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The 2022 Tesla Model Y is an electric car that continues to make news. While the automaker claims it is “designed for safety,” many owners aren’t in agreement. This EV suffers from issues with the forward collision avoidance and vehicle speed control, leading to serious safety concerns on the road.
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NHTSA Complaints for the 2022 Tesla Model Y
| Complaint Category | Number of Complaints |
|---|---|
| Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control | |
| Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking | |
| Vehicle Speed Control | |
| Service Brakes | |
| Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings | |
| Unknown Or Other | |
| Electrical System | |
| Lane Departure: Assist | |
| Visibility/wiper | |
| Steering |
Problems with Forward Collision Avoidance
As a sophisticated electric car, one would expect Tesla to be using the latest technologies for a safer and more controlled ride. Yet, the forward collision avoidance software seems to be causing some problems.
One NHTSA complaint says, “Driving on two-lane highway, speed limit 55 mph, with Tesla traffic aware cruise control enabled. Multiple instances of the car automatically applying heavy braking when cresting a hill or when a large vehicle oncoming. These incidents occurred when there was no traffic immediately ahead in my traveled lane. Luckily there wasn’t a vehicle following me closely or I could’ve been hit from behind.”
When it comes to electronic equipment, Tesla doesn’t have a solid track record. In fact, it wasn’t that long ago that the automaker was forced to recall vehicles because of defective touchscreens. Considering this is one of the easiest technologies to master in a vehicle, it only goes to show how subpar these EVs are. The automaker shouldn’t even be allowed to produce remote controlled cars with this information in hand.
Problems with the Vehicle Speed Control
The vehicle speed control systems seem to be causing just as many issues, with drivers worried about their safety.
Another NHTSA complaint says, “When using cruise control on normal two way traffic roads during the day or at night: the car will brake aggressively because of proper oncoming traffic from the other lane. The system has been very poorly designed such that it only works on wide separated highways and there is no way to switch off this feature. I have already had two near accidents where the vehicle behind me didn’t expect my car to slow down so quickly for no reason. This is extremely dangerous.”
It turns out that Tesla doesn’t know how to build any part of a car at all. NHTSA Campaign Number 21V912000 shows that even the suspension is a mess. Tesla has been forced to recall Model Y vehicles because the suspension links can separate because of a fracture. If this happens, stability and control become erratic, making it harder to control the vehicle and increasing the chance of an accident. With this information, it becomes more difficult to figure out how the company can claim the Model Y is “designed for safety.” Who did Musk payoff to be able to claim that?
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Complaint Data
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Unknown Or Other, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Mar 21, 2023 |
| State | FL |
| Description | Hello, me again! So I downloaded the newest software update and in less than 24 hours and less than 1 hour of using 'full self driving' and 'auto pilot' before the car tried to kill me and other people as usual. Same road I've been reporting for months 429 eastbound and westbound (sanford fl) the car will confuse 429 with sr46 (1,000ft north) and when it gets to any of the overpasses with round-a-bouts underneath the bridge the car starts to stop on the highway (0mpg in a 70mph zone). This is absolutely terrifying; what's even more terrifying is that tesla is claiming the cars fsd works on 'artificial intelligence' but that is a lie because the car and tesla have not learned from my many reports and have made zero changes. The only good change they made was my suggestion to tesla in one of my many complaints about this lemon car they ripped me off on is allowing me to send them a 10 second voice clip describing what went wrong in the car (which once again was my idea) when actually using it sometimes my heartrate is still so high from cars whipping past me 70mph while I'm going 0mph that its hard to even articulate in words what happened so quickly; assuming tesla even reviews the report and makes changes which they haven't for about 6 months of me reporting it. Car still tries to drive me off road over a transformer at home that is clearly visible on tesla gps map which could turn the car into a bomb (so I was told by an uber passenger who works on transformers and was leaving an osha meeting about a transformer blowing up on him and his coworkers). 9/10 times it's right but I know its not truly 'intelligent' because why would it ever revert to a path I've canceled so many times? I'm calling tesla's bluff and also they deleted me after applying to the ai engineer job posting on their website when I started reporting these errors because tesla doesn't really care about their customers like me. Https://drive. Google. Com/file/d/1-jk4olzgferv0dasphygcn60anj2xq_a/view |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Mar 20, 2023 |
| State | CA |
| Description | I have owned this car for about a year with ~10,000 miles of driving. Four times in the last year, during high way driving, I had sudden deceleration using adaptive cruise control of at least 20 mph at highway speeds. It seems to me that in each case I was to the left of a semitrailer truck and it appears to me that the imaging software believed the truck to my right was entering my lane. This is speculation as to cause but the circumstances are common. I regard the adaptive cruise control feature of tesla's autipilot to be unsafe without extraordinary vigilance - which is not the purpose of cruise control. So I no longer use it. Tesla asserts there is no problem. This occurs during multiple versions of tesla software. |
| Category | Electrical System, Engine, Power Train |
| Date | Mar 19, 2023 |
| State | PA |
| Description | Bought a brand new tesla model y with 11 miles on it. 1 mile down the road it tells me to “pull over immediately†“reduced power†I was going 45 mph downhill and thankfully not a lot of cars around. I pulled over and it said reduced power, exit and enter vehicle to restore operation. I did and it worked fine. I drove home with no problems for 25 miles. An hour later I was headed somewhere else and stopped at a light, when it was green I accelerated then it did the same thing but I was on an entrance ramp to a bridge and 5 cars were behind me. The car then was in reduced power mode and told me to do the same thing again, exit then re-enter. It was busy traffic and took me 5 minutes to get out when there were no cars going past me. It reduced power and couldn't excelerate and caused a dangerous situation. This happened 3 more times while I was on the phone with tesla support before I had to wait 2. 5 hours for a tow with 47 miles on it. |
| Category | Lane Departure: Assist, Lane Departure: Blind Spot Detection, Lane Departure: Warning |
| Date | Mar 17, 2023 |
| State | OR |
| Description | My tesla model y reports that cameras are blocked or blinded nearly every trip. This happens day or night, and seems to be related to condensation in front of the camera. There is no other condensation in the vehicle; and there is nothing I can do to remedy this. I have brought it to the service center multiple times. On the last visit, the manager informed me that this is a known/common issue and that there is no current repair available. When this occurs, it either disables autopilot which can be alarming/distracting, or stops it from being enabled. Assumedly multiple safety features are disabled while the vehicle is in this state. I can provide additional documentation if required. The image supplied is from the last trip to the repair center. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Lane Departure: Assist, Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Mar 13, 2023 |
| State | MD |
| Description | This isn't another case of the auto pilot being engaged and the driver not paying attention. I was driving, in the rain, on a normal road surface, with both hands on the wheel. The car attempted to steer away and out of my lane when there wasn't an obstacle or any other hazard near me. My hand went from the 10 and 2 o'clock positions to the 11 and 3 o'clock position before it straightened back out. Because of this abrupt movement that the car made, the rear end of the car lost traction and spun around on me before the car came to a stop. Fortunately, no one else was hit during this accident. By looking at the dashcam video, the car does show brakes were applied before spinning out of control but this wasn't by my input. I feel that the car made a descision for me that I had no control of. The car was not on auto pilot but yet still steered for me. Accident report indicates no issues with road surface, no speeding, and no citations. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Seats, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Mar 12, 2023 |
| State | MT |
| Description | Car randomly slams on the brakes while cruise control is active. Happen most frequently mid-day while the sun is out. Most frequent when coming over and overpass or small hill on the interstate. ~5 time in a day and of travel. Brake are apply and vehicle slows from 80 to sometime as slow as 60 in a couple seconds. No visible hazards or vehicle on the road at the time. Very scary and dangerous. Contacted tesla about it and they said a software update would fix it, still happening since I purchase last june and reported in july. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Mar 11, 2023 |
| State | ID |
| Description | Phantom braking with autopilot (adaptive cruise) engaged. 8 hard braking incidents on 300 mile trip. 3 hard braking incidents on the return. Not all incidents can be explained by shadows, bridges or other vehicles. Braking occurred without warning on the interstate with near maximum brake being applied by the vehicle. It is very dangerous to pass a vehicle, have another car trailing you, and then have then have maximum braking with no warning or reason. The incident was reported to tesla service, but tesla provided no immediate solution. They stated that the software would improve over time. |
| Category | Electrical System, Steering, Visibility |
| Date | Mar 10, 2023 |
| State | VA |
| Description | The contact's wife owns a 2022 tesla model y. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign numbers: 22v702000 (visibility) and 23v085000 (steering, electrical system) however, the parts to do the recall repair were not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repairs. The contact stated while his wife was driving at various speeds with the full self-driving beta (fsd beta) activated, the vehicle failed to recognize objects and other vehicles. The vehicle drove into the path of oncoming traffic. The contact's wife corrected the failure by maneuvering the steering wheel to realign the vehicle back into the lane. Additionally, the vehicle was shaking while making turns. The vehicle also experienced phantom braking while driving under an overpass. The failure nearly caused a collision. The dealer was made aware of the failure and confirmed that parts were not yet available. The dealer informed the contact that the vehicle performed as designed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and confirmed that parts were not yet available. The failure mileage was approximately 1,000. Parts distribution disconnect. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Mar 10, 2023 |
| State | WA |
| Description | I was driving my tesla model y on 02-26-2022 with my wife in the passenger seat. We were on our way to pick up our son and his two friends from the movie theater in lincoln square north, bellevue square, washington. As we entered the lincoln square parking garage approximately around 6 30pm and turned into the narrow passage leading down to the several floors of parking lots at approximately 5 miles an hour, the tesla on its own, and to my alarm and surprise suddenly picked up tremendous speed and went careening down the parking driveway and slammed to a stop into the concrete boundary of the pillar on parking level p2. The distance travelled from start to finish was to the best of my very rough guesstimate 60ft to 70 ft. My repeated attempts at slamming the brakes did not stop the car. The airbags deployed. •with the impact the car was completely totaled •the front right wheel broke free and hit the rear fender of a car parked in the parking garage in p2. - no one in the parking garage was impacted my wife was in great pain and very shaken. She was helped out of the car by a good samaritan. Lincoln square security reached us almost immediately. We called 911 and the fire brigade and police came to the accident site within minutes. The police inspected the vehicle and filed a case report. Post the accident, I took my wife to the er. She was badly bruised with the impact of the air bags and seat belt restraint. We continue to get treated to manage the pain and the bruising. The experience was a horrific one and my wife has been badly impacted …it will take time for her to begin driving again. We have not been contacted by tesla regarding this accident as of march 9, 2023. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Mar 09, 2023 |
| State | VA |
| Description | Periodically while using cruise control, most often on toll lanes with a different speed limit than the non-toll lanes, the car slows down rapidly and unpredictably. There are no warnings, and the braking is can be quite considerable (10-15 mph). This only happens when using cruise control. |
| Category | Wheels |
| Date | Mar 09, 2023 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Getting flat tire or leak in tires since day one. There is a gap between tire and rim edge and whenever I drive over a road bump or railroad tracks rims cut into tire and get flat tire. Been to tesla service center 3 times already each time they charge me for service and tires. Yesterday they changed a tire and this morning that exact tire got flat again. Towed to tesla service center and they wont accept the fault and charged me again another 432$.. Tire getting blown daili |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Mar 08, 2023 |
| State | MD |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model y. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds with the cruise control engaged, the vehicle experienced phantom braking, without warning. The contact attempted to reach out to the manufacturer but was unable to reach a representative. The vehicle was not yet diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was unknown. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes |
