Tesla owner says car froze on the highway at 83 MPH
It’s a Tesla owner’s biggest nightmare. Javier Rodriguez of Irvine, CA was traveling westbound on the 10 Freeway last week when he noticed all of the buttons and switches – including turn signals and hazard lights – were not working. “I noticed that it started to get hot in the car and there started to be a weird scent coming,” recalled Rodriguez. “I was nervous that if I were to brake a whole lot that I wouldn’t be able to gain the speed again to keep up with traffic and get around cars. I was nervous somebody was going to slam into me.” He eventually was able to make it off the road. The car later rebooted and everything was fine. He did go to Tesla and they fixed the issue however he isn’t comfortable with that. “Diagnosed and found poor communication from charge port door causing power conversion system to shut off in order to protect on board components during drive. I need more explanation,” said Rodriguez. “I’m on the freeway and this happens at 83 miles an hour. Everybody is trying to say, ‘Well we fixed it. We fixed it,’ but I need an explanation.”
