Tesla is in trouble again? Korean actor sues Model X for sudden acceleration

  According to foreign media reports, on December 30, 2016, a Tesla car owner took Tesla Motors to court. The reason for the complaint was that the Model X suddenly accelerated while parking, and rushed out of the garage and rammed into the living room. The driver and a passenger were injured. However, in response to this complaint, Tesla has made a strong statement that the accident is not a problem of the vehicle, but the owner improperly controls it.

The owner is named Ji Chang Son, an actor from South Korea. According to the owner, one night in September last year, when the owner slowly stopped his Model X into the garage, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and rushed forward. The lawsuit pointed out that "the vehicle suddenly and automatically advances at full speed, breaking through the inner walls of the garage, destroying several wooden support beams and other things in the wall and stopping in the living room."

The case was filed by the plaintiff in the District Court of the Central District of California and hoped to escalate the lawsuit into a class action lawsuit. The lawsuit also cited seven other lawsuits filed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) database, all of which caused the vehicle to suddenly accelerate without warning.

The reasons for this complaint include Tesla's product liability and negligence, breach of guarantee, etc., and seek a certain amount of compensation. NHTSA did not respond to the authenticity of the seven related cases cited in the complaint.

Tesla was very tough about the complaint and said in the statement that the accident was not a problem with the vehicle. In addition, Tesla also revealed that the accident owner Ji Chang Son threatened that if Tesla disagreed with financial compensation or did not recognize the problem with the vehicle, Son would use his popularity and status in South Korea to hurt Tesla.

The foreign website electrek interviewed Tesla on the incident. Tesla made the following statement according to the traffic log of the accident vehicle: "We are very concerned about the safety of the users, and thoroughly investigated the complaints of Mr. Son. Vehicle data, etc. The evidence indicates that the accident was the result of Mr. Son’s full stepping on the accelerator pedal."

Tesla said that its models use a variety of methods to prevent drivers from guessing the wrong pedals, including using their Autopilot sensors to distinguish between normal pedaling and accidental stepping.

The luxury model X is Tesla's first SUV, which was launched at the end of 2015. Tesla once said that Model X is the safest SUV in history.

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