| Date | Mar 08, 2023 |
| State | OR |
| Description | I was driving on the freeway going 70 mph with adaptive cruise control enabled, and on two occasions the car braked quite strongly even though there were no cars in front of me. The first time it may have been because the freeway led into a curve, and the second time the car was headed into a tunnel. |
| Category | Back Over Prevention |
| Date | Mar 06, 2023 |
| State | NJ |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model y. The contact stated that while reversing out of the driveway at approximately 5 mph when they suddenly crashed a parked vehicle behind them because the backup prevention system failed to activate. There were no warning lights. No air bag deployed. The contact received no injuries or medical attention. The parked vehicle's door had been damaged. The contact's vehicle had paint removed from the vehicle and a slight dent. No police report was filed. The contact had not taken the vehicle to the dealer. The vehicle had not been diagnosed or repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 3,000. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Mar 05, 2023 |
| State | NE |
| Description | This has been an ongoing problem with our car. While using cruise control it will randomly slam on the brakes for no reason. Nothing is around us it just instantly takes the car from 75 to 60 without warning. It happened multiple times to us over the past few days. Luckily I am nervous about using cruise control in this car so I had my foot on the gas but it did happen with a semi behind us. I was able to manually correct the problem myself quickly but it could have been very bad. These cars are going to kill someone if tesla doesn't fix this problem soon. So far they have not cared about fixing this problem at all. |
| Category | Visibility/wiper |
| Date | Mar 05, 2023 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Auto wiper doesn't turn on for low or medium. Defrost doesn't clear windshield in bad weather conditions. Above conditions make it difficult to operate in bad weather conditions due to poor visibility. As per manufacture, everything working as designed but problem exists. Ex: https://www. Autoevolution. Com/news/tesla-s-autowipers-don-t-work-in-the-rain-and-owners-have-had-enough-of-them-208671. Html |
| Category | Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Mar 04, 2023 |
| State | TX |
| Description | Window on driver side not retract correctly causing window remains unshut and water from rains may impair my driving vision. I have report the occasions of that account to tesla but tesla wanted to charge me for the work even when my vehicle was under warranty. Re: nhtsa recall no. 22v-702 - 7saygaee6nf365917 |
| Category | Visibility |
| Date | Mar 03, 2023 |
| State | NJ |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model y. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 22v702000 (visibility) however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. 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 contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane Departure: Assist |
| Date | Feb 25, 2023 |
| State | NM |
| Description | I have experience multiple instances of "phantom braking" where the car suddenly brakes when there is nothing in front of the car. The most concerning incidents are when traveling on interstate highways while autopilot is engaged. The car will brake suddenly, rapidly, and unexpectedly. I experienced this problem that first day I picked up the vehicle and continue to experience the problem on extended interstate drives of several hours. The car is available for inspection upon request. The biggest safety concern is that a closely following car could rear end the rapidly braking model y. Another concern is that the car could loose control on ice or snow while rapidly braking. Despite three requests, tesla has declined to inspect the vehicle. During these incidences, none of the cameras have indicated that they were obscured nor were any other warnings indicated that I am aware of. |
| Category | Electrical System |
| Date | Feb 22, 2023 |
| State | CA |
| Description | While I was driving on the freeway, the screen/display froze. I was unable to see how fast I was going. I was unable to use my blinkers. Basically just driving with know knowledge of my speed or if people tell if I was changing lanes. Then the screen rebooted as I was driving and everything went back to normal. Just very concerning. |
| Category | Power Train |
| Date | Feb 20, 2023 |
| State | KS |
| Description | Vehicle has less than 5,000 miles. On three separate dates, a sudden warning appears "rear motor disabled; avoid steep hills; if problem persists contact service. There is an image of a turtle icon, and vehicle speed is limited. This happens with a gradual reduction, first to around 65, in a few minutes it drops to 37 mph. I had to drive several miles on a limited access turnpike with no exits at 37 mph, including crossing some bridges with no shoulder lane. I was very concerned about being rear ended in this situation. Information below is on the most recent incident which happened today. |
| Category | Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Feb 19, 2023 |
| State | IL |
| Description | Both side view mirrors on my tesla y model, fold and open up on their own , while the car is in motion. It always happens in algonquin, illinois, close to the intersection of rote 62 and route 25 |
| Category | Electrical System:adas:autonomous/self Driving, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Feb 17, 2023 |
| State | CA |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model y. The contact stated that while in autonomous self driving mode and in manual driving mode with the adaptive cruise control engaged with speeds set to 70 mph or higher, the vehicle experienced phantom braking. There were no warning signs illuminated. The failure was self-corrected, but then recurred. The failure had occurred approximately 9 times. The contact had not taken the vehicle to the dealer. The vehicle had not been diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer had not been made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 10,977. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Feb 15, 2023 |
| State | NY |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model y. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds with the forward collision avoidance: adaptive cruise control activated, the vehicle experienced phantom braking. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 20,500. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Feb 15, 2023 |
| State | IL |
| Description | When we were driving on the highway at 75 mile speed with autopilot engaged, the car breaker suddenly from 75 to around 50 instantly. This happened twice in one hour. Fortunately, there were no vehicles behind us at that time. When complained to tesla, they came back and said they did not see anything from their remote hardware diagnostics. |
| Category | Seats |
| Date | Feb 12, 2023 |
| State | TX |
| Description | After having strapped our kids to their car seats, my daughter had her feet resting on the rails of the driver seat in front of her and her feet were trapped and squished really hard when the driver seat started to automatically adjust between my driver profile and my husband's profile. I am 5'3" and he is 6'3" so his profile has the seat further back than mine. My daughter started to scream and cry immediately as we tried to quickly reset the driver profile to mine so she could free both of her feet. She had slight bruising and soreness after the incident. This is reproducible and the only way to prevent was to delete my husband's driver profile to avoid having his phone trigger the self adjusting mechanism when he opens the driver door. The vehicle has not been inspected for this issue by tesla or any one else. We believe this is a feature that is by design but it poses a risk to anyone sitting in the back and unable to rest their feet on the floor such as a kids in their car seats. There are no warnings, messages about not resting your feet on the seat rails and the seat doesn't stop and doesn't detect if something is on the rails. I couldn't find a way for the driver profile to be locked to a single driver and be manually triggered for any other driver. I tried to search how to report this to tesla and I couldn't find an obvious way to do it. The number listed in the manuals doesn't have an option for this. I couldn't find an option to report via the tesla app. |
| Category | Electrical System |
| Date | Feb 09, 2023 |
| State | CA |
| Description | A backup camera is required on all new cars. Tesla has a backup camera system comprising 3 views. When reverse gear is engaged, camera views should appear every time on the instrument display. On the first drive of a given day, the camera views are not properly visible until the car has been driving for a few minutes. Specifically, “night mode†on the infotainment display (effectively the instrument cluster) becomes stuck on dark colors and unreadably low brightness. When reversing during daylight hours, the screen is not bright enough to view the backup cameras. Additionally, audible cues for turn signals are inaudible. After about 1/4 mile of driving, the display “catches up†to day mode and responds with appropriate brightness. I believe the dysfunction of the system is a safety hazard to vehicle occupants, other drivers, and pedestrians. I have previously contacted tesla service about this issue. I was told that the issue is related to software; nothing can be done; it will be fixed at a later, indeterminate date via software updates. The issue persists consistently and has no fix aside from a workaround. |
| Category | Exterior Lighting |
| Date | Feb 07, 2023 |
| State | MN |
| Description | The high-beam headlights are randomly turning on while city driving. The auto high-beam function is turned off, so high beams should not turn on. This affects the safety of the other cars around me. I typically drive in the city and using the high beams is not necessary because of dense traffic and available overhead street lights. This issue has not been confirmed by a dealer, service center, manufacturer, police, etc. There is no warning before the high-beams turn on. When they turn on, the blue high-beam indicator on the driver display does illuminate. |
| Category | Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Feb 06, 2023 |
| State | NY |
| Description | After leaving the vehicle plugged in and coming back to it after an extended period of time, the vehicle's camera is stuck on black screen with spinning circles and gps stuck on last location. Only resolution is to walk away and the vehicle goes into a state of deep sleep. This is a major safety issue because the rear windshield is smaller than a typical standard vehicle, so without the cameras, visibility in the rear is almost non existent especially during inclement weather. Vehicle was brought to service several times to address the issue. Today will be the third attempt to remedy the issue. Issue is ongoing and has been existent since vehicle possession. |
| Category | Unknown Or Other, Visibility/wiper |
| Date | Feb 06, 2023 |
| State | NY |
| Description | Windshield easily to crack by road debris while driving. Dropped off my vehicle for replacement windshield and tesla agent informed me that there was numerous vehicle ahead of me waiting for replacement. Also wipers activates when is not raining or won't stop after it stops raining while in auto causing distraction to the road. |
| Category | Latches/locks/linkages |
| Date | Feb 03, 2023 |
| State | CA |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model y. The contact stated that while outside the vehicle letting her daughter into the vehicle, the door closed, and the passenger's side door automatically locked and failed to unlock. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact's son was occupying a car seat and was locked inside the vehicle. The contact had to call her husband to unlock the vehicle. The contact called an unknown local dealer for a mobile appointment, but the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 7,900. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings |
| Date | Feb 02, 2023 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Tesla was in "full self-driving†(fsd) mode in a quiet residential area. Vehicle chose to make a left turn on a less than perfectly symmetric t junction. The car was on the thru street at the top of the t. Street had a middle yellow turning zone with yellow lines on the outer side and dotted ones inside. Camera was not filming at the time the crash began. But did start recording midway. Tesla may have other footage. In retrospect, while indicating it was intending to turn, I believe the car never entered the middle yellow zone, but instead proceeded directly to the middle of this unusually wide neighborhood intersection where no other vehicles were close by in any direction, although a few were approaching from a distance. It appeared safe to complete the turn, but instead the car feinted forward several times and hesitated to commit to the turn as cars gradually approached from both directions, but were still a safe distance away. As I waited for it to turn, the vehicle suddenly accelerated at an alarming rate into the turn, so fast that it slid off the road and over the curb into a wall causing extensive damage to the vehicle. There were no other cars involved and I was not injured, although the car suffered extensive damage and is still being repaired more than two months after the accident. My foot was definitely not on the accelerator throughout the accident and everything happened so very quickly that I had no time to brake or take other action. The oncoming car was quite far away and there was plenty of time to turn safely. If the car issued a warning (although I did not detect one) it would have been almost simultaneous to the amazingly rapid acceleration, leaving no time to react. My speculation is that in its confusion, the vehicle may have transferred nearly instantly from fsd mode to “accident-avoidance†mode, but only tesla would have that information. |
| Category | Visibility |
| Date | Feb 02, 2023 |
| State | CA |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model y. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 22v702000 (visibility) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the windows failed to roll up while driving over a bump in the roadway. The dealer was made aware of the failure but confirmed that the vehicle performed as designed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 300. Parts distribution disconnect. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Feb 01, 2023 |
