After looking at article after article about Tesla fires, I'm starting to see a pattern here. They seem to mostly originate from the same place in the car. The front of the car... (duh) but more specifically the front drivers side.
Full disclosure here. I have owned more than a couple Teslas and some of them were fire salvaged cars... and guess what?
ALL of the fire car's I've owned the fire originated from the front of the car, specifically the
drivers side. Ok no biggie. Then I see a new thread the other day about ANOTHER Model S that caught fire I
N THE SAME LOCATION. I know that there is a high concentration of wiring harnesses up front along with the fuse boxes but something is up, why does it come from the front, and why the front driver's side?
Something has to be going on here. I understand that my sample size is too small to make a conclusive answer, but given that Teslas don't catch fire very often I feel that I'm not too far off base.
So lets analyze some Tesla fire trends shall we?
No accident, no impact, happened while driving fire originated from front drivers side.
France Fire, no accident, happened while driving, car made a loud noise. Fire started from front drivers side.
I personally OWN this car. This is the car that caught fire in Canada. Guess where the fire started? Front drivers side. No accident or impact, just caught fire in the garage
Another one of my personal cars. Guess where the fire started? THATS RIGHT THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE
And most recently.. no impact, not driving, no accident.... Can anyone please help me determine where the fire started? Might be the front drivers side but not sure
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I reallllllllllllly think there is something more here.[/QU
Same thing happened to me. Bought a 2015 S85D from Tesla in early August. First 10 days were bliss. On the 11th day I hit a piece of metal debris on route 78 east in NJ during morning rush hour. The impact was on the front passenger side of the car. Within 60 seconds the car was smoking, and within 2-3 minutes it was engulfed by flames. While I walked away with no injuries, it could have been an entirely different outcome if I was unconscious or if there had been small children in car seats. It took the fire company over 1100 gallons of water to put out the fire. They informed me that the typical combustion engine car fire requires 300-400 gallons of water.
Tesla claims that the titanium deflector plate was installed but has offered no proof. Tesla videos demonstrate the deflector plate protecting the car from impacts with trailer hitches and other large metal objects. Has Tesla actually installed the deflector plates? If not, why not? If so, what is the source of the defect in the engineering?