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The 2022 Tesla Model S is an EV that continues to make news. It’s hailed as the sedan that can “go anywhere” from the manufacturer, but most customers are finding that the defects keep it from functioning at all. It seems to have a malfunctioning electrical system, bad forward collision avoidance and trouble with the service brakes, all leading to a dangerous drive.
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NHTSA Complaints for the 2022 Tesla Model S
| Complaint Category | Number of Complaints |
|---|---|
| Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control | |
| Unknown Or Other | |
| Steering | |
| Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking | |
| Service Brakes | |
| Electrical System | |
| Vehicle Speed Control | |
| Visibility/wiper | |
| Structure:body | |
| Exterior Lighting |
Problems with the Electrical System
The electrical system in a Tesla should be leaps and bounds beyond other manufacturers considering this is an electric car. However, customers are flooding the internet with complaints.
Here’s one posted on the NHTSA website. “Last night, I plugged in the car (2022 Tesla Model 3 Long Range) as I normally do and, via the Tesla app, scheduled the car cabin to be heated and the battery to be pre-conditioned by a specified time. When I entered the car at that time, the cabin had not heated up – the message on the display screen stated that the cabin heater was not functioning properly and that I should seek service. The temperature here in northern Wisconsin at the time of this incident was -13 F. Since I had planned to take a long trip across Michigan’s Upper Peninsula this morning where there are few charging opportunities, and since I cannot assume that the battery pre-conditioned (which extends the range of the vehicle) if I had not aborted my trip I feel I could have been in a life-threatening situation due to extreme cold.”
If that’s not bad enough, the Model S is currently under investigation by the NHTSA. The Action Number is PE21023 and the investigation states that the gameplay function is visible on the front touchscreen when the car is in motion. Passenger Play is only meant to be used when the vehicle is in Park and it’s leading to a lot of driver distractions on the road. Plus, there’s a recall worth noting. NHTSA Campaign Number 22V025000 states that more than 800,000 vehicles might have been built with a seat belt chime that doesn’t work. If the driver hasn’t buckled their seat belt, the alarm will not let them know, thereby leading to a higher chance of injury. So, not only can drivers play games while on the road, but they can also go unbuckled for good measure.
Problems with the Forward Collision Avoidance
The Tesla Model S is designed with top-level safety systems included to provide a better drive, but these programs don’t seem to work as intended.
One such example is with the forward collision avoidance, which can be better understood by this NHTSA complaint. “When using cruise control (TACC) with or without using lane centering (Autosteer), my vehicle will often brake suddenly (and harshly) for no reason at all. It’s worse on undivided highways (with no median). I’ve noticed the phantom braking occurs most often when an oncoming tall vehicle (18-wheeler, RV/motor home) approaches, or I approach an underpass, or I approach a large shadow on the road (from a building or large tree). During a 90-mile trip last weekend, my car phantom braked almost a dozen times, sometimes severely. Fortunately, no one was following close to me. I feel this is a safety hazard and should be fixed.”
For now, Tesla has failed to respond to the problems with this safety system. There are no tech bulletins, maybe because the company doesn’t utilize traditional service centers that customers are used to. With so many defective vehicles driving down the road, all Model S cars should come with a warning plastered to the side that they are dangerous to be near. Drivers can “go anywhere,” but non-Tesla owners might want to stay clear of these EVs to better protect their families.
Problems with the Brake System
With well-functioning brakes, any car becomes instantly safer on the road. However, the Tesla Model S seems to struggle with this basic concept as well.
Here’s one final NHTSA complaint worth reading. “Sunday, January 2nd, on the way back from Vegas back to Sacramento, on the highway with Lane assist driving, the car suddenly braked going from 70+ miles to almost a complete halt. I was able to steer it into the oncoming lane to avoid the pickup truck from hitting us from behind. The braking system again slowed the car down significantly a few more times on this trip and wee have not used this feature since. Car was bought on December 26th and we are fairly new owners of a Tesla.”
Aside from stopping unexpectedly, the Tesla Model S also seems to forget to stop at times. NHTSA Campaign Number 22V037000 states that more than 50,000 vehicles could travel completely through an all-way stop intersection without stopping. This functionality is supposed to stop the vehicle as part of the Full Self-Driving software that’s being tested. At this point, any teacher would grade this test with a big fat “F” for Failure.