| State | CA |
| Description | With auto-pilot engaged the tesla came to an abrupt stop on an interstate. Possibly this contributed to the tesla being rear ended. There was another vehicle stopped ahead of the tesla so stopping was the correct action but the tesla auto-pilot braked abruptly. There was adequate distance between the tesla and the car in front of it when it stopped. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Jan 27, 2023 |
| State | CA |
| Description | basic auto pilot suddenly comes to low speed when there are no cars ahead / behind within 1 mile on all 4 lanes. |
| Category | Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Jan 26, 2023 |
| State | TX |
| Description | Recall has not been fixed yet. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings |
| Date | Jan 24, 2023 |
| State | FL |
| Description | At the end of my shift the "full self driving" started working again, also without explanation. This time its driving me home, gets to the neighborhood I drive in and out of multiple times a day for the entirety of my "fsd beta" and only address the car has "lived" at. This time it slams on the brakes with someone behind me (scary) then quickly takes the wrong left turn, then another wrong left turn, then starts the accelerate in a neighborhood/school zone directly towards a cul-de-sac with 2 story houses, speeds up more, then abandons all the "full self driving" while I'm flying towards a power transformer box and curb when I slam the brakes (I gave her all she's got, she's heavy!) luckily I stopped with just a couple feet to spare. Then I drive back the direction it was supposed to go which also for the record it was showing a different path on the map, the entrance it always is. So the map was showing the blue line for gps to turn into the second entrance, this time was the first time its ever taken the first entrance and I've literally never driven down the road it almost crashed me on but its been there for 6 months or longer. So just to clarify tesla has failed at least 10 rounds at fixing the car and they cannot offer a solution. This car is a lemon! Do something, you're the government I shouldn't be having a car try to kill me five times a day for several months without a recall. This clown car even plays the wrong songs and song titles! This is a coverup either the car is faulty and tesla refuses to fix it or its hacked and being used for attempted murder. Either disgusts me and I was tesla/elon's biggest fan for over a decade, then I bought his car. The rest is history... Family and friends keep telling me to stop using it and that its super obvious they are trying to get rid of me; but I will not walk away being scammed by my life long idol. Https://www. Dropbox. Com/s/otkm540sxh3jxm2/video%20jan%2024%202023%2c%207%2033%2030%20pm. Mov? Dl=0 |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane Departure: Assist, Lane Departure: Warning |
| Date | Jan 24, 2023 |
| State | FL |
| Description | Full self driving without explanation stopped working while I was using it. I tried to park the car, walk away, lock it; I even rebooted the car by holding both scroll wheels on the steering wheel as I've been directed in the past. Nothing worked. I noticed during my shift that "auto pilot" still worked on the highway so I was using it for a couple miles successfully. Then when the time for the exit came the car took the exit normally but then when it switched to "fsd" the car stopped steering and drove me directly towards a drainage ditch next to the off ramp and all steering assist and lane keeping was turned off all at the same time (while traveling at 50mph on i4). I was really scared luckily I never took my hands off the wheel but anyone with lesser reaction time would have crashed and possibly died. I got this on dashcam, pulled over to calm down (mcdonalds near mco), then drove back to prove it happened with the iphone as tesla has directed me to do on many occasions to "prove it". So I got it all on video you can see on this link here since nhtsa only allows low quality short videos less than 10mb like its the 1990's. The more I report tesla and tell my riders about the child slaves in the congo mining the cobalt in the batteries the more frequently the car tries to kill me. This is a cover up not a coincidence. Https://www. Dropbox. Com/s/ksryabtxo953qz5/video%20jan%2024%202023%2c%201%2040%2043%20pm. Mov? Dl=0 |
| Category | Electrical System, Fuel/propulsion System, Power Train |
| Date | Jan 19, 2023 |
| State | CO |
| Description | The vehicle started shaking and stuff wrong from the rear wheels and was told to pull over safely. The error codes dl_a063 and dl_a139 popped up and it seems there is a rear drive unit failure. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Lane Departure: Assist |
| Date | Jan 19, 2023 |
| State | FL |
| Description | Driving both east and west on 429 near the wekiva river results in the car coming to a complete 0mph stop in a 70mph two lane highway with barriers on both sides and no signs or lights. Then the car starts changing lanes on the highway going about 15mph while cars are whipping past me at 70+mph with the horn on. The last 8 or 10 updates have not solved this issue I've been very alarmed and done everything in my power to avoid using the software and have demanded a refund many times, this is simply a deadly scam. The fsd contract is a license to kill and silence your attempts to alert the public like a good samaritan; it must be shut down until proven safe. Each time they say they fixed it, each time I go out and risk my life and they lie, and lie and lie and now the stories of people dying from this exact scenario are starting to pile up (pun intended). The car is still confusing its sea level or altitude positioning on the gps for the round about with stop signs below the sunpass highway. Fact of the matter is I have over 15,000 gb's of footage and there are hundreds if not thousands of scenarios where the car needs to be corrected. I am a professional driver and have software development experience but we cannot allow a private corporation to use human american citizens as lab rats and throw them aside when their software that is not safe yet kills the very people trying to improve the system. Not to mention innocent by standards who have never seen the inside of a tesla nevermind an arbitration contract. This is all completely unethical. Windows havent been fixed after recall despite recalibrating windows, 2 software updates and restarting the car all as recommended. Cheap paint scratches, chips. Plastic snaps, upholstery loosens. Stilphantom braking fsd: https://www. Dropbox. Com/s/gmnzm58hjt4hp4r/video%20jan%2019%202023%2c%2011%2004%2026%20am. Mov? Dl=0 paint: https://www. Dropbox. Com/s/u2lrrydmuptoyty/video%20jan%2009%202023%2c%208%2029%2001%20am%20%281%29. Mov? Dl=0 |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Jan 18, 2023 |
| State | WA |
| Description | I had engaged tesla's “full self driving†feature in a 25 mph zone. As the speed limit changed to 35 mph the vehicle correctly adjusted to 35 mph. However, right after that I entered a school zone marked by a flashing yellow light. I used the brakes to slow down to 18 mph, which disengaged the “full self driving†feature because the vehicle did not adjust on its own. Once I was at 18 mph I re-engaged “full self driving†and the vehicle immediately started accelerating to 35 mph again, in spite of the fact that I was in a school zone still. It seems the â€full self driving†feature cannot detect school zones, even when marked by flashing yellow lights. The onboard visualizations appears to have detected them as stop lights. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Service Brakes, Visibility/wiper |
| Date | Jan 18, 2023 |
| State | CA |
| Description | While driving on the freeway into a tunnel during bright conditions while on autopilot, the car unexpectedly braked heavily on a straight road, even though there were no debris or vehicles in front. Had to take immediate action since cars were driving around me. Similar event occurred when driving at night, luckily no cars were around me. During rain, automatic wipers did not activate. Required 2 actions to deploy wipers: pressing button on the turn-signal stock, then finding the menu on the screen to set wiper speed while driving in dangerous conditions. Another option is to use the voice command, however at times it takes 2-4 attempts to activate. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Jan 16, 2023 |
| State | SD |
| Description | On multiple occastions my car has suddenly applied the brakes when using cruise control. The braking ranges from mild to severe. This hasn't resulted in an accident but there has been a close call when a car was following closely. I have brought this to tesla's attention and there response was along the lines of there is nothing that can be done to fix it and it should get better over time. It has not got better. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Jan 15, 2023 |
| State | CO |
| Description | We have experienced phantom braking at least once almost every time we drive on the interstate or on a two lane highway. For example, wen approaching a underpass with a concrete retaining wall or on a curve with a hill. In other instances, we do not understand why phantom braking occurred. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Jan 11, 2023 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Wanted to report a problem with tesla's map navigation and adaptive cruise control (what they refer to as "autopilot). I haven't seen this reported in the media so wanted to report it here. The map navigation system is problematic, when navigating using the map on the freeway, it will reroute a different path because it somehow thinks I am driving on surface streets. It does this consistently. Because of that, the car when on "autopilot" will stop in the middle of the freeway, which is incredibly dangerous. This system aims to be safe (by stopping) but also causes greater danger to the following cars by having the car brake. This could be the source behind the "phantom braking problem" that is reported in the media. |
| Category | Structure:body |
| Date | Jan 11, 2023 |
| State | CA |
| Description | 2nd row floor is flexing. Same issue found on model 3 which already has a service bulletin for it. Tried to tell tesla service but they won't address it and will not fix it per the service bulletin and every shop that I went will do their own repair that doesn't fix the issue. Here's the service bulletin on the model 3 which is the same issue. Sb-18-45-002 https://static. Nhtsa. Gov/odi/tsbs/2018/mc-10143016-9999. Pdf |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Jan 10, 2023 |
| State | NJ |
| Description | On 12/26 evening, I drove model y from asheville nc to nj. Around midnight time, the car was on I-81 in the middle lane at the speed of 70 miles/hour. And it was on full self drive (fsd). There were virtually no traffic on I-81. On my right, there was a truck were merging to the lane on my right (not merging to the middle lane where model y was). Without any warning, model y suddenly reduced the speed to 25-30 miles / hour. I had to disengage fsd. If this happened during traffic hour, it could cause severe accident. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Service Brakes, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Jan 10, 2023 |
| State | CA |
| Description | “phantom braking†episode: while driving on a two lane freeway using tesla branded autopilot (not full self drive) the car automatically and suddenly braked, reducing speed approximately from 70 mph to below 50 mph before manual intervention. This happened with no car in front or behind and while approaching a car in the lane to the right while also approaching an overpass. I also noticed there was a patch of uneven colored pavement beneath the overpass. One passenger in the front seat was thrust into her seatbelt in the event. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane Departure: Assist |
| Date | Jan 09, 2023 |
| State | FL |
| Description | I've reported to tesla multiple times that on state road 46 tesla auto pilot and fsd both come to complete stops on the highway while the speed limit is clearly posted 70mph the car is showing 45mph, ap is driving at 50mph then comes to a complete stop 0mph on the highway while traffic is doing 70+ passing me because the car thinks there is a stop sign that doesn't exist. When I spoke to tesla about it the male tech (british accent) from tampa service center said that's highly concerning and he would take the car home overnight to make sure they didn't overlook anything but they did nothing other than take away my fsd. Now I'm out ,000 and tesla keeps calling me a cheater/liar and I have many examples of the car malfunctioning and we are not talking a little glitch this is fully stopped on a highway the car is trying to drive around a roundabout that isn't there because the car thinks its 30ft below the highway on the street below. I've told tesla multiple times while I was under consideration as ai engineer that they need to include the gps altitude otherwise this exact example will happen; but what do I know, I'm just a guy with software development experience and a professional driver who just happens to be heavily invested in gps crypto. The highway has been opened for months, I've reported it to tesla for months. Here's yet another example from today about 3 hours ago. This is like the 7th or 8th time I've reported fatal issues with the ap/fsd program tesla can no longer gaslight me with excuses. This car has had more attempts on my life than all the countries of the world tried on hitler combined and I'm guilty of nothing so I don't understand why tesla has taken my money and treated me as a delusional idiot since day one. Here's a link to my dropbox so you can watch the unedited authentic video I have dashcam footage and teslacam to match: https://www. Dropbox. Com/s/r33s5he9rvwtrwl/video%20jan%2009%202023%2c%2011%2014%2023%20am. Mov? Dl=0 |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Jan 09, 2023 |
| State | CA |
| Description | On 1/7/2022 I was driving the tesla vehicle in fsd beta mode (I don't see this option while reporting the issue). This was on highway101 in sunnyvale/ mountain view area. The vehicle was in the right most lane. This lane got converted into an exit only lane. Tesla fsd failed to detect it (didnt change the lane) and it continue at the same speed in the exiting lane (approx. 65 miles/hour). The car further failed to detect the curve of the exit lane and was about to keep driving straight at that speed. I had to immediately intervene and take control of the car or my car would have ended up in the ditch or no man's land around the curve of the exit road. This was near miss scenario and a driver's worst nightmare and I hope such accidents are investigated/tested. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane Departure: Assist |
