and just recently had a new tyre put on after hitting a pothole on the motorway.

1 - I assume this tyre is going to need replacing?
2 - do I have any legal position against Tesla? Without the evasive manoeuvre there would have been no damage at all and the quick movement seems dangerous into a holly bush and wall compared to a small impact from a light wooden gate.

 

[GRiLLA]

As I assume you weren't driving under Autosteer, which Tesla Active Safety Feature do you think will have driven you into the kerb ?

Collision Avoidance Assist (tesla.com)

They all just apply breaking I'm afraid, avoiding will be your action.

 

[James-R10]

As I assume you weren't driving under Autosteer, which Tesla Active Safety Feature do you think will have driven you into the kerb ?

Collision Avoidance Assist (tesla.com)

They all just apply breaking I'm afraid, avoiding will be your action.

Could have been but it was so violent I don’t think it could have been myself

 

[MrBadger]

Could you have missed the corrective steering applied intervention message/beep? That’s lane departure avoidance doing it’s stuff - not unknown to be triggered for no obvious reason especially when on country roads with no lanes. I have seen this (never felt anything though) and I don’t even have the feature fully enabled - just have rumble enabled rather than corrective steering and the rumble doesn’t trigger any message.

 

[Durzel]

As I assume you weren't driving under Autosteer, which Tesla Active Safety Feature do you think will have driven you into the kerb ?

Collision Avoidance Assist (tesla.com)

They all just apply breaking I'm afraid, avoiding will be your action.

Breaking? Cmon @GRiLLA

As to the topic - on the basis that a guy on here whose Tesla crashed itself during Autopark got nowhere with them, I suspect you'd have the same luck, unfortunately.

 

[AndrewGR]

As I assume you weren't driving under Autosteer, which Tesla Active Safety Feature do you think will have driven you into the kerb ?
Collision Avoidance Assist (tesla.com)

They all just apply breaking I'm afraid, avoiding will be your action.

You don’t need to be using Autosteer to get warning beeps and ‘corrective steering applied for your safety’ messages - or at least I don’t! I’ve never noticed more than a slight firmness of the steering when trying to manoeuvre but it can be quite disconcerting. Messages most common on narrow country roads, but I’ve had them when leaving roundabouts and even turning out of my narrow driveway. Not sure this ‘feature’ can be turned off.

 

[qwickshot]

The official rule is if the cut is deep enough that you can see the cords the tire is done otherwise you can continue to use it.

Keep an eye on it to make sure there are no bulges, if there is a bulge it’s also done.

Others will tell you to replace it as the sidewall is damaged.

 

[James-R10]

Will replace the tyre as wife is pregnant. Think if she want I’d take a risk. Just annoying as brand new tyre which it self replaced a new tyre after hitting a massive hidden pothole at a service station in the rain.

Hopefully as they made mess on the wheel repairing it on Friday they will be nice or meet me half way.

 

[GRiLLA]

You don’t need to be using Autosteer to get warning beeps and ‘corrective steering applied for your safety’ messages - or at least I don’t! I’ve never noticed more than a slight firmness of the steering when trying to manoeuvre but it can be quite disconcerting. Messages most common on narrow country roads, but I’ve had them when leaving roundabouts and even turning out of my narrow driveway. Not sure this ‘feature’ can be turned off.

That's Lane Assist, which is only above 30mph, doesn't seem relevant in this case.

 

[AndrewGR]

That's Lane Assist, which is only above 30mph, doesn't seem relevant in this case.

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Thanks - I’m aware of lane assist. But what feature is generating alarms and corrective steering applied messages at 5 mph as I exit my drive, on leaving roundabouts and on country lanes without clear lane markings? And in the OP’s case to avoid an apparent obstacle, also at low speed?

 

[GRiLLA]

Thanks - I’m aware of lane assist. But what feature is generating alarms and corrective steering applied messages at 5 mph as I exit my drive, on leaving roundabouts and on country lanes without clear lane markings? And in the OP’s case to avoid an apparent obstacle, also at low speed?

I assume you aren't doing 5 mph on roundabouts or country lanes.

 

[EVMeister]

At low speed the car will give proximity warnings, there is no corrective steering related to that.

 

[Durzel]

At low speed the car will give proximity warnings, there is no corrective steering related to that.

Depends on how old the car is

 

[Simavon]

I get corrective steering applied messages at 10mph in the work car park. I have never actually felt anything when it does this.

I’m not convinced the feature works very well in normal driving. I’ve deliberately drifted over the centre line… nothing. Then returning to my side of the road after an overtake and it tries to keep me on the wrong side of the road.

 

[Fursty Ferret]

Just annoying as brand new tyre which it self replaced a new tyre after hitting a massive hidden pothole at a service station in the rain.

Claim off the service station, then. You can go spelunking in the pot holes at Newport Pagnell.

 

[James-R10]

Claim off the service station, then. You can go spelunking in the pot holes at Newport Pagnell.

Oh I did and they paid for the damage that time without any fuss.

 

[init6]

What speed were you doing? That seems quite a harsh hit for someone turning into their driveway.

 

[James-R10]

What speed were you doing? That seems quite a harsh hit for someone turning into their driveway.

Less than 5mph not sure of exact speed. The car jumped to the right at like full power over the kerb, which is why I think it was the car not me.

 

[init6]

Less than 5mph not sure of exact speed. The car jumped to the right at like full power over the kerb, which is why I think it was the car not me.

Have you got Teslamate or Teslafi running? If not I'd raise an SR with Tesla to see if they can see anything in the logs at the time.

 

[James-R10]

Have you got Teslamate or Teslafi running? If not I'd raise an SR with Tesla to see if they can see anything in the logs at the time.

Done that as well just in case