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Complaint Data
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Mar 27, 2023 |
| State | NV |
| Description | While utilizing the car's cruise control (traac) and the advanced autopilot features, the car brakes often, unexpectedly and without warning when there are no hazards or vehicles in its path. This is a well documented problem called “phantom braking†involving teslas. My experiences include traveling on straight open highway with no other vehicle' within hundreds of yards. Scary and unsafe. |
| Category | Steering |
| Date | Mar 12, 2023 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Yolk turn signal button issues. Does not register a click. Issue has also been reported on the following site with a video demonstrating the issue. Https://teslamotorsclub. Com/tmc/threads/yolk-turn-signal-button-issues-does-not-register-a-click. 285402/ |
| Category | Structure:body |
| Date | Mar 02, 2023 |
| State | MD |
| Description | The hood/frunk open by itself. I was driving at around 25 mph when hood/frunk suddenly opened. This is a serious saftey issue luckily I was able to avoid an accident as I could not see with the hood obstructing view. Vehicle will be taken to tesla for inspection. No warning lamps or indications also seems as if there is no secondary latch. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Service Brakes |
| Date | Feb 28, 2023 |
| State | WA |
| Description | We had the adaptive cruise control, turned on and the car braked violently on I 90 in washington state heading east. The brakes slammed on so hard that the tires screeched. We were in the fast lane and it was fortunate that no one was directly behind us or there would've been a serious accident. It happened again about 5 miles later, but not as violently. |
| Category | Structure:interior Panels:dashboard |
| Date | Feb 23, 2023 |
| State | CA |
| Description | 1) lower drivers knee airbag panel improperly installed. Photos available. 2) this could cause malfunction of the airbag in an accident 3) no response from tesla service when reported in the tesla app, and in person. 4) no, but I have photos and the epc identifies the parts in question. 5) loose trim panel made the problem apparent, noted at delivery. Noted loose and broken lower dash trim panel under the steering yoke. Upon investigation, noted the panel was designed to be held in place by 4 circular magnets, two on the panel and two on the lower dash support. However, in this case, a 10mm high strength steel bolt with a torque stripe was inserted into the mating magnet on the lower dash structure. The strength of the magnet was such that the bolt was apparently fully seated. The problem was, where did this bolt belong? It was found the adjacent lower panel was the knee airbag panel was designed to be secured by two 10mm bolts, and one was missing! The errant bolt was placed into the proper hole and torqued per the sm. The passenger side panels and bolts were found to be properly installed, and torque striped. I believe the placement of the yoke makes it difficult for assembly personnel to ensure the airbag bolt is placed into the proper hole, and the magnet keeps the bolt in position when it is incorrectly placed. The problem is this leaves the lower knee airbag secured by a single bolt, and that is a potential safety concern. Please contact me for photos and supporting documents. |
| Category | Electrical System, Steering |
| Date | Feb 16, 2023 |
| State | FL |
| Description | The vehicles horn is too difficult to locate during an emergency and requires you to look down at the wheel to find it. The "yoke" steering wheel does not have the horn in the center as traditional across all other brand vehicles. It's a touch-capacitive area to the right and only about the size of a thumb tack. It's not raised or textured in anyway. |
| Category | Suspension, Wheels |
| Date | Feb 14, 2023 |
| State | GA |
| Description | My car has 10k miles and rear wheels started to layer off. This is the same issue as many other reporting on the web. I tired to reach out to tesla but they deny any responsibilities. Something needs to be done asap before people will get hurt. I am lucky that I noticed this issue. |
| Category | Structure:body |
| Date | Feb 06, 2023 |
| State | IL |
| Description | Windshield cracked after preheating the car and pulling out of driveway in cold weather. Saw and heard the crack happen. Found hundreds of other complaints online of owners reporting similar issues. Brought into tesla dealer and they claim it was from an external windshield chip that then spread although no external chip was present. They seemed very knowledgeable about this issue and trained to try to not cover this under warranty. |
| Category | Steering, Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Jan 30, 2023 |
| State | PA |
| Description | My vehicle was hit in the parking lot with my car being stationary/parked as I could not click the horn button as it is not in the center of the steering wheel. Per ceo comments: [xxx] replying to @[xxx] all cars made since november also have push center for horn – just waiting on firmware update. If you mash right side of yoke with your palm, horn will trigger. 7:13 pm · mar 1, 2022 on twitter information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6) |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Jan 23, 2023 |
| State | NV |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model s. The contact stated while her husband was driving approximately 70 mph, the vehicle experienced "phantom braking" approximately 8-times in total. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact called the local dealer and made them aware of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 2,000. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings |
| Date | Jan 22, 2023 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Malfunctioning system: autopilot, self driving. The vehicle is available for inspection. We were put at risk following having several 'near miss' incidents. None of which resulted in an accident. The 2022 model s plaid with less than 2,929 current miles as of this entry, while being driven in daylight & evening hours on major freeways and interstate roads in central & southern california while using the "autopilot" full self driving (fsd) has multiple times for no apparent reason & without warning suddenly 'panic' braked the vehicle from freeway speeds to less than 30 mph. In one instance this caused the late model vehicle following us to take immediate evasive action and swerve into the adjacent lane without warning and then the vehicle honked continuously at us while passing us to our left. On each of the occasions I have had to override the autopilot by pressing on the accelerator pedal as soon as I realized what was happening! On other occasions when in 'autopilot' self-driving mode, the vehicle has attempted to change lanes to exit the highway without awareness of how close the vehicle was to the end of the exit lane. Again I had to override the autopilot by turning the yoke back into the lane to avoid running into barriers. I had believed that because this is a 'beta' version that these conditions were being worked on and would be corrected with a software update. I have had numerous software updates installed. The current version is 2022. 44. 30. 10. For this reason, I have not reported these incidents to the manufacturer or made an appointment with the local tesla service center. The problems continue even with the current software update. Until recently, I was unaware of others having these same issues or that significant injury, death, damage, have occurred. However, since being made aware of this problem, I chose to report my experiences. I will follow-up and make an appointment with the manufacturer to have the vehicle inspected. |
| Category | Power Train, Steering |
| Date | Jan 18, 2023 |