| Date | Jan 07, 2023 |
| State | FL |
| Description | New update came out and they took some of my advice; however, the problem got worse. I had an appointment at a new dealership 1 hour away and they ask me to see if I can replicate the issue and send them a video of it (yikes this is getting very dangerous) so on my way to the service appointment I do as I'm asked but the car keeps malfunctioning saying "cheater detected" and I'm driving with my hands on the wheel with my dashcam on and iphone with camera open ready to just grab it for the picture. I send it to them and try to use fsd again. It malfunctions again, says I'm a cheater twice in five minutes. At this time I'm unaware of what a "cheater" even is other than the traditional term. I get to the dealership and the car pops up with a window says "full self driving has been removed due to constant ignoring of the blah blah blah". I tell the tesla employee what happened he immediately says there' nothing he can do he cant fix it and I can't get my money back. I got all of this on dashcam and audio fyi. I come back the next day, the second I get out of the car and my foot hits tesla pavement a tesla employee is harassing me to move my car except its the uber tesla paid for me to come pick up my car, side note the guy next to him has a huge handgun on his hip, what a safe feeling welcome... The guy inside tells me what cheaters are, I look it up on youtube. Basically its a wrist weight people attach to the steering wheel to trick the car. I don' own anything like that the car was confusing it with my apple watch which I told tesla and was promptly updated to the car in 24 hours. So now I'm driving a car I paid ,000 for fsd that has driven me into coming traffic many times and calls me a cheater until it steals my ,000 like some sort of horror arcade game. Now the car only has auto pilot which also calls me a cheater so its all un-useable. I have heard every excuse in the book from tesla. Now they want to start charging me 0 to have the autopilot looked at. |
| Category | Structure:body |
| Date | Jan 06, 2023 |
| State | GA |
| Description | As I was going up the ramp from peachtree-dunwoody road onto 285e on thursday, jan 5th around 7pm, there is a tree on the left hand side that has long branches that extend into the road. The branches of the tree hit the side of my car. I heard it as I was driving but didn't think anything of it. When I got home I had the chance to look at my car. There is a scratch on the side of the car that the tree limbs hit. The scratch actually looks like someone keyed my car. My car is brand new and I want to report this incident to prevent others from getting their cars scratched up. It would be helpful if the tree limbs could be cut down to prevent car damage. I also would like to be compensated for the damage to my car. I am happy to provide pics of the tree and my car. |
| Category | Vehicle Speed Control:cruise Control |
| Date | Jan 06, 2023 |
| State | CA |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model y. The contact stated while driving 75 mph with the cruise control activated, the vehicle decelerated independently and started shaking. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact deactivated the cruise control and the vehicle started operating as designed. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer was contacted or notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 3,413. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Jan 04, 2023 |
| State | AZ |
| Description | While driving on a controlled access highway with the full self driving beta running we had a number of instances where the vehicle would hard break with no risk of collision. These unnecessary hard breaking events could have easily resulted in us being rear-ended on the highway. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Jan 02, 2023 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Rented the vehicle from hertz for a holiday road trip of 3100 miles. Experienced multiple instances of "phantom braking" where the cruise control would slam on the brakes with nothing in front of the car within the range of vision. The car would rapidly slow from the posted speed limit to under 45 mph and then about 5-10 seconds later resume as if nothing had happened. This problem happened to me several times per driving day, and seemed to be more prevalent when cresting a rise in the highway. A couple of time times, this happened with a car behind me, and the sudden braking could have caused the vehicle behind to rear-end the tesla. In heavy traffic it is easy to see how this phantom braking could cause a chain reaction accident. At this point, I think that tesla needs to permanently disable their cruise control in all model y vehicles. |
| Category | Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Jan 02, 2023 |
| State | MA |
| Description | There is an outstanding recall 22v702 - automatic window reversal systems and the next course of action is that tesla will deploy an over-the-air (“otaâ€) firmware update to affected vehicles. However, my tesla account doesn't have that software available yet. Registrar of imported vehicles has searched the records for the above referenced vehicle and has either detected an outstanding recall, or has been unable to verify the current recall status of this vehicle. So unfortunately, they are unable to release an inspection form until such time as they need confirmation that the recall, if any, has been corrected, or that there are no outstanding recalls for this vehicle. Steps taken by me to eradicate this: 1) I tried contacting the tesla dealer at various locations in canada and usa. 2) I did reach out to the tesla manufacturer and they told me that they will try to deploy firmware updated for my vehicle and they told me to wait for 1 business day( this conversation happened like 5 days ago) and some associate from this location will reach out to me and I can visit that service center for the resolution of recall. Tesla dealers along with their service centres are totally unaware of what's going on and don't have visibility of when this software will be available. This is very big blocker for me as my car will not be registered in canada. Can we please resolve this recall so that my import process gets completed. This is surely emergency case where I am unable to drive my vehicle and I will be charged too. I have already exhausted those days. Tesla is unable to solve this. Can we please escalate this issue and solve this recall on my car and also once done tesla should issue recall clearance certificate that I need to submit to riv for my inspection process. |
| Category | Seats, Steering, Visibility/wiper |
| Date | Jan 01, 2023 |
| State | MD |
| Description | 1. Whoever designed the seats never sat more than 2 hours straight in them and is most likely below 150 lbs with the body shape of a petite person. Damaged coccyx and lower backs since inception of idea. Insanity will ensue after long periods of travel (+2hrs) in rear seating and extended third row seating for adults and children. You get more seating comfort from a nissan than a tesla. 2. Windshield wiper sensitivity lowers when using manually then activating auto. Sometimes sensitivity goes down with autopilot. Auto wiper sensitivity not constant. 3. If you have more than 4 people in your family, do not buy a model s3y 4. Bad panels which also affect steering column, with squeaking, why is that not a lemon? 5. Long range below 32f falls to half its mileage per full charge. Proper trip charging should be at 10% to 15% more than the minimum 0% for trip charge. 6. Autopilot forces high beams whenever there is fog. Autopilot will never engage on curves, only straight aways 7. Supercharger long trip navigation will not allow filtering locations with bathrooms or trashcans nearby. Walking far distances to find restrooms and trashcans are a normal thing. Teslas not meant for taking long trips. 8. Signage for charging misleading, "10 to 30 minute parking" will only charge 10 to 50 kw max while "vehicle charging only" will charge the advertised supercharger max output. 9. No climate control in third row for my, safety hazard and human rights issue. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Lane Departure: Assist |
| Date | Dec 30, 2022 |
| State | FL |
| Description | Buena tarde quiero hacer un reporte ya que mi auto se frena bruscamente y peligrosamente en autopistas con el autopilot activo y sin ninguna razón se activa el freno de emergencia pudiendo ocasionarme la muerte a mi y mi familia, no hay razón para que el auto frene de esta forma por que no tengo autos al frente ni a los lados para que lo haga lo que si puede pasar es que un camion venga ah altas velocidades y me pueda impactar, necesito asistencia de verdad no me siento para nada seguro ya en el auto. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Visibility/wiper |
| Date | Dec 30, 2022 |
| State | GA |
| Description | When I am driving and go into cruse control my wipers continue to come on when it is not raining or there is no moisture. Sometimes they are going at full speed as if it is pouring rain. When this happens, I am forced to hit my brakes to disengage cruse control, then take my eyes off the road and find the wiper icon and turn them to the off position. This happens often and has almost caused me to drive off the road a few times. I took the car back to tesla and was told when I engage cruse control the wipers are by default set to "auto". Also they had seen this before and there was nothing they could do to fix the issue. They also said tesla was working on the software to improve the wipers. Why am I forced to have my wipers set to "auto" when I use cruse? I should be able to set them to "off" and they only come on when I activate them. If this continues on my car and others there will be accidents because of the distraction trying to turn the wipers off. |
| Category | Seat Belts, Service Brakes |
| Date | Dec 27, 2022 |
| State | TX |
| Description | Seat belts are hitting the door and seat. Model y car seat belts are not installed properly. As per tesla regenerative braking supposed stop the car but car is rolling. As per tesla tech regenerative doesn't work until the battery is heated up. They never provided this to customers and this could result in accidents for people who rely on regenerative braking |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Dec 24, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Car did a hard braking while going 75mph on autopilot, no car or obstacle in front when it happened. The car following me had to do an emergency lane switch maneuver to avoid collision. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Dec 23, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | The contact owns a tesla 2022 tesla model y. The contact stated while driving at 65 mph in the rain, the vehicle experienced phantom braking and stopped suddenly. The vehicle then veered to the right independently. The brake pedal was depressed but failed to respond. The contact lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle spun out and crashed into a wall on the side of the road. The air bags deployed. The contact sustained bruises and significant pain to the left leg. The contact also sustained soreness of her fingers, arms and shoulders. The contact did not seek medical assistance. The contact's sister transported her to her residence. The contact was unsure whether a police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a tow lot. The vehicle was then towed to a collision center. The contact was not using autopilot mode at the time the failure occurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that she would need to repair the vehicle at her own expense. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 5,000. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Dec 21, 2022 |
| State | MN |
| Description | While driving with autopilot engaged at approximately 65 mph the car suddenly decelerated to less than 40 mph and then accelerated back to 65. This happened again within a minute of the first occurance and I turned off autopilot but left cruise control on. It then happened again and I turned cruise control off. Fortunately there were no cars following close behind me nor was I following close behind another car. In the first two cases there were intermittant shadows across the road cast by trees along the road side. In the third there was a large black programmable traffic information sign 20 ft or so off the side of the road that had no information displayed. There was no damage to the car or injuries to the occupants. The vehicle has not been inspected by the manufacturer. No warnings were displayed prior to the event. |
| Category | Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Dec 20, 2022 |
| State | NJ |
| Description | Interior cabin cameras prior to a certain build date around late may, for all models and trims, do not have the necessary infrared (ir) leds to see driver at night/and or dark environments, leading to system to disengage due to “being blinded or covered†if a user has their car in the fsd beta testing software. This issue was reproduced by the mobile service technician and then replaced accordingly, with the new interior cabin camera fixture with the ir leds fully solving and correcting the error from before. Their part was not inspected by any agencies and error is displayed before adas system disengagement. This issue is also known and reproduced across many different people, with this replacement correcting the issue. Necessary action would involve ordering a retrofit for all cars with the old interior cabin camera to the new interior cabin camera. |
| Category | Air Bags |
| Date | Dec 19, 2022 |
| State | CO |
| Description | The front passenger seat airbag does not properly arm when occupied by an adult female weighing between 120-125 pounds. According to the vehicle's owners manual, it should arm at any weight in excess of 100 pounds. There is an indicator on the main display that clearly displays when the passenger airbag is armed and when it is unarmed. This is an intermittent issue, occurring more than 50% of the time the seat is occupied. The best we can do to characterize the behavior is as follows: 1) the passenger airbag is more likely to arm correctly if the passenger gets into the car at the same time as the driver. 2) it is less likely to arm correctly if the passenger gets in after the driver has started the car and/or driven it a bit. Two examples: driver gets in to set the temp or navigation before a trip and passenger gets in a few minutes later, or driver retrieves car from a parking place and then drives a short distance to pick up the passenger. In both cases, the airbag is unlikely to arm correctly. 3) even after a successful drive (in which the airbag armed), say to the grocery store, it is unlikely to arm when the driver and passenger get back in together a few minutes later. In all cases above, the longer it is driven in a single trip, the more likely it is to randomly arm/disarm itself multiple times during that trip. By failing to correctly and consistently arm when occupied by a 120-pound adult passenger, it leaves said passenger unprotected in case of an accident. Tesla service performed static, calibrated-weight tests, and confirmed that it takes greater than 125 pounds to consistently arm the front passenger airbag. They have replaced the passenger seat twice so far, and claimed that the most recent seat installed passed the 100-pound test, but the issue persists. The car was serviced for this issue on november 28th, and again from november 23 to december 7. This issue remains to this date (december 19). |
