Tesla unintended acceleration reports:
NHTSA is investigating claimsThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will look into reports of unintended acceleration in Tesla vehicles.
The reports involve all three of the vehicles Tesla makes today:
the Model S sedan,
Model X SUV,
Model 3 sedan.
NHTSA has received 127 complaints about alleged unintended acceleration in Tesla vehicles.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
said Friday it will review a petition asking the agency to formally investigate 500,000 Tesla models over sudden unintended acceleration reports.
The petition covers
2012 through 2019 model year Tesla Model S,
2016 through 2019 Tesla Model X,
2018 through 2019 Tesla Model 3 vehicles
the agency said.
The petition cites “127 consumer complaints to NHTSA involving 123 unique vehicles. The reports include 110 crashes and 52 injuries,” the agency added. Tesla did not immediately comment Friday.
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