| State | CA |
| Description | When slightly pressing the accelerator while at speeds between approximately 35-70 mph, there appears to be a vibration felt in the front of the car. It can be felt in the yoke and the pedal. It could affect the driver's ability to break or turn the wheel in emergency. It appears more than 60% of the owner of the same model and year has detected a similar shaking in the yoke and pedal, yet the manufacture delays to resolve it. Https://teslamotorsclub. Com/tmc/threads/poll-vibration-felt-when-slightly-accelerating-refresh-mode-s-plaid-or-lr. 236933/ |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Service Brakes |
| Date | Jan 14, 2023 |
| State | CO |
| Description | Sudden braking while using adaptive cruise control. Multiple “phantom braking “ incidents during a long road trip. |
| Category | Steering |
| Date | Jan 13, 2023 |
| State | CA |
| Description | During normal driving, I was unable to activate the horn on a regular basis. The yoke steering wheel does not have a horn activator in the traditional "center" part of the steering column, and the purported method of activating the horn by covering all of the buttons on the right side of the steering york never worked for me. It's dangerous and I found myself on multiple occasions not being able to activate the horn. |
| Category | Structure:body |
| Date | Jan 13, 2023 |
| State | TX |
| Description | 1. When I was driving, the left rear door suddenly opened by itself. 2. It would cause car accident, injures and even death. 3. I haven't go to the service center yet, because it's very hard to make a timely appointment with tesla. 4. No. 5. No. |
| Category | Unknown Or Other, Visibility/wiper |
| Date | Jan 09, 2023 |
| State | IL |
| Description | Yesterday while my car was supercharging. Loud arcing and electrical sounds were heard. I was inside the car with my seatbelt on as I was only planning on supercharging for about 10 minutes. Approximately 2 minutes after charging started I heard loud electrical sounds similar like when a transfer explodes. I was getting ready to get out of the car and it stop. Within 30 seconds or so my hvac stop working and "cabin climate control system requires service-cabin heating/cooling limited or unavailable" caution message was displayed. The cabin heating stop working completely and it was about 29 degrees f in chicago. I went a little deeper into settings and more than 10 faults were showing relating to high voltage condition detected. I call roadside assistance for a tow and I was told I could still drive the car home which I did. Car sat overnight and faults remained and did not cleared. I had to drive in below freezing temperatures this morning to work and I had to wipe my windshield clean and it resulted in me not being able to see outside due to being completly fog up. It looks like my heat pump stop working completely which shutdown the hvac in the car. This is a safety hazard due to visibility outside car getting possibly blocked due to no a/c. |
| Category | Power Train |
| Date | Jan 05, 2023 |
| State | CA |
| Description | The gear shifter is unreliable without visually checking the gears on screen. It may or may not register the shift during selection. When merging from residential traffic to a main road turning right, the driver has to pull forward to check the incoming traffic. In ideal situation, if the other vehicles are approaching at speed, the driver would want shift in to reverse and backup from hanging over main road and back to the residential alley. However the inconsistencies of the gear selector make it dangerous during those occasions. The car could fail to register the shift, or cannot shift fast enough to reverse. It poses significant risks to the driver and other vehicles on the road. A front/rear cross traffic alert or a better mechanism to shift into reverse should be implemented. The mounted secondary gear selector in the center console does not light up during this cases, it it still require a visual check when defeat the purpose during emergency. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Dec 25, 2022 |
| State | VA |
| Description | The traffic aware cruise control disengaged suddenly and unexpectedly multiple times during highway driving and rapidly decelerated from 70 mph to 35 mph. This occurred several times on a clear freeway without any obstructions or any basis for disengagement and placed vehicles behind at risk due to the sudden deceleration. |
| Category | Suspension, Tires |
| Date | Dec 19, 2022 |
| State | OR |
| Description | Rear tires have alarming wear on the inside, where the inside sidewall meets the tread. This is identical to the other complaints that are logged on nhtsa about michelin pilot sport 4s rear tires on tesla model s plaid cars. Tires are: michelin pilot sport 4s 295/30 zr21 102y xl bsw. Specifically, the right rear tires loses pressure and needs to be reinflated. The left rear tire, according to inspection, actually looked worse, but is not yet losing pressure. This is impossible to see or know about without removing the tire or putting the car on a lift, since it is on the is inside sidewall/tread of the rear tire. There is high danger of a blowout because of some type of defect (camber/suspension or tire) which cannot be seen by the consumer. I would have never known about this if the tire technician had not alerted me, and probably would have had a high-speed blowout. |
| Category | Electrical System, Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Dec 05, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | The navigation system keeps giving wrong directions due to an error in the gps signal, I had to use my phone for route frequently. This is distracting and dangerous, and can lead to fatal accidents. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Nov 30, 2022 |
| State | CO |
| Description | The adaptive cruise control will erroneously do a hard stop for no reason. This could cause an accident if someone is following me. The owners manual has a disclaimer / warning and tesla states this feature is beta. They (tesla) need to step up and fix this issue. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes |
| Date | Nov 16, 2022 |
| State | WA |
| Description | Recurring uncommanded firm phantom braking for no apparent reason. At risk of being hit from the rear. Driver & passengers frightened & panicked. It has occurred a number of times but cannot be reproduced at will. Vehicle inspection has not been performed. Dealer says it's a software issue. No warning lamps, messages or any other symptom prior to event. Event has recurred multiple times. |
| Category | Electrical System, Visibility/wiper |
| Date | Nov 14, 2022 |
| State | MA |
| Description | On november 1, I terminated my 3 year lease on a 2019 tesla s for a new lease on a 2022 tesla model s. I was very happy with my original lease. During this week of driving I learned of the many changes that were made for this new model. So far most of them are only a matter of adjusting to these new/modified features. But some of them are definitely a safety hazard. This is the deletion of the left stalk on the steering wheel to indicate a planned change of direction and blink the appropriate turn signals. It is replaced by two “touch†buttons on the left side of the steering wheel, one for a left turn indicated by a left arrow and one below it for a right turn. Possibly one may memorize their location but until they are memorized the driver will have to take his/her eyes off the road for the few seconds to it takes to find the button. Neither of these buttons feel different by touch compared to the nearby surface. They can only be selected by looking at them. Of course if the steering wheel is not in its default position such as when the driver is making a turn, he/she has to take the eyes off the road for a few seconds. At 60 mph the car travels about 440 feet in 5 seconds. I looked up the massachusetts drivers manual, on the web, about the use of the directional signals. I copied those sections below. After each section, if appropriate, I made a comment on how this affects the driving of the new tesla https://www. Mass. Gov/doc/drivers-manual commonwealth of massachusetts sharing the road a user's manual for public ways p. 30 signal properly before changing lanes p. 98 rotary traffic rules traffic travels counter-clockwise in a rotary. Always yield the right-of-way to vehicles already in the rotary (unless told differently by signs or police officers) and to pedestrians. Use your turn signals in the same way as any other intersection. Travel through the rotary and, when you are ready to exit, use your right turn signal. (comment) a few times a week I dri |