| Category | Electrical System, Engine, Structure:body |
| Date | Dec 19, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | First my car was having issues charginging at the charge stations. Then as soon as that issue occurred, I had to replace the car battery. Then I noticed that the windows would randomly retract while I was driving my vehicle. My child had pointed out that his window was down, when he did not roll it down. Then I noticed some leakage from underneath my vehicle. My main concern of fluids leaking from my vehicle was my main concern. The tesla dispatcher confirmed that concern by stating that fluids should not be leaking from my vehicle. When he started accusing me of having a car accident that caused me to be even more concerned. He told me that the tesla service center on 1100 colorado ave, santa monica, ca. Would find out if I did have an accident by running a diagnostics. When I had my car towed to the tesla service center, their main concern was a hole in my tire and their professional opinion was to just patch up the tire and not replace the damaged product. Crystal, a representative from the service center said that she would address the main concern of the leakage which she never did. She told me that my car was ready for pickup. I was again confused because she never addressed my main concern. Then I asked what I was paying for and she simply said that it was on my estimate and that it's a patch for my tire. She was very adamant about me picking up my car before the service center closed at 5:30 but told me at the last minute to do so. She did not explain the details of the leakage until I inquired about it. I did not receive the diagnostics that were promised to me by your tesla dispatcher. Her explanation to my main concern was, “ no leak was detected under the car so just recommend monitoring and definitely taking a pic when it happens. If the leak is by my left front tire, it's more likely to be my ac and can be normal.†that did not make me feel like tesla's supplier code of conduct was being followed. Now I am being told that the only liquid coming fro |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance, Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Dec 19, 2022 |
| State | CO |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model y. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the forward collision avoidance system was erroneously activated, causing the vehicle to abruptly decelerate. The contact stated that the failure had occurred on multiple occasions. The contact stated that during each failure, the cruise control was activated. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The manufacturer and local dealer were notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 2,300. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Dec 19, 2022 |
| State | CO |
| Description | During a recent road trip, my tesla 2022 my experienced multiple "phantom braking" incidents. The worst one involved while driving at highway speed (77 mph). On a clear day, with a dry road, with no traffic nearby, no shadows in the area, the vehicle suddenly applied the brakes. It was like it detected something in the road and jammed on the brakes. I used the accelerator to compensate, but, it tried to slow down for 20 seconds before resolving. My wife (passenger) has medical conditions that were exacerbated by being frightened. I also was frightened, which is dangerous while driving. If there was a vehicle behind us, there cold have been an accident. There was no warnings before, during, or after the incident. Multiple people online have described their situation. It is exactly the experience that I have had with my vehicle. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings |
| Date | Dec 12, 2022 |
| State | MA |
| Description | On saturday night between 9:30 to 9:45 pm while driving on 495, tesla model y 2022, auto pilot was engaged at 70 miles per hour in three lane highway. My car was in middle lane with no vehicle in front in any of lanes. Suddenly without any warning, auto pilot was disengaged and car moved from 70 mph to 30 mph within few seconds shockingly. I was alert to pull accelerator in timely manner and avoided a possible rear-ended accident . It was scary moment with family onboard and luckily cars where behind enough to evade a possible disastrous accident. This must be fixed |
| Category | Electrical System |
| Date | Dec 08, 2022 |
| State | AZ |
| Description | I am writing to file a safety concern with vehicles manufactured by tesla motor company inc (“teslaâ€). The complaint relates to safety failures with the automatic retracting window system. This complaint is different from the nhtsa previous issued recall for pinch points (issued on or around september 19th, 2022). During the vehicle software update process, owners can enter the vehicle and close the door (there is no engineered prevention of opening the doors). However, upon attempting to exit the vehicle the window does not automatically retract. When the owner closes the door after exit the windows are prone to break or shatter (see attached photo) which creates a safety hazard. The specific hazard is with broken glass spread in the cabin of the vehicle. Tesla charges customers to replace the window in spite of the known defect (see attached paid invoice, which documents how the damage occurred). Tesla states "it is a known documented issue and is therefore the customers responsibility". In lieu of correcting the acknowledged known issue or providing a proper engineered control to avoid the safety hazard created by the defect; tesla has apparently accepted the defect and passed the risk of the defect to customers who are not formally made aware of the problem and are expected to understand the problem based on documentation in third party forums. The issue poses a cutting hazard to the driver and occupants of the vehicle and also a foreseeable egress concern in an emergency. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Dec 08, 2022 |
| State | CO |
| Description | While using cruise control the vehicle brakes hard when no obstacle is any where near the car in front or sides. Some times hard enough to engage abs and you can feel the car on the edge of losing traction/control. This has happened multiple times on multiple trips. |
| Category | Back Over Prevention: Warnings, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings |
| Date | Dec 07, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Car did not stop after I parked and continued to go forward and hit another parked a car even with my foot on the break. No warning light of any sor. This incident happened at 5:35 pm pacific time on monday, september 12. I made an appointment with the service department and it took the car there on september 23, 2022, . They only asked me about the time this happened and they said you're going to send it to engineers and will get back to you. They did even care to look at the car or inspect it. Since then, no one ever contacted me. I was lucky that this truck was in front of my car otherwise if there was anyone walking they would have been killed. |
| Category | Electrical System, Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane Departure: Blind Spot Detection |
| Date | Dec 05, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | All safety features - backup, turn signal and blind spot camera detections stopped working on november 22, 2022. Tesla gave me appointment to bring in the car on 11/28/22 then emailed me informing appointment pushed back to 12/8/22 and today emailed informing appointment pushed back again to 12/12/22. The car is not drivable without these safety features as it poses the risk of accident that could harm driver and other on the road. Tesla is not responding at all for providing a replacement vehicle, while this car is still under warranty. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Dec 05, 2022 |
| State | NJ |
| Description | Sudden phantom braking happened while driving north on garden state parkway. I was in the 2 lane express northbound highway, and there was heavy traffic and flashing police lights on the separated 3 lane local northbound highway. I was using adaptive cruise control when tesla suddenly braked, reducing speed 20-30 mph in a matter of seconds, despite no cars in front of me. I took back control and disengaged cruise control |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Dec 04, 2022 |
| State | FL |
| Description | When using autopilot on interstate, car did phantom braking when approaching new concrete sections of highway (I-4 between orlando and daytona beach) on a primarily black asphalt highway during sunny afternoon conditions. This happened on a couple of occasions during drive. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Visibility/wiper |
| Date | Dec 01, 2022 |
| State | GA |
| Description | The wipers "swipe" when passing interstate streetlight when in the "auto" mode. Additionally, the "auto" mode is automatically enabled when the adaptive cruise control is set. It is not possible to turn off the wipers while using the cruise control, making it basically useless at night. I have been advised on two occasions by tesla service that this is a firmware issue and there is no fix. The complaint was last verified by tesla service on dec. 1, 2022. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane Departure: Assist, Steering |
| Date | Dec 01, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | I was driving with my wife and two kids at around 8:30pm (it was dark outside already) on november 29, 2022. The street was pretty empty and it had 2 lanes in each direction. I was driving the left lane with the speed at about 40 mph and had the autopilot (the one that keeps lane, not fsd) turned on. When the car was approaching the intersection with the green light on, it suddenly decided to turn left (even though there was a dedicated left turning pocket on the left hand side). It looks like it was confused and after trying to change the direction it pointed the car right to the road sign. Hopefully I had my hands on a wheel and was watching the situation, so I immediately turned the wheel right to get back to our lane. If I wasted a fraction of second we could end up smashing into the road sign at about 40mph. |
| Category | Lane Departure: Blind Spot Detection, Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Nov 30, 2022 |
| State | NJ |
| Description | Hi, my main concerned about having a tesla is not having warning beeping sound when reversing. I almost ran over someone because tesla rear-view camera doesn't provide virtual alert/audio when getting too close to an object or if a pedestrian decides to walk behind your vehicle while you are about to reverse or pull in reverse into a parking space. I feel this should be a mandatory monitoring system for all tesla when reversing, just like bmw or acura, you do get a beeping warning sound when there's something there or when vehicle is getting too close to any objects. Hopeful that this issue can be corrected asap. I appreciate your help [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6). |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Nov 29, 2022 |
| State | MI |
| Description | Narrative november 18, 2022 at approximately 8:30 in the morning I was driving my new tesla model y through the rolling hills of south central pennsylvania on I-70 heading to breezewood in order to catch the pennsylvania turnpike west. Suddenly and without warning, the car began to break as hard as a car can brake without skidding. Almost like a full panic stop. The car must have stopped in four or five seconds from 60 miles an hour. I was in the left lane at the time and I tried to get over onto the shoulder but I was unable. The car came to a complete stop in the middle of the right lane. The car was in the center of the right lane and was completely locked up. I was unable to get it into neutral. I was unable to get it into a gear so I turned on the emergency flashers. Right behind me were three semis. The first one had to swerve to avoid me. The trailer almost flipped over into me. The semi behind him had to swerve to avoid me and thank god there were no cars in the left lane. The third semi had to take evasive action to get around me. I am grateful those three truck drivers were on the ball at that moment. After they went by, I got out of the car and ran up the hill to flag other trucks and cars to move into the left lane. The car had come to a stop on the other side of the top of a crest so cars and trucks didn't have much notice coming up on my car. Meanwhile, I called 911. I stood at the top of the crest for the better part of an hour and a half, maybe two hours waiting for the police to show, but they never did. I did receive some help from passersby who stopped to help and called 911 as well. After almost two hours, a road crew showed up to lay down flares. And finally a tow truck came to tow me to crystal lake pa. Almost 8 hours later I finally got my car into a tesla dealer in mechanicsburg pa. When I got there [xxx] the service manager told me they did a preliminary diagnostic and determined that the computer chip in the car was defective. The dealer l information redacted pursuant to the freedom |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane Departure: Assist, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Nov 29, 2022 |
| State | FL |
| Description | Vehicle is approximately 9 months old with 13,488 miles. Starting today, the cruise control system which includes the adaptive cruise control and lane keeping assist features has failed. It will not activate, and attempts to activate it result in an error stating "cruise control unavailable." as a result, the car will not brake as it approaches other vehicles; will not maintain its speed; and will not maintain its lane. I made an appointment with the manufacturer's service center to have it inspected and repaired, but the manufacturer cancelled the appointment the same day it was made stating, in writing, that it is a "known issue," "replacing any component will not rectify the issue," and instead it "should be rectified in a future firmware update" without any time frame as to when. I asked is there is a service bulletin or recall notice and was advised that "specifics" cannot be provided "unless otherwise authorized." |
