Man Says His Tesla Got Stuck at 83 MPH on the Highway

The owner of a car that got stuck on a California freeway says he went through a terrifying experience with his car.

It will be a reminder that no driving technology is perfect, especially as we move towards a future in which more and more basic driving functions are being automated, with sophisticated yet imperfect computer systems both literally and metaphorically taking the wheel.

Need for Speed

The driver told KABC that the buttons and switches stopped working while he was traveling at 83 mph.

Rodriguez provided a video of the event to KABC, which shows him struggling with the frozen system. The air conditioning was not working.

It wasn't like the 1994 action movie Speed, in which the character had to maintain a minimum speed inside a bus.

He said that he noticed that it started to get hot in the car and that there was a weird scent coming. I was worried someone was going to hit me.

Poor Power

Rodriguez says he was able to take a highway exit and his car was able to restart.

Poor communication from the charge port door caused the power conversion system to shut off, according to the driver.

The hair-raising tale isn't exactly confidence inducing, having your main onboard computer freeze while traveling down the freeway at 83 mph with no prior notice sounds terrifying, to say the least.

It's worth pointing out that not every allegation about a malfunction of a car turns out to be true. There was a wave ofbrake failures in China last year.

KABC requested a comment fromTesla.

A man says his car computer froze, causing it to be stuck at 83 mph on the freeway.

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