| Category | Visibility/wiper |
| Date | Nov 14, 2022 |
| State | DE |
| Description | Distortion within windshield. Appears to be manufactured this way. Employee within service center is a typical problem. Upon check-in the service writer even noticed it. I got a message from service later advising vehicle is ready to be picked up and the windshield is within tesla specs. How can something that distracts a driver within the windshield be within specs and how is tesla not liable if it causes driver distraction or even a collision and they refuse to fix? |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes |
| Date | Nov 11, 2022 |
| State | WA |
| Description | Driving midday on interstate 90 at 78 mph. The car was in cruise control. Four passengers. No other cars in front of me. Luckily there were no cars directly behind me. The car violently slammed on the brakes. My passengers thought I had hit a dog. Very scary. I am glad no one was hurt. But it is dangerous. I think the car had a recent software update. I have heard that the phantom braking issue can be worse right after a software update. |
| Category | Visibility/wiper |
| Date | Nov 11, 2022 |
| State | DE |
| Description | Distortion within windshield glass. Appears as if looking through magnifying glass. Causes driver distraction. Appears to be manufactured this way. |
| Category | Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Nov 05, 2022 |
| State | WA |
| Description | The car requires swiping the touchscreen to place it in drive or reverse. The touchscreen does not always register the intended change of direction, leading to unexpected, unsafe motion of the car. The area of the touchscreen that one must swipe is also often occluded by the steering yoke. This has happened multiple times, where the lack of strong enough feedback (or a mechanism that allows for less error-prone input) as to d vs r allows for an unsafe movement in the opposite direction of what was intended. In one case, there was traffic approaching, and the car ended up further in the path of that traffic. In another case the car should provide instantaneous tactile, visual, and/or audio output to clearly indicate that the car has shifted from d->r or r->d. A mechanical stalk or button, as was present in previous model years, would certainly be adequate. |
| Category | Tires:tread/belt |
| Date | Oct 27, 2022 |
| State | RI |
| Description | Inner tire tread only wears significantly to the point of failure. This may be a factory alignment issue or other but is noted in many forums. I was losing air quickly and based on research saw this was a common issue with these specific cars. The tread appears fine at 8000 miles but when removing the wheel from the car you can notice the inner surface only is worn to the point of failure with the inner belt showing is parts. I was able to remove the wheel and see the issue before experiencing a blowout while driving. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Oct 20, 2022 |
| State | FL |
| Description | We took our first major road trip in our new 2022 tesla model s on friday 10/14, leaving at 10:00 am for a 9 hour trip. During the trip the car experienced multiple severe incidents of the car braking hard while at highway speeds and two of the incidents almost caused an accident. The car drops 10 to 15 mph instantly for no reason. We drove the car home on monday 10/17 without aeb, auto steer, fsd beta, emergency lane departure avoidance and obstacle-aware acceleration and used tacc occasionally and still had the issue but wasn't as severe. Even on the day we purchased the car (sept 30) and drove it home (a short drive on highway 95) we had a similar incident but it was so new we weren't sure if it was us or the car but now we know it is a fault of the car and creates a very dangerous driving situation which could result in an accident or death to a passenger in our car or in the car behind us when our car decides to slam on the brakes for no apparent reason. There were no warning lamps, messages or symptoms of the problem prior to the failure. We turned in a service request to tesla and their response was to drive the car and have it happen again and create a bug report. So basically tesla is asking us to put our lives on the line to help them diagnose the problem because they don't want to take the time to review the diagnostic data that is readily available to them. In our opinion, this is a very serious and dangerous problem and the car needs to be taken off the road until tesla resolves the problem. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Oct 18, 2022 |
| State | VA |
| Description | While adas is engaged, vehicle occasionally suddenly breaks and disengages while the road is clear and obstruction free. This happens frequently. |
| Category | Suspension: Adjustment:manual |
| Date | Oct 14, 2022 |
| State | PA |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model s equipped with michelin tires, tire line: pilot sport 4s tires, tire size: 295/30/zr21, dot number: 4m5203dx4321. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, tpms warning light was illuminated. The contact took the vehicle to an independent mechanic where it was discovered that the tread inside both rear tires had severely worn to the extent that the wires inside both tires were exposed. The contact was informed that the failure could have led to a severe tire blowout. The mechanic also informed him that the failure was caused by a vehicle misalignment. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the contact was informed that a diagnostic test was needed to determine the cause of the failure. The tires were not replaced. The failure mileage was approximately 10,000. |
| Category | Tires |
| Date | Oct 11, 2022 |
| State | TX |
| Description | The oem michelin rear tire used on the 2021 and 2022+ tesla model s has a serious safety defect which results in extreme wear/tread separation at the inner sidewall/tread junction. Numerous defective tires are shown on this thread, among others: https://teslamotorsclub. Com/tmc/threads/plaid-21%e2%80%9drear-tire-woes-factory-defect. 269394/ both tesla and michelin report the tires are nationwide backorder (likely due to the number of tire failures in the field). Thus far, tesla and michelin have taken no action on proactive tire replacements, despite repeated requests. (perhaps they are awaiting accidents with fatalities first?) please take action to secure a recall as this defect is extremely difficult to note as the tire tread separation occurs most often at the inner sidewall of the rear tires, a nearly impossible area to inspect. |
| Category | Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Oct 07, 2022 |
| State | CO |