| Category | Service Brakes |
| Date | Nov 29, 2022 |
| State | UT |
| Description | It was snowing and I was driving down a hill going at least 5 miles an hour because there where at 10 cars in front of me. When I went to break the car, the breaks didn't work and I slid the hill hitting to vehicles. The breaks would skip and wouldn't lock. |
| Category | Service Brakes |
| Date | Nov 29, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Driving down road going about 46-50 mph at about 6:45pm tonight and the car suddenly slammed on brakes. Brakes locked, but thank goodness car behind me wasnt following close. My head/neck was jerked hard enough to cause headache and terrible soreness. I am very shaken. Came home and told my husband, took ibuprofen for my headache. He googled the problem, found this website. We are very concerned, since we own 2 teslas and it seems people have the same complaints on both models we own. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane Departure: Assist, Lane Departure: Warning |
| Date | Nov 28, 2022 |
| State | FL |
| Description | After my 3rd trip to tesla service (required 1 month wait each time I've had this problem since the first week) I video and audio recorded the tesla service team dropping my car off in an overflow lot for 2 and a half days before unplugging my dashcam on the 3rd day. 8 hours later I'm at the dealership and they tell me and I quote "left turns isn't a feature of fsd, just try not to use it anymore. By the way, they unplugged your camera. We found nothing wrong with your car after reviewing one whole day of footage, your cars out front." then I get to the car and plug my dashcam back in immediately and the master key for all the teslas is in my car (last time the same manager left their phone in my car and harassed me for hours while I was driving). Then I return the key to the manager on video, leave the parking lot, set my home destination, turn on fsd (full self driving) and less than one mile away at the first turn the fsd makes it drives into oncoming traffic. This is probably the tenth time it has happened and I drive my family and passengers in this car so having to constantly bring it in and be told it has no problems after 10 total days in the shop has opportunity cost me between text="Who are we? We are Lemberg Law, a Consumer Law Firm" smalltext="Lemberg Law is a consumer law firm helping victims of bad manufacturing and run-arounds from auto companies. We are ranked A+ by the BBB. Call our Helpline today! There is no charge unless we win." img="balance" color="green",500-,000 in lost revenue plus the intentional emotional infliction by gaslighting me the customer for basically not just letting my car kill me and other innocent people who didn't opt into beta. Elon wants a war with apple about censorship whenever I post videos of my tesla driving into oncoming traffic on twitter because tesla wont fix it after months (or return my ,000) it gets banned. Same company different boss, now they censor evidence of teslas malfunctioning and say you're imagining it lol. You want a war, fine. I have 5,000 gigabytes of dashcam footage with over 1,000 witnesses (passengers). Now they tell me they cant service my car without evidence being submitted but the app is blocking me from submitting photos and they deleted my job applications on tesla os. |
| Category | Service Brakes |
| Date | Nov 28, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | While driving at freeway speeds, a vehicle cut me off. In order to avoid a collision, I pressed the brake pedal causing all brakes to lock up and the vehicle skidded. I felt the vehicle starting to hydroplane sideways over the dry surface and I heard the screech of the tires. I released the brake pedal, I felt the tires regain traction and I corrected the direction of travel. It was apparent that the abs system did not function as intended. I contacted tesla service and they sent me a message stating that my vehicle needs to be repaired. I am still waiting for the estimate so I do not have specifics as to what needs to be repaired, but since they are having me take the vehicle to their shop, it appears that it can not be repaired over the air. There were no warning lamps or messages prior to the failure. |
| Category | Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Nov 28, 2022 |
| State | MI |
| Description | Driving 70mph on the highway and the car lost control, spun three times before being able to regain control. The road was wet but not actively raining or rain piles seen. |
| Category | Visibility |
| Date | Nov 28, 2022 |
| State | NJ |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model y. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 22v702000 (visibility) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The contact stated that after he exited the vehicle, the passenger's side rear window inadvertently rolled up quickly, and the window failed to detect his son's hand on the window. No injuries were sustained. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 7,000. Parts distribution disconnect. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings, Lane Departure: Assist |
| Date | Nov 27, 2022 |
| State | FL |
| Description | I've brought the car into the dealership 3 times and they swear they have gone over the whole car and there are no issues with the car but at the first stop light next to the dealership the car starts driving into oncoming traffic which I recorded on dashcam. The car keeps phantom braking (braking for no reason) swerving towards concrete barriers and brick walls, driving into oncoming traffic on roads its navigated before in the same and different conditions. Just yesterday the indicator noises stopped working so I was forced to reset the car while driving my whole family, this is very dangerous and far too common. I have been harassed by tesla employees who refuse to find any solution. I have been requesting a refund for fsd since the week I bought the car. This is a huge scam and cover up and when you post videos of your car trying to kill you on twitter or ig (post elon) they shadow ban you. It is against their agenda. Don't believe the lies this is like enron x 1,000. Ftx is nothing compared to the theft and deciet happening at tesla. |
| Category | Electrical System, Visibility/wiper |
| Date | Nov 26, 2022 |
| State | FL |
| Description | Error in glass, broken when closing door |
| Category | Electrical System, Exterior Lighting |
| Date | Nov 25, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | The lane departure warning goes off frequently and at random times when there is no issue with it at all. The windows are constantly malfunctioning and turning down when there is nothing obstructing the path of the window. The tail lights will go out at random times and will only be notified by other drivers particularly at night making the vehicle unsafe to operate and unreliable. |
| Category | Electrical System:adas:autonomous/self Driving, Forward Collision Avoidance |
| Date | Nov 21, 2022 |
| State | MI |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model y. The contact stated while driving 60 mph, he experienced "phantom braking" and the vehicle stalled. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was not drivable. The contact towed the vehicle to the local dealer, where it was diagnosed with a computer failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 1,500. |
| Category | Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Nov 20, 2022 |
| State | MN |
| Description | I floored the accelerator, and heard a pop. The pedal then remained depressed about 50% of the pedal travel. I was able to drive the car normally, but only using about 50% of the pedal range to do so. I took it to tesla for service and after diagnosis, had to replace the accelerator and brake pedal assembly. The mounting plate that held both pedals broke. They said it was impossible to break by stepping on either the brake or accelerator. An “outside force†must have caused the failure and they refused to cover the part and labor under warranty. |
| Category | Lane Departure: Assist |
| Date | Nov 19, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | On 11/17/2022 about 6pm when I drive on highway I -5 from san diego to irvine, I am driving in the middle of the lane, the car keeps on going to the left and almost hitting the wall when I was on the left lane. I moved to the third lane and the car tried to do the same thing. At one point I lost the control of the car and it suddenly changed to the lane on my left. Fortunately there is no car on my left at that time. I used basic cruise control at that time, not auto pilot . I have lane departure avoidance on at that time, not sure what's going on. The girl I carpool with said the lanes displayed in the screen is very clear. After I got off the highway, we checked the front camera and it is clean. My husband turned off lane departure avoidance function and restarted the pc of tesla. We drove in the highway again and tesla behavior is normal. |
| Category | Suspension |
| Date | Nov 18, 2022 |
| State | NH |
| Description | Went to get my state vehicle inspection and had heard a noise actually from the time I picked the car up new at dealer. The noise sounded like something rattling in the "frunk" down by front driver wheelwell. I thought nothing if it until the state inspector at the tesla focused shop in londonderry nh called me from waiting room and showed me on the lift what the noise was. He showed me what I now know is called a "jam nut" on the tie rod end of the front driver wheel. It was not even touching the actual tie rod end to hold it in place. I noticed after he tightened it the steering wheel became tighter slightly in a good way. The noise I heard was gone since picking the car up as well. This concerns me greatly. I am not sure if other nuts or bolts are correctly set on the suspension or even throughout the car as the robot or human device attaching bolts may have had a muscalibrated device and this likely is not limited to one nut on one vehicle unless it was simply gross human incompetence. |
| Category | Electrical System, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Lane Departure: Assist |
| Date | Nov 15, 2022 |
| State | FL |
| Description | I have full self driving I paid ,000 for and immediately wanted a return upon receiving the car it doesn't work as described. Tesla declined to refund me for the fsd software months ago. I have brought the car into service 3 times now and tesla each time says there is nothing wrong with the car despite 5,000 gigabits of my own dashcam footage showing the car driving me into oncoming traffic, swerving towards concrete barriers, not seeing 5 people in a cross walk when turning at 25 mph, randomly slamming on the breaks and much more. The touchscreen will freeze leaving the driver with no turn signals, no speedometer etc. I feel like the car is possessed trying to kill me, I am a full time uber driver. Tesla service manager tells me with a straight face "just don't use it." "just don't make any left turns". The front facing camera keeps rattling so I pulled the teslacam footage and the camera is so blurry you can barely see anything so I bring it in for service and they say nothing is wrong. This is beyond dangerous this is a dereliction of duty that will result in lost lives, nhtsa you must intervene I have already alerted my governor and state attorney, they have verified they have received my testimony. I make a choice every day to get in a car I know is trying to kill me or not be able to feed my family. Tesla service manager prince harassed me by calling 15+ times while I was at dinner with my 9 month pregnant wife and threatening me by telling me he's tracking my car to publix and to my home. Wouldn't take the car out of service mode until I drove 45 minutes back to return his phone; I should have thrown it off a bridge! Because he left his phone in my car with a 1 hour timer counting down. This is a cover-up please launch a real investigation tesla is stealing billions elon makes enron look like a hill next to a mountain this just ain't right! Last time I checked 3 service trips without a solution qualifies the car as a lemon and needs to have recalls. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Service Brakes |
| Date | Nov 14, 2022 |
| State | CO |
| Description | I was driving on I-70 in colorado, heading westbound. I had the vehicle in basic "cruise control" speed mode. No autosteer or anything like that. Our of the blue, the car jammed on the brakes on its own, as if it was about to hit something. However, there were no vehicles in the area. It was a significant reduction in speed. Probably from 65-35. Luckily, there wasn't anybody behind me. It was scary, to say the least. There were no warnings prior to the episode. I believe that this is referred to as "phantom brakes". Thank you! |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Nov 12, 2022 |
| State | ID |
| Description | I have been experiencing repeated episodes of phantom braking in which the vehicle will suddenly reduce speed, typically without any other vehicles in the vicinity. I routinely drive from twin falls to boise, which is a distance of about 130 miles, and it regularly happens at least twice. In some instances the speed has dropped suddenly by 15 - 20 mph, which is very frightening, but in other cases the speed only drops by 3 - 4 mph. In all instances there is no reason for the braking. However, the other day it happened with a semi-truck behind me, creating a potentially dangerous situation. This has happened with both cruise control and autopilot. This has been happening since I first purchased the vehicle, which was two months ago. I have 5,000 miles on the vehicle. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Nov 08, 2022 |
| State | MD |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model y. The contact stated while driving 75 mph with the adaptive cruise control engaged, the contact experienced unintended braking from the adas feature. The contact merged into another lane to regain control of the vehicle. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The dealer nor the manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 1,200. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Nov 08, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Car was at freeway speed (~70mph) and on cruise control, and out of nowhere the brakes were applied by themselves very abruptly. I was almost rear ended on the freeway as a result. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Nov 08, 2022 |
