and California: The driver says his Tesla began to crash while driving down the highway, forcing him to accelerate to 83 mph on the highway without controlling the throttle.
Javier Rodriguez, Irwin told KABC in Los Angeles that his Tesla Model 3 computer froze while driving on Interstate 10, rendering Tesla’s central touch screen useless, but also causing failure of the turn signals, hazard lights and other standard vehicle functions.
“I noticed the car started to get hot, it started to smell funny,” Rodriguez told the news station.
While the brakes were on, Rodriguez told KABC that he was worried he wouldn’t be able to accelerate if he slowed down.
“I was nervous that someone was going to hit me,” he said.
And while he was able to successfully pull off the road and be towed for repairs to his car with the help of a California Highway Patrol officer, Rodriguez said Tesla didn’t give him many details about his car’s breakdown.
Tesla said in a report that the cause of the car freezing was “miscommunication from the charging port gate, causing the power conversion system to shut down,” Rodriguez told KABC.
Some Tesla Model 3 owners have reported other problems with their car’s power conversion system. 2019 Some cars had “request for service” booklets on your screen due to “unexpected conditions” affecting the energy conversion system.
KABC attempted to contact Tesla’s public relations team, which: quietly dissolved in 2020.
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