Tesla says complaints of “sudden unintended acceleration” in its vehicles as “completely false”

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Tesla slammed complaints submitted by customers claiming that there are incidents when they experienced sudden unintended acceleration of their Model 3, Model S and Model X vehicles.

In a statement on Monday, Tesla called the consumer complaints as “completely false” brought by an investor who is shorting the company’s stocks.

“This petition is completely false and was brought by a Tesla short-seller. We investigate every single incident where the driver alleges to us that their vehicle accelerated contrary to their input, and in every case where we had the vehicle’s data, we confirmed that the car operated as designed. In other words, the car accelerates if, and only if, the driver told it to do so, and it slows or stops when the driver applies the brake,” according to the electric car manufacturer.

In addition, Tesla said, “We are transparent with NHTSA, and routinely review customer complaints of unintended acceleration with them. Over the past several years, we discussed with NHTSA the majority of the complaints alleged in the petition. In every case we reviewed with them, the data proved the vehicle functioned properly.”

 NHTSA is investigating consumer complaints involving Tesla vehicles

Last week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) opened an investigation into Tesla after receiving 127 consumer complaints that include 110 crashes and 52 injuries.