| Description | Left side trim to the left of the glass roof I have protruding dents popping outward in metal. I had 3 dents and 1 of 3 was pushed down flush but the other two are still present. I have worked with tesla service center and they have ignored my issue by not addressing the two additional protruding dents. Normal dents are known to go inward and these are going upward or outward. Tesla service drove to meet me with a same year model s as mine and both the left and right sides were observed to have many protruding dents potentially from the underlying frame. Several visits were made to service center as they continued to ignore my issue but after walking the parking lot they were surprised that other model s long range and plaids have dents protruding out of the metal which is not normal. As I have been told my issue isn't covered under warranty, not sure why. But my perspective something underneath the metal is causing it push upward or outward that should be addressed. I opened a bbb case 18002067 and the tesla service center never addressed the concern to completion. |
| Category | Electrical System, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Oct 04, 2022 |
| State | NM |
| Description | My new tesla model s, delivered 10/1/22 has frequent emergency breaking events every trip to town, approximately 25 miles on a 2 lane state highway. These breaking events involve severe emergency breaking and happen in cruse control or auto steering, (this car does not have auto driving feature). My concern is that these breaking events could cause an accident if a vehicle following me should rear-end my car because my vehicle breaks hard for no reason, without warning. I requested a service appointment from tesla but my scheduled appointment was soon canceled by tesla and instead, I was referred to a long written company explanation on why the breaking might be happening but nothing about when the issue might be corrected. I have a copy available if requested, and the vehicle is available for inspection upon request. Basically, the tesla shop won't look at the vehicle. To my knowledge, there is no authority, insurance representative, or independent service in new mexico that would be interested in inspecting the vehicle, but I would make the vehicle available for such inspection within 100 miles of my residence. The emergency breaking event happened the first time I put the car in auto steering and again in cruse control, every time I drive the vehicle. There are no warnings lights or messages before, during, or after these events. A trip of 25 miles will have about 10 or more of these events. If cruse control or automatic steering is off and the driver has control, these events do not happen. |
| Category | Suspension: Adjustment:manual |
| Date | Sep 28, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Factory oem tire separated on the driver side rear. This could have ended badly had I not noticed the difference in handling of the vehicle. It appears the rear camber of the vehicle causes strain on the inner side of the tire and there is zero calibration that can be made to help fix this. Tesla told me it's a michelin issue and michelin says it's a tesla suspension issue. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Sep 27, 2022 |
| State | WA |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model s. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed with the adas adaptive cruise control activated, the vehicle experienced phantom braking with an unknown warning light intermittently illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 2,236. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Service Brakes |
| Date | Sep 21, 2022 |
| State | TX |
| Description | I was driving my model s from oregon to texas, 14-16 sep. The car was new, picked up on 31 aug. I had the car in autopilot when I was on the highway on the drive to texas. In the first two days I had four incidents of "phantom braking" at highway speeds, as high as 80 mph. There was not a lot of traffic those first two days and the conditions were dry so there was little risk to others and the car stayed straight during the braking. However it's not hard to imagine scenarios where unexpected braking at high speeds could be a problem, such as during wet or dusty road conditions, driving into a high speed turn with other vehicles nearby, etc. The vehicle has not been inspected but the incident has been reported to the dealer and I am awaiting guidance. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Sep 21, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Phantom braking: I was driving northbound on the I-5 highway south of sacramento, california using cruise control and traveling at the 70 mph speed limit on september 14, 2022. At approximately 2:50 p. M., I moved from the right lane into the left lane by using the turn signal to execute the lane change. Once in the left lane, the car immediately began violently applying the brakes. There was a car behind me that appeared as if it was going to rear end me. I pressed on the accelerator pedal which allowed me to regain control over the vehicle and avoid being hit by the vehicle behind me. The weather was clear and visibility was excellent. There was no apparent reason for the emergency braking system to become operative. |
| Category | Steering, Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Sep 12, 2022 |
| State | VA |
| Description | The horn "button" on the 2022 model s steering "yoke" is impossible to engage consistently when the wheel is in any orientation other than straight. I have been in 5 near accidents that have required lane departures and roadway departures to avoid collisions with other vehicles because it has been impossible to find and engage the horn button without removing attention from the road and impending accident. This design essentially leaves the model s with no operative horn in an emergency situation. There are no tactile keys to find the button in the dark, it is not illuminated, and there is no way to find it when the wheel is in a non-centered orientation. In many cases, I have inadvertently engaged wipers/washer fluid in the midst of an accident scenario, further obstructing my view and causing additional distractions from safely operating the vehicle. Please make them fix this!!! |
| Category | Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Sep 10, 2022 |
| State | NY |
| Description | Having the horn on the right side is a huge safety issue. When I need to push it while turning, it turns out to be impossible to locate in emergencies. I had multiple issues with this. It needs to be in the center of the steering wheel |
| Category | Steering |
| Date | Sep 04, 2022 |
| State | PA |
| Description | A driver moving at highway speeds began to change lanes while I was next to him. I tried to honk the horn (which, on my yoke, is a small, haptic feedback touch screen of sorts) to warn him. The horn did not sound, either because it did not respond or because I missed the tiny, physically undistinguished area of yoke that serves as the horn activator. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Aug 30, 2022 |
| State | VA |
| Description | I have quite a few incidents with fantom breaks on my tesla. Two night ago I almost caused accident as my tesla breaked for no reason. Many incidents happened before in the month. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Service Brakes, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Aug 29, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | While driving with traffic aware cruise control engaged and set at 55 mph the car did a hard break to an almost complete stop in the middle of the lane for no apparent reason. This occurred at least two times and both times there was no traffic in front of me. The road was a two lane highway. There was oncoming traffic and cars behind me but no cars in front of me. The breaking was so hard on both occasions and it startled me and caused me to veer off the road in the first instance . The car behind me had to break suddenly as well. After the second occurrence I disengaged the tacc as it seemed to be sensing the oncoming traffic |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Aug 21, 2022 |
| State | CO |