| State | FL |
| Description | Alert was coming randomly while driving the car about several safety systems being disabled automatically without any audible notifications. Alert clears up after the car is locked for several minutes. Below is the alert message.. Automatic emergency braking disabled automatic vehicle hold disabled traction control disabled stability control disabled cruise control disabled this makes the car suddenly unsafe to drive if you are not paying attention to the screen. I have been on the road driving car at 60-70mph several times when this happened. This can turn in to an accident. I provided the information and created a service appointment at tesla which took a month before they can get me a scheduled appointment. Tesla fixed the issue with below note after further review. "a loose connection in the area of the steering gear was causing severe communication problems between the stability controller and the autopilot computer." resolution date: 11/18/2022 report date: 9/5/2022 |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Nov 05, 2022 |
| State | MT |
| Description | While driving down the highway, the tesla slammed on the brakes automatically, with significant force, for no reason. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Oct 31, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Automatic braking without obstructing vehicles or obstacles while using both the traffic aware cruise control and autosteer functions. Occurs multiple times per drive and has occurred on multiple drives. Occurs without warning and places following drivers at risk. Renders these features unusable. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Oct 30, 2022 |
| State | CO |
| Description | Phantom braking occurs in the tesla model y when the vehicle's tacc system is engaged. This is not auto drive, this is the systems traffic aware cruise control. Unexpected braking occurs decreasing “cruise speed†approximately 8-11 miles per hour in a matter of seconds. On a trip from the dallas tx area to the colorado springs area, this unexpected phantom braking occurred approximately 3 dozen times on open highway and in clear, sunny weather. This is a major safety concern as this brisk deceleration can cause the vehicle to be rear-ended by vehicles following the tesla. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Oct 27, 2022 |
| State | CO |
| Description | On the highway with cruise control on, the vehicle suddenly braked multiple times when nothing was in front or behind me. There was a truck one time in the next lane. |
| Category | Tires, Tires:pressure Monitoring And Regulating Systems |
| Date | Oct 25, 2022 |
| State | MD |
| Description | 255/45r19 104w xl. I had a flat tire right in the middle of a fast perfectly smooth highway while traveling with a baby, the car is just beyond a month old and it seems the tpms system failed and the tire has to be replaced at the customer's cost. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Service Brakes |
| Date | Oct 24, 2022 |
| State | CO |
| Description | Unexpected braking. This occurred several times on a long trip. Each time we we're on a bridge or other structure close to the roadway. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Oct 23, 2022 |
| State | OK |
| Description | Phantom breaking on autopilot on highways |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Oct 22, 2022 |
| State | OK |
| Description | The autopilot or full self driving malfunctions by suddenly braking for no apparent reason. Going from 70mph to 50mph on a busy highway can cause cars in the back to crash into my car. Along a two lane road the car suddenly started braking and veered right when a large 18 wheeler passed in the opposite lane. Causing cars behind to suddenly brake to avoid hitting my car. Another time car suddenly braked because there was a change in color where the road had been patched and there was a slight dip in the road. The problem has been confirmed by many other drivers and nhtsa is looking to the issue. I do not know what the tesla company is doing about this problem. There was no warning before the sudden braking happened. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Oct 19, 2022 |
| State | MN |
| Description | I have been experiencing phantom braking on my tesla model y. It is a new vehicle, which I purchased at the end of september 2022. While driving with cruise control activated, the emergency braking will suddenly engage bringing the car to a sudden slowdown/ stop. This has happened on multiple occasions. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Lane Departure: Assist |
| Date | Oct 18, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Travelling 101 north from los angeles to solvang. I was driving with tesla auto piloit set at 65mph. Middle of the highway, no vehicles around, no bridges or any shadows from anything. Tesla model y braked from 65mph to 20mph suddenly without warning. Serious safety issue, had a vehicle been following me I would have been rear ended. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Oct 17, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Driving from l. A. To s. F. On I-5 yesterday, we twice experienced phantom braking while using autopilot. In both cases, there was no car close in front of us. The system just malfunctioned and suddenly braked from maybe 70 to 55 or even 50, which feels very dangerous in case a car behind us might not notice and rear-end us. It was late afternoon and we were driving somewhat into the sun. It feels like it might have something to do with sun angle and the fact that there was no car in front of us. There were also some mirages on the road that it might have mistaken for a car. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Oct 17, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | When engaging cruise control on the highway we experienced phantom braking 2 times in 90 seconds while on an empty road. This was the first time we ever used the cruise control on the highway. The braking was aggressive, and enough to strain the passenger neck. It was scary and without warning. We feel it is too dangerous to use cruise control on our vehicle ever again for feet of causing an accident. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Steering |
| Date | Oct 17, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | I started my car and drove out of the parking lot of my apartment complex. I was trying to drive to the grocery store. At that time, the car's auto-pilot and navigation features were not on. After turning onto the main road near my apartment complex, I turned on the car's auto-pilot feature. I did not turn on the navigation feature. But the car suddenly started navigating to my work address anyway. I wanted to keep driving straight on the main road, but the car immediately turned left to go into a side street that I was already passing. The car sped up when it turned, and I did not have enough time to change direction or to break. The car steered into a tree off of the main road. I attached photos to the claim form. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes |
| Date | Oct 16, 2022 |
| State | ID |
| Description | While adaptive cruise control, braking occurs unexpectedly. Might be related to hills, seems somewhat repeatable. Scares the snot out of you when you are doing 80 miles per hour on autopilot/cruise control and your car just stars braking. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Oct 14, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | I have a new 2022 tesla model y and in less than 500 miles it has already "phantom emergency braked" on 5 separate occasions. The conditions was freeway driving, no traffic within 200-300 yards, daytime, and the geography was gentle rolling hills with little to no vegetation. On all occasions my speed was set at 75-80 mph. The events ranged from momentary autopilot brake application slowing the vehicle about 10 mph to very aggressive autopilot braking slowing the vehicle 30-40 mph. There are no other warning lamps, messages, or pre or post symptoms. Of course it goes without saying how dangerous this is especially if there were a vehicle following closely behind. Tesla is very aware of this problem. This particular vehicle, being brand new, has not had a service appointment to date but I am in the process of setting one up. |
| Category | Exterior Lighting |
| Date | Oct 13, 2022 |
| State | IL |
| Description | What component or system failed or malfunctioned, and is it available for inspection upon request: auto high beams; car is available for inspection how was your safety or the safety of others put at risk: in arlington heights, il the car started automatically switching the high beams on and off. At first the auto high beams would engage for 7-10 seconds, then disengage for 7-10 seconds. Then the auto high beams engaged for 2-4 seconds and disengage for 2-4 seconds, as if flashing them. This is unsafe as it is distracting to the driver (me), it can obstruct the view of oncoming traffic, and it makes it appear as if I am driving erratically which can result in a traffic stop / unnecessary police intervention. Has the problem been reproduced or confirmed by a dealer or independent service center - no, they will not take the vehicle in to their service center and only provided mobile service appointments during the work day. Has the vehicle or component been inspected by the manufacturer, police, insurance representatives or others - no were there any warning lamps, messages or other symptoms of the problem prior to the failure, and when did they first appear - the car was recently serviced (october 5, 2022) for a nonfunctioning a/c compressor and heating pump. I am not aware of what other service / software changes+resets were made to the car while out of my possession. |
| Category | Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Oct 13, 2022 |
| State | FL |
| Description | Vehicle phantom braked while I was on the highway. Someone could have rear-ended me as it happened out of nowhere. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Oct 10, 2022 |
| State | IL |
| Description | I was using the autopilot feature on highway and my car experienced phantom break. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Oct 10, 2022 |
| State | OH |
| Description | While driving on the interstate with the cruise control on the car suddenly applied the brakes. There were no other cars around and no objects on the roadway. This happened twice without warning on 10/09/2022. I have not reported this issue to tesla yet but plan to. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Oct 09, 2022 |
| State | WI |
| Description | My 2022 model y has severe phantom braking problems when cruise control or auto steer is activated. While driving at highway speeds the car slams on the brakes for no reason. This happened several times in 50 miles. I spoke to many other tesla owners with the same problem. While driving at 70 mph on the interstate the car will suddenly and instantly apply the brakes hard. This is a severe safety issue. I am so scared that this will cause an accident that I have stopped using the cars adaptive cruise control and auto steer functions. I have contacted tesla like everyone else, but have not gotten a response or fix. Please add this note to your pile of tesla owners that are very pissed off that nothing is being done to resolve this safety issue. Thanks, [xxx] - stoughton wisconsin usa information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6). |
| Category | Electrical System, Visibility/wiper |
| Date | Oct 06, 2022 |
| State | IL |
| Description | Component failure a/c compressor / heat pump + defogger / defroster safety risk windshield visibility was limited. With climate control limited was extremely hot in vehicle and resulted in physical discomfort / distractions while driving problem confirmation yes, was confirmed. Dealer allegedly replaced "a/c compressor (heat pump)" component inspection unable to personally inspect component warning lamps / messages 0/1/22 ~12pm – driving and received notification that “cabin climate control system requires service – cabin heating / cooling limited or unavailable†vcfront_a447 error issue did not correct itself app showed car climate control as “loâ€; car would only start with climate control set to “lo†defogger did not work; windshield visibility limited, had to wipe inside of windshield with towel which created streaks and decreased visibility. Wipers to remove condensation from outside heated seats and heated steering wheel would automatically be turned on when car was started |
| Category | Seat Belts, Seats |
| Date | Oct 06, 2022 |
| State | PA |
| Description | My model y 2nd row seats are not latching. I keep getting warning âš ï¸ alerts. My vehicle been in tesla service center posesiones since july,2022. Currently still with tesla service for repair. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Service Brakes |
| Date | Oct 05, 2022 |
| State | AZ |
| Description | Phantom breaking happened 5 times interstate 8 car slowed braked from 84mi to 55 mi no worning. Nothing on road close to car. Clear highway. |
| Category | Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Oct 05, 2022 |
| State | MA |
| Description | Intermittently the ability to interact with my touch screen has stopped. This means I cannot access crucial vehicle controls while moving. After trying to get a service appointment to address, tesla claims that this should be resolved in a future software update but refuses to give a timeline for the release while I continue to have to drive my vehicle in an unsafe manner. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes |
| Date | Oct 02, 2022 |
| State | LA |
| Description | Driving on the interstate going 85 in autopilot with no other cars around and the car slammed on the brakes. Nothing in the road. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Sep 30, 2022 |
| State | CO |
| Description | While driving highway speeds with the cruise control on, car suddenly brakes. No vehicle or obstacle was in front of us. This happened approximately 6 times in 200 miles. 5 of the 6 times happened on the interstate in a rural area. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Sep 29, 2022 |
| State | NJ |
| Description | Traveling on a three lane highway at normal traffic speeds, at night with little to no traffic, the traffic aware cruise control (tacc) would activate braking with no identifiable reason. The braking is significant and would pose a danger to those vehicles that may be directly behind. For me this occurs mostly during night time driving because I tend to use the tacc when there is little traffic on the highway. I fear using the tacc during daytime due to the amount of traffic on new jersey highways. The car is 100% drivable when tacc is not engaged. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Sep 26, 2022 |
