Owner Claims Tesla Model S Started And Crashed With No One In It

On April 29, Jared Overton parked his all-electric luxury saloon near 400 North and 1030 West in Lindon, Utah County. In 5 minutes, he didn’t like what he saw.

 Can’t blame him; no one would like to see their ride under the parked trailer in front, with its windshield smashed. Then again, 99.9 percent of us do not drive a car clever enough to park or drive on its own like Overton’s damaged ride, a Model S with a Summon feature.

 Which, Tesla says after conducting an investigation, was all of Overton's doing. In a letter signed by a regional service manager, it states that the mode “was initiated by a double-press of the gear selector stalk button, shifting from Drive to Park and requesting Summon activation.” Three seconds after Overton got out and closed the door, it was activated.
 

TheSteve - 5/13/2016 1:38:09 PM

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At this moment, I'm wondering if this is a legitimate issue, or if it'll turn out to be another one of those unintended acceleration scandals, where investigators, CSIs, and even NASA (no, I'm not joking) could find no fault in the vehicle, yet the accused company is mired for years in litigation, government inquisitions, and Trial By Social Media. We've seen this: once with Audi and then again with Toyota.

jameswisrik - 5/14/2016 9:31:30 AM

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its a tesla....POS.

MDarringer - 5/13/2016 5:16:09 PM

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I find the technology dumb and the owner even dumber. If the car can do that because of driver error, then the summon feature is not well designed. But even with that, the owner is irresponsible.