| Description | I was driving to the airport at 4:00 am in the morning. I was on c470 going past santafa exist and had the cruise control set to 70mph. As I was just passing the exit the cruise control setting dropped to 45mph and the car broke hard for no reason. The cruise control setting was not set to the actual speed. This has happened on 4 other occasions while driving on the highway. This is very scary and very dangerous to any car that might be following me. I told the tesla service person and they said, that it is called phantom breaking and they are aware of it, and if it happens again to just control the speed with the pedal. Doesn't seem like a good solution. |
| Category | Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Aug 21, 2022 |
| State | CO |
| Description | I parked the car, my wife stayed inside. She opened the passenger door got out and opened the trunk to get her phone. She got back into the car and placed a call. After about 5 minutes of her being on the call, the doors locked and the horn started blaring so loud that she was in visible pain and crying. I came back to the car and was able to shut it off by unlocking it. My wife has ear pain and is having a hard time hearing as well as ringing in her ears. I have no idea why the car would lock and not allow her to get out to escape the ear-splitting noise. I really hope her hearing comes back. |
| Category | Electrical System, Exterior Lighting |
| Date | Aug 17, 2022 |
| State | TX |
| Description | Tesla provides a back-up input form to its touch screen -- namely voice commands. Voice commands operate, among other things, map positioning, hvac, lighting. Unfortunately, as quiet as the car is, the voice commands are a roulette wheel of results. 80% accuracy in detecting the specific command is the best tesla manages. This would be a problem, by itself. However, even when the voice commands are accurately 'read back', and even when the voice command is one that tesla explicitly has among the commands that tesla reports (in its manual, etc.) to be an active function that produces an active result to the car's operation -- even then -- the commands/car still are unable to perform the documented function. 1) I commanded the car to 'turn on dome light'; 2) the car recognized 'turn on dome light'; 3) the car acknowledged 'dome lights on'; 4) but the car did not turn on the dome lights. The entire user interface operates in a random way at random times in random traffic. This is a recipe for distraction. Tesla needs to encourage eyes-up, on the road. Instead the multiple stages of failure, result in many unnecessary risks. The car was/is made available to tesla's service center, and they are aware of the contents of this report. I expect zero result from their 'diagnosis'. Sw release is 2022. 20. 8. |
| Category | Electrical System |
| Date | Aug 04, 2022 |
| State | TX |
| Description | The tesla center console screen fails to reliably respond to user-touches for simple inputs concerning the hvac system. This system failure is highly repeatable in my car, and was first noticed driving on a normal houston street at posted limits. A typical failure pattern, is the car is being driven on normal roads with their occasional imperfections. This can lead to finger-tips touching the display screen accurately, but only very briefly, to trigger an intended input. Https://youtu. Be/icq-mauq4cy the screen provides active areas for input in the form of buttons, and slider user-interface elements. In the video, I tap the slider that controls fan speed. Some 7 of 12 touches to the screen simply do not produce a corresponding effect: a) changing the slider positions; nor b) changing the rate of the hvac fan. This is a safety risk, since a second attempt to touch the screen is required, demanding additional driver focus on the display, and away from watching for traffic and correct driving. This tesla failure is a pattern observed across several user interfaces, including the voice command system, which is highly unreliable, even in quiet settings with normal n. American speech patterns, for which the car was presumably designed. Faulty car responsiveness across multiple systems is not a coincidence. It is a sign of cultural failure at the highest levels of tesla to make their cars safe. No warnings, in the displays, or in the tesla manuals, suggest that this would be a problem under any condition. No inspection has been made by tesla of this car. Apple does not have this problem, even with their earliest phones. It is unknown what positive purpose there can be to have the display software reject taps, even brief ones. Or for that matter, why tesla would fail to indicate that user-contact is insufficient and treated as error. |
| Category | Steering, Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Jul 30, 2022 |
| State | WA |
| Description | This is regarding the turn signal controls on the 2022 tesla model s requiring users to take their focus off the road at best and being difficult/impossible to use in many situations at worst. In order to turn on a blinker, instead of physically actuating a stalk like on virtually all other cars, the user has to find and press at a certain place on the steering wheel. There is no physical button to feel for, so one has to look down at the steering wheel to find the button. If one tries to feel around for it, they risk the chance of initiating the wrong signal, since they're flat, capacitance buttons. I've had several incidents where I was unable to turn on my blinkers because the wheel had been rotated and the arrows were not only way out of their normal location, but they were also confusingly reversed in direction. Instead of focusing on looking for pedestrians, watching other traffic, and properly starting the turn and/or exiting the roundabout, I have to focus on finding the turn buttons and figure out which one I need to use (since they're both facing the opposite direction in that wheel orientation). Other incidents include turning on the wrong indicator when the wheel is rotation half way around, and not being able to find the indicators quickly enough to activate them in emergency situations (like when an ambulance appears and I need to quickly turn them on to pull to the side of the road). Finally, unlike physical stalks, they give no physical indication of when they turn off, so they are often left on when the computer isn't smart enough to turn them off automatically, or when I don't think they're turning off properly, I press the button again to toggle it off only to have it turn off an instant earlier, causing me to turn on the signal again and possibly confusing other drivers. I've never had any of these issues with regular turn signal stalks in other cars, and this new design does not offer any visible benefits. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Jul 23, 2022 |
| State | NV |
| Description | We experienced between 10 and 15 phantom braking events on highway 395 between carson city and apple valley california. We also experienced phantom breaking a few times during the trip back along highway 101 in california. The events occurred only when the car was in adaptive cruise control and in basic self driving. Braking was alarmingly strong in two or three cases, and could have resulted in an accident if someone had been following behind us . Other phantom breaking was moderate to barely noticeable. These events occurred when there were no other vehicles in the immediate vicinity of the car. Some occurred with no vehicles anywhere in sight. Conditions were 100%, in daylight, no fog or dust obstruction, a brand new clean car, and no other known impacts. The car was simply being driven on a highway with two lanes going in each direction. In most cases the opposing lanes were separated by large medians between 50 and hundreds of feet apart. When self- driving and adaptive speed control were off there were no incidents of this phantom braking. As I mentioned before this is a brand new tesla s. This car was received on june 30th. It was on its first road trip when these events occurred. |
