croman
Well-Known Member
I had the same problem. I did not crash, but I removed my foot from the accelerator and the car accelerated. I was able to stop by applying the brakes, but it scared the crap out of me and my wife. It happened AGAIN about a mile later when I removed my foot from the accelerator because I was approaching a stop sign. Again, I was able to stop but we should all agree this should NOT happen.
To those on this forum who have written off a driver's unexplained acceleration as operator error, all I can say is that's not always the case. I was not applying pressure to ANY pedal. I did not accidentally press the accelerator after removing my foot from it. The car ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. Pure and simple. Twice. I submitted a bug report immediately (which Tesla inexplicably deleted after two weeks without investigating it--supposedly a routine procedure). Tesla says they cannot find the cause. And they insist the car did not accelerate because the logs do not show the accelerator pedal as having been pushed (no pressure on the pedal). If one believes them (which, given other issues I've dealt with, that is NOT a given), now what? I'll tell you this, however: I've had nightmares about it ever since. The car was only several weeks old at the time. Careful about drawing conclusions and accusing a forum member of doing something wrong. Things aren't always as they seem--even if "the computer" supposedly says it's so.
Were you going downhill? Gravity is 9.8m/s^2, so that's acceleration without pressing a pedal. Otherwise, yes, strange things could happen I suppose, but you have no proof other than your subjective feeling that the car accelerated. Plus first post skepticism and we're at a stand still with this. I don't believe it without further corroboration.