2018 Tesla Model X body & structure problems
Owners reported body & structure problems in 23 complaints for the 2018 Tesla Model X, 7% of the complaints on file.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 23 7% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 5 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 5 crashes, 2 injuries.
What owners wrote
The auto close feature on the Tesla Model X can quite dangerous. I’ve been hit by it unexpectedly closing several times. The most recent time, the rear trunk closed on me while I was taking out my grocery bag out of it. It hit my forehead, and I got a major bump. I ask NHTSA to investigate if there’s a manufacturer defect, so us Tesla owners are not further injured.
It happened at 7/21/2019, 1pm. The place is a parking lot in front of a store. I was driving my tesla x. Before I reached there, I was already in that parking lots for several minutes; the speed was very low, about 3 miles/hour. When I found the store, I wanted to turn left and park next to a car in front of the store. At that time, I loosed the accelerator panel. Since my tesla has the default regenerative brake setting, the car speed is almost zero.
Other problems reported for the 2018 Tesla Model X
- Forward collision avoidance 47 complaints
- Electrical system 37 complaints
- Suspension 37 complaints
- Cruise control 19 complaints
- Steering 18 complaints
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