Well, this one should probably make the farmers insurance car accident awards on TV.
I'm in front of my garage with people in the back seats of my model X prior to entering the garage. The falcon doors opened to let the passengers out before entering the garage. Both went up simultaneously. The passengers both exited simultaneously.....the left rear passenger manually closed the door by hitting the close button. I hear the door closing,...."whirl...click...click"....so i know that the door is closed. Now on the right the passenger did not hit the button,...she assumed i would close the door from the front.
When I heard the left door closing, I thought both doors were closing! So now I'mready to enter the garage not knowing that the rear right door is fully opened. . Because of the blind spot, you dont realize its still opened and the car moves (a design flaw if you ask me)
Now on the MCU screen, yes, door open warning image there,...but I'm not looking at the screen..., I’m looking out the window because it’s a tight fit. Now your asking, what about the audible warnings? Yes, I heard the tones, but they are the same tones I hear from the radar/ camera sensors going crazy everytime I enter the garage!
bottom line, door hits top of garage frame....crash, door becomes misaligned and bent back. total damage.
I'm in shock,..i just washed the car that morning!!! My wife starts crying that she should have shut the door. I'm like,...."this is a design flaw....why is the car even moving with the door open,...or why not have a warning tone thats louder....or "falcon door open!! pull up...pull up!!!""
C,mon Elon, Dont you think this is a greater priority than getting my horn to make a fart sound?
I was pretty depressed about this. I didn’t want to post my experience because other posts ‘Ive read with this type of accident, the replies would state the guys an idiot for not looking at the MCU screen.
But I feel I got screwed on this one. Never had an accident in over 45 years driving,…now my dream car I finally buy and a year into it this happens, but its not like I avoided hitting an old lady.
Well,…Im out 1,000 bucks deductable,…insurance is covering the rest,…15,000 bucks….not bad, I hear that rear ended tesla fender bumps can be over 20k. But if my deductable goes up Ill be pissed as this clearly was a flukey incident.
Thoughts? Number one,…I still think the falcon doors are cool, but c’mon,…car moves is open? What about a better warning tone?
Bummed in Long island
Rob
I'm in front of my garage with people in the back seats of my model X prior to entering the garage. The falcon doors opened to let the passengers out before entering the garage. Both went up simultaneously. The passengers both exited simultaneously.....the left rear passenger manually closed the door by hitting the close button. I hear the door closing,...."whirl...click...click"....so i know that the door is closed. Now on the right the passenger did not hit the button,...she assumed i would close the door from the front.
When I heard the left door closing, I thought both doors were closing! So now I'mready to enter the garage not knowing that the rear right door is fully opened. . Because of the blind spot, you dont realize its still opened and the car moves (a design flaw if you ask me)
Now on the MCU screen, yes, door open warning image there,...but I'm not looking at the screen..., I’m looking out the window because it’s a tight fit. Now your asking, what about the audible warnings? Yes, I heard the tones, but they are the same tones I hear from the radar/ camera sensors going crazy everytime I enter the garage!
bottom line, door hits top of garage frame....crash, door becomes misaligned and bent back. total damage.
I'm in shock,..i just washed the car that morning!!! My wife starts crying that she should have shut the door. I'm like,...."this is a design flaw....why is the car even moving with the door open,...or why not have a warning tone thats louder....or "falcon door open!! pull up...pull up!!!""
C,mon Elon, Dont you think this is a greater priority than getting my horn to make a fart sound?
I was pretty depressed about this. I didn’t want to post my experience because other posts ‘Ive read with this type of accident, the replies would state the guys an idiot for not looking at the MCU screen.
But I feel I got screwed on this one. Never had an accident in over 45 years driving,…now my dream car I finally buy and a year into it this happens, but its not like I avoided hitting an old lady.
Well,…Im out 1,000 bucks deductable,…insurance is covering the rest,…15,000 bucks….not bad, I hear that rear ended tesla fender bumps can be over 20k. But if my deductable goes up Ill be pissed as this clearly was a flukey incident.
Thoughts? Number one,…I still think the falcon doors are cool, but c’mon,…car moves is open? What about a better warning tone?
Bummed in Long island
Rob