Tesla Motors Club
Hello guys, I discovered something a while back and wanted to share in case anyone else has a similar situation.
Every once in a while I get the feeling of unintended acceleration with my model S. Its happened more than just a few times. After a while I was able to figure out what was actually causing the situations. This is how it usually happens:
1. I set the CC to a certain speed, let's say 30 mph
2. Without ever touching the break, I accelerate to a higher speed
3. As I approach an traffic light, I take my foot off of the accelerator and let the regen breaking slow the car down. At this point I am expecting the car to slow all the way down to 5-10 mph
4. Once the speed reaches the original setting of my cc (30 mph), the car maintains that speed, thus giving me the feeling that the car is accelerating.
This freaked me out the first few times this happened, but once I realized what it was, I was able to adjust my driving habit to tap the brake to disengage CC before accelerating.
I hope this helps.
Every once in a while I get the feeling of unintended acceleration with my model S. Its happened more than just a few times. After a while I was able to figure out what was actually causing the situations. This is how it usually happens:
1. I set the CC to a certain speed, let's say 30 mph
2. Without ever touching the break, I accelerate to a higher speed
3. As I approach an traffic light, I take my foot off of the accelerator and let the regen breaking slow the car down. At this point I am expecting the car to slow all the way down to 5-10 mph
4. Once the speed reaches the original setting of my cc (30 mph), the car maintains that speed, thus giving me the feeling that the car is accelerating.
This freaked me out the first few times this happened, but once I realized what it was, I was able to adjust my driving habit to tap the brake to disengage CC before accelerating.
I hope this helps.