| Category | Service Brakes |
| Date | Jul 20, 2022 |
| State | TX |
| Description | While on a/p cruising on the free way the car slow down and start braking on its own !! |
| Category | Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Jul 19, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | This message appeared this morning on my brand 18 day old new 2022 tesla s I was driving from my home in santa monica to lax, drove about 3 blocks when this message appeared. "vehicle shutting down - pull over safely" I turned around and did not quite make it home in my residential area. I did find a parking space and took an uber to the airport. The car turned itself off. I feel fortunate this did not happen on a freeway for the obvious safety reasons. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Jul 15, 2022 |
| State | MN |
| Description | I just completed a round trip from minneapolis to oregon. During cruise control, the vehicle frequently suddenly braked at highway speeds for no apparent reason. This was extremely dangerous a few times. I have put in a service request with tesla. |
| Category | Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Jul 11, 2022 |
| State | WA |
| Description | I was unable to quickly find and utilize the vehicle's horn because of non-standard and intangible horn button. As a driver was illegally turning left into me and other oncoming traffic without looking, I instinctively tried to warn him by honking the horn, specifically by pressing on the center of the vehicle's steering wheel/yoke. However, unlike other vehicles, that doesn't activate the horn, so I couldn't warn the driver that we were coming. I had to divert my eyes down to find the horn button. The horn button is also a capacitance button, which means it can't be found by touch, either, meaning that attention must always be diverted from the car's surroundings to find and use it--including during any emergency avoidance maneuvers. It shares the same area of the yoke with windshield wipers and cruise control controls, which I also accidentally activated when trying to honk the horn. I was aware of the non-standard horn placement before this incident and assumed that I could remember the location and quickly find it in the case of an emergency, but when the emergency came, the instinct still was to press the center of the wheel/yoke. I've found many other drivers of this model (on forums, etc.) who have experienced the same issue, and many have encountered multiple emergency occurrences and still have not been able to adapt to this non-standard horn implementation. |
| Category | Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Jul 09, 2022 |
| State | NJ |
| Description | The battery range is no where close to what is being presented. The long range model s does not give any where close to 400/miles per charg. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Jun 04, 2022 |
| State | CO |
| Description | During our first road trip with this auto, we traveled along I-76 and I-80 on clear days; after setting the "traffic-aware cruise control" (aka adaptive cruise control), the car would brake randomly and for no apparent reason (such as approaching a car ahead of us). This happened so frequently as to make the feature useless during much of the drive. At other times during our trip, the cruise control would seem to work for a while, then start with random braking. On two-lane highways, though it didn't seem to regard oncoming cars in the opposite lane as a hazard (that's good), it still engaged in random braking when no cars were anywhere in sight. Once again, we'd just turn off the feature, as it became more of a safety hazard than having any benefit. Certainly, any cars that might have been behind us would have been endangered by unexpected braking, and had road conditions been at all slippery, such as on ice, it could have been downright dangerous. I'd rather that tesla reverted to a "traditional" cruise control, where we can set the speed and then be responsible for managing braking situations. |
| Category | Unknown Or Other |
| Date | May 23, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | There is a concern that the rear door handles are opened by motorized mechanism. In a case of power failure, the only way to open the door is to pull a string on the floor of the back seat. From the outside, there is no way to open the door. My concern is when a child is strapped in car seat in the back and power is out due to electric problem and the car is on fire, there is no quick way to get to the child and remove the child safely. This is a safety hazard that need to be addressed right away. I emphasis this has not happened, thank goodness but is a potential of a disaster. |
| Category | Exterior Lighting, Steering |
| Date | May 20, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Steering yoke safety issue: tesla model s plaid cars come with a steering yoke instead of steering wheel. The steering yoke's horn, turn signal, high beam, voice assistant, windshield wiper, and cruise control led indicators that identify these buttons become invisible due to sun glare when the sun is behind or to the left of the driver. The glossy surface of the yoke combined with the weak led lights of the indicators make the yoke unusable for honking the horn, make it impossible to find the horn, turn signal, windshield wiper, and other buttons, effectively making these features unusable. At a minimum, these critical safety buttons being invisible and having no tactile way to finding them during sunny days causes a significant distraction away from looking at the road. In the attached photo, you will see the effect of sun glare on the yoke while driving. This design flaw in the steering yoke/wheel puts my safety and the safety of others at risk because of inability to use the horn, windshield wipers, voice assistant, high beams, and turn signals when the sun or any other bright light causes yoke glare. Furthermore, the lack of tactile indication of where the buttons are, because they are only indicated/separated by lighting (leds) causes the driver to have to divert attention away from the road and onto the steering yoke to find the controls, or push parts of the yoke randomly until the correct function button is found. This is a serious safety issue which can be resolved by using a different material for the steering yoke indicator buttons, by having tactile separators/notches where the yoke buttons are so the user can find where to press during sunny days. |
| Category | Steering |
| Date | May 12, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | The vehicle is equipped with a yoke style steering control. I find it difficult to use in the least and dangerous in many scenarios including emergency sharp turns, maneuvering in tight locations ie: a parking garage, parallel parking, trying to recover from a slip on ice and recovering from hitting a pot hole and having the yoke pulled from ones grip. In addition the yoke is fitted with turn signal buttons that are very difficult to discern when signaling is required in the middle of a turn. The yoke is also equipped with a horn button that I find impossible to find in an emergency. There were no test drives available when ordering this vehicle so I had no way of testing the yoke prior to taking delivery of the car. I would like to see tesla offer a retrofitted traditional steering control in the form of a wheel similar to the control offered in older model s vehicles. |
| Category | Unknown Or Other |
| Date | May 07, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | The horn button is not in the standard place in the center of the steering wheel. Rather, it is a small 1/2†button that must be found and depressed with the tip of the thumb to sound. In an emergency situation to avoid an accident, trying to locate the button wastes precious time or worse yet leads the driver to take eyes off the road potentially worsening outcomes. I believe this horn button should be recalled and a standard horn should be present on the center of the wheel/yoke |
| Category | Unknown Or Other |
| Date | May 06, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | While driving my car. 10s of error messages while on the highway. Error messages were quite scary to the effect of “please pull over immediately and exit the vehicle†I ignored it the first time. Second time it occurred took a picture because tesla could not find the error the first time. Both times occur after super charging. |
| Category | Lane Departure: Assist, Steering, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | May 05, 2022 |
| State | WA |
| Description | I have used the self driving feature of my 2022 tesla model s on several highway trips, most recently a round trip between seattle and palm springs. The following problems with the tesla self driving feature were noted. (my car has only the basic self driving feature, not the full self driving upgrade) 1. Random “phantom braking†where the car, without apparent reason, suddenly braked. 2. On several occasions the car abruptly swerved off toward an off ramp. I think this occurred when the white line marking the side of the road was interrupted by the off ramp where there was no painted line. 3. On several occasions when the turn signal was activated in order to change lines the car started to move over into the adjacent lane but abruptly swerved back to the original lane. I was able to maintain control but it was a frightening event. Due to the unpredictable nature of these events I greatly reduced my use of the fsd feature. |
| Category | Air Bags, Exterior Lighting |
| Date | Apr 28, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | The left headlight does not work and the airbag compartment is protruding out at a weird angle. This has been like this since delivery. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Mar 31, 2022 |
| State | TX |
| Description | Driving at 70 mph with autopilot on, vehicle slams on brakes when approaching semi truck in oncoming lane. No vehicles in front or behind me. No known reason for this action. Autosteer was not engaged. |
| Category | Electrical System, Seat Belts |
| Date | Mar 11, 2022 |
| State | PA |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model s. The contact stated while pulling out of the garage without the seat belt securely fastened, the audible seat belt reminder failed to engage. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to a tesla service center twice, where it was diagnosed that the software needed to be updated; however, the service center advised the contact that they were unable to update the software on his vehicle for unknown reasons. Additionally, a tesla mobile technician came to the contact's residence to repair the failure but was unable to update the software. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated upon contacting the tesla service center he had previously taken the vehicle to, to inquire whether a recall was associated to the failure, he was referred to the nhtsa. Gov website. The contact became aware that the vin was included in nhtsa campaign numbers: 22v045000 (electrical system, seat belts) and 22v063000 (electrical system, forward collision avoidance). The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was approximately 400. Parts distribution disconnect. |
| Category | Electrical System |
| Date | Mar 09, 2022 |
| State | FL |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model s. The contact stated that the shift bar became inoperable. The hazard warning activation switch was inoperable. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer where it was diagnosed that the control bar needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted but no further assistance was provided. The approximate failure mileage was 1,500. |
| Category | Lane Departure: Blind Spot Detection |
| Date | Mar 09, 2022 |
| State | TX |
| Description | The 3 rear-looking cameras display 3 images to the center display, when the car is in reverse. I rely on them as I pull my car into the narrow opening of my garage stall at home. The opening is for a single car, & has pillars on either side, allowing 8-9", total, clearance with mirrors folded. Even with mirrors extended, I have limited visibility to the clearance of the sides of the car, as they pass the pillars. The repeater cameras, in the front fenders, are a great support to see the garage as I back into my garage. However, the ui, immediately upon selecting 'reverse' while near the home garage, conceals 50% of these side images from view with a pop-up rectangular user interface (ui) -- ruining any advantage I have to see the rear as I pass these obstacles. As a result, I have to dismiss the pop-up ui & avoid triggering the controls within it, by making a sliding motion on the center display, with my fingers applied to the ui. This is a problem because: 1) the ui displays the option to trigger one of my 3 garage doors, each of which have an associated homelink rectangular button. This is useless when the garage is already open. 2) I'm in reverse, so I'm trying to back-in to the garage in one motion. Adding an extra steps, by clearing this obscuring ui distracts. 3) with tight clearances added problems are: trash might lie outside the garage; items can be left in my garage stall; people could be nearby. Distractions mess this up. Tesla likely fails: a) that the garage could already be activated to be open (or even opening) -- & therefore, tends to prompt the user multiple times, while parking; b) that 3 homelink garages are at the home. They didn't budget screen real-estate to show the homelink buttons without obscuring the backup display-screens assigned to each of the 3 rear-ward facing cameras; c) that a driver prefers to back-in to the parking space, relying on views of the 3 cameras to avoid obstacles. Tesla counted on people to forward to park. |
| Category | Steering |
| Date | Jan 13, 2022 |
| State | NV |
| Description | My tesla plaid arrived with a yoke steering wheel. The sales associate told me that it's easy to get used to, and that it works well. I have driven the car for a couple weeks now and it is clearly a safety hazard. First off, it is difficult to steer, especially if you need to get out of a dangerous situation quickly. The yokes shape is extremely wide, and you have to reach hand over hand to turn. If you lose control on a icy road and need to keep the wheels facing in the direction that you wish to go, you will be unable to do so. Next, this yoke steering wheel has buttons for the horn and turn signals. I tried using my horn two days ago to tell someone in a parking lot that my car was close to theirs. I almost hit their car because the horn button was not working. Next, when I am steering, the turn signals and windshield wipers are accidentally triggered. This happens all the time. Furthermore, these issues do not make it safe to direct the vehicle under a high stress event. Having your windshield wipers triggered while trying to steer quickly is disorienting. It is only a matter of time till this steering wheel causes an accident on the roads. |
| Category | Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Jan 06, 2022 |
| State | VA |
| Description | I own mslr 2022, on the manual it says to open a rear door in the unlikely situation when no power, fold back the edge of the carpet below the rear seats to expose the mechanical release cable. Pull the mechanical release cable toward the center of the vehicle. I have a floor mat that covers the secret hole stated in the instructions as well. It adds an additional step. My concern is that in a circumstance when the car is on fire or submerged in water, the rear passengers may lack the knowledge or calmness to unlock the doors. |
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