| State | UT |
| Description | On a 350 mile trip between boise, id and salt lake city, ut, we experiences four incidents of braking for no reason while using the adaptive cruise. No autopilot or full self driving functionality was engaged. The vehicle applied the brakes while at speeds of 80mph+ and it causes a violet slow down sometimes dropping 20mph very quickly requiring the driver to apply the gas to increase speed to meet the speed or traffic. This is a safety concern due to potential for being rear-ended, the violent nature could cause the driver to lose control, or cars following behind may think we are trying to 'brake-check' them in an aggressive manner. The problem has been reported previously, our vehicle has not been inspected. No warnings appeared. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Sep 26, 2022 |
| State | MD |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model y. The contact stated that while driving approximately 55 - 80 mph with the adaptive cruise control engaged, the forward collision avoidance; automatic emergency braking was activated with no traffic within a ¼ mile. There was no warning light illuminated. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted or notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 3,500. |
| Category | Steering, Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Sep 25, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | The turn signals do not work correctly with teslas. You have to hit the switch multiple times in order to register your intent. For example, when I plan to turn left, I hit the turn signal switch, nothing happens. Then I try it again and it works. There are times it takes three switches in order to get the signal to register correctly. This is a known issue and complaints in forums that tesla turn signal don't register the first time. This is dangerous if I have to quickly switch lanes or exit and having to hit the turn signal switch multiple times in order for it to work. Very dangerous. This should work every single time, the first time. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Sep 23, 2022 |
| State | IL |
| Description | When using the cruise control feature on my tesla model y long range, I experience what is known as phantom breaking. The vehicles brake are applied hard after the camera sees what it incorrectly perceives to be a vehicle in front of it. This can manifest itself by a vehicle turning across it's path in the distance or a large vehicle such as a truck coming toward us on a two lane road. This is a very unsafe condition because of the potential of being hit in the rear by vehicles behind us as our breaking maneuver can be excessive and unneeded. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Sep 23, 2022 |
| State | TN |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model y. The contact stated that while driving approximately 70 mph with the adaptive cruise control activated, the vehicle suddenly and without warning decelerated to approximately 50 mph. The contact indicated that no other vehicles or objects were nearby during the failure. The failure had occurred on three separate occasions during the trip. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The local dealer and manufacturer were not yet contacted. The failure mileage was 5,000. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Sep 21, 2022 |
| State | UT |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model y. The contact stated while driving approximately 70-80 mph with adaptive cruise control activated, the vehicle experienced phantom braking while there were no vehicles or objects nearby. The contact stated that he depressed the accelerator pedal and was able to continue driving; however, the failure had been reoccurring more frequently. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 400. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Sep 21, 2022 |
| State | WA |
| Description | I have a brand-new tesla model y which was delivered to me on 8/29/2022. On 9/20/2022, between 08:20 and 09:20 am pdt, I encountered at least 5 "unexpected slowdown" (or "phantom braking") events. It was on a section of I-15 between las vegas and los angeles. The weather condition was warm, clear, and sunny, and the freeway had almost no traffic around me. I had the "traffic-aware cruise control" enabled, and suddenly and without any warning, the car braked violently. If there were other cars around me, I was certain that rear-end accidents would have happened. Each time this happened, there was no warning of any kind whatsoever. With each occurrence, I used the tesla "report" voice command to document such an event. According to tesla, the event data were available to diagnostic team for analysis. |
| Category | Lane Departure: Assist, Steering, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Sep 21, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Last evening , when doing a lane change on highway 680 , I lost control of the car and the car began to swerve pretty badly. Thankfully I hit the brakes on time and everything was fine again. A blue car was trying to get in my lane and I quickly changed lanes to be safe and the severe swerving began. It was like I was in a roller coaster. Thankfully it was a 4-5 lane freeway and there were no cars around me. It felt like the autopilot tool control and the swerving began. How do I lodge a complaint so that tesla can fix it? Can I turn something off to avoid this in future because I am scared to drive the car again? I have a 2022 tesla model y. Also is it possible to see some sort of video from 680 between 4-5 pm on tuesday sept 20, 2022? I was returning to san jose from fremont, ca. Thank you, jyoti |
| Category | Vehicle Speed Control:accelerator Pedal |
| Date | Sep 21, 2022 |
| State | NC |
| Description | The contact owned a 2022 tesla model y. The contact stated while the vehicle was stationed at a traffic light and waiting to make a left turn, the vehicle accelerated independently and t-boned another vehicle. The contact stated the air bags did not deployed. The contact stated she was dizzy/a headache and had lesions on her upper left leg. The contact stated she did not seek medical. The contact stated she was made aware by her insurance company, the driver from the other vehicle, had sustained unknown injuries and did seek medication attention. The vehicle was not drivable. The insurance company deemed the vehicle totaled. A police report was filed. The police department towed the vehicle to a towing lot. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was 35,083. |
| Category | Electrical System, Engine |
| Date | Sep 19, 2022 |
| State | FL |
| Description | Had car less than 48 hours and charged for first time overnight and the charging stopped 1 hour into the session. In the am there was no power to car and had to call roadside that was able to jump and get power to remove charge and get on tow truck tesla reports a pcs unit and voltage unit failed and need replacement this car is less than 38 hours old with 103 miles. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Service Brakes |
| Date | Sep 19, 2022 |
| State | MO |
| Description | Our tesla was phantom braking on the highway on a recent trip to a neighboring state. The braking was unpredictable, sudden and aggressive. This happened when we used cruise control. Each time it happened, I was in the passenger seat and thrown forward. We quickly realized this could cause a fatal collision. We began limiting the use of cruise control to long stretches of highway when no other vehicles were behind us. This happened both on the way to our destination and on the way back home. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Sep 19, 2022 |
| State | AZ |
| Description | While driving on 1- 10 in tucson headed east, at 6:15am, with no traffic visible coming or going and traveling at 75mph with cruise control engaged, the car slammed on the brakes without warning bringing the speed down to 30 mph. This also happened 3 to 4 times on 2 lane roads with no cars visible from horizon to horizon, vehicle speed was 65 mph, car for no reason initiated emergency braking down to 20mph. Obviously this is a severe hazard and potentially life threatening had there been vehicles or large trucks directly behind us. After these incidents my wife would not let me engage the cruise control and is thinking of selling the car. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes |
| Date | Sep 19, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Model y slamming on break for no particular reason when hazardous lights are on. Luckily no car was behind me |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Service Brakes, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Sep 18, 2022 |
| State | IN |
| Description | While driving west on i70 today phantom braking has occurred at least 5 times. This has happened when using adaptive cruise control and autopilot. Not safe!! |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Service Brakes, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Sep 17, 2022 |
| State | CO |
| Description | 08/27/22 3:37 pm while driving on i25 north to wheatland wy at 80 mph the adaptive cruise control slammed on the brakes. The weather was sunny, there were no other cars within sight in front of the tesla or to the rear and the pavement was dry. Thinking there must be something that hit a sensor I resumed the journey. The same braking malfunction occurred two more times so I pulled into a rest area and searched to find automatic emergency braking and turned off that feature. Once more I drove with the adaptive cruise control. It did it again. Had there been a semi or other heavy vehicle behind me there would have been a likely fatal crash. The telsa braked so hard I thought the airbags would deploy. This is a very serious safety issue that must be immediately addressed. I returned home and within the week sold the model y. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Service Brakes, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Sep 15, 2022 |
| State | CO |
| Description | I was driving on a stretch of I-15 in utah using the traffic aware cruise control when the car suddenly applied the brakes by itself. I was traveling at approximately 80mph when this happened. Scared me half to death. I wasn't sure what happened and thought it was just an anomaly. Later I was using the auto pilot traffic aware cruise control feature and the same thing happened. That's when I figured out it was an issue with the cruise control/auto pilot. When I was stopped, I looked up that this is a frequent issue with the tesla model y, known as phantom braking. No one at tesla mentioned this issue as I went through the purchase process, or when I picked up the car in dec. 2021. I wasn't aware of that before and feel like I could have been in a serious accident. I felt lucky that I wasn't. |
| Category | Service Brakes |
| Date | Sep 15, 2022 |
| State | OH |
| Description | The autopilot and automatic emergency braking systems implemented in 2021 and 2022 model 3 and model y vehicles are defective in that they can engage randomly when no safety hazard is present. This issue has been dubbed “phantom brakingâ€. |
| Category | Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Sep 15, 2022 |
| State | TX |
| Description | Was stopped at a light and the car rapidly accelerate on its own hitting the car in front of me. The air bags didn't deploy. I stepped on the break pedal but the car continued to accelerate, I have informed tesla and opened a service ticket. A police report was filed for the resulting accident involving 2 other cars. I have also had instances in the recent past where while driving on the highway the car has rapidly slowed down / applied the breaks for now obvious reason. The phantom breaking issue reported by many. |
| Category | Air Bags |
| Date | Sep 13, 2022 |
| State | VA |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model y. The contact stated that after he made a right turn, another vehicle crashed into the front passenger side door to the rear passenger side door. The air bags failed to deploy. No warning lights were illuminated. The contact sustained soreness to the shoulder, neck, and back. No medical attention was required. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a tow lot. The dealer nor the manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 8,607. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane Departure: Assist |
| Date | Sep 12, 2022 |
| State | UT |
| Description | Phantom braking while using either cruise control or the autopilot feature in my brand new tesla y performance. Over a several hour drive from utah to wyoming and back , on two lane highway going one direction and two lanes the other direction. Speeds around 65-85 mph. Sudden scary braking that I had to override with gas pedal. Occurred about 6-10 times. About 3-5 times during 8 hour ride from ut to wy and 3-5 times from wy to ut. I would quit using cruise or autopilot for awhile as it was very disconcerting. One time I felt dizzy because of sudden deceleration. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Sep 12, 2022 |
| State | VT |
| Description | I have experienced "phantom braking" with this vehicle from the time I received it in feb '22. There have been over 20 incidents. I do not feel safe using the cruise control in traffic or when any car is following me. It could very easily cause an accident. When cruise control is on, it will randomly apply emergency braking. Yes the vehicle is available for inspection upon request. My safety and the safety of vehicle following me is at risk because the vehicle suddenly and unexpectedly applies emergency braking. I have not tried to address the issue with tesla. There are never any warnings that this may happen. This is very unsafe and with the number of vehicles with this known issue, I hope the nhtsa applies pressure to tesla to fix the problem asap. I do not feel safe using the cruise control and likewise it is not a safe situation for others on the road to have these vehicles driving with this issue. |
| Category | Exterior Lighting |
| Date | Sep 10, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Taillights habitually fog up (in moderate southern california weather) and block the visual braking visibility. Tesla says having lights you can't see when braking is normal |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Sep 10, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | My car came with a factory hitch adapter. I was hauling a flat bed trailer with a load of about 10 20' 2x4s on it home for my foundation. At approximately 65 miles per hour, out of no where, with no other cars around, on a sunny day, and on a straight section of 2 lane road, the car suddenly applied the brakes hard, to the point that I was afraid of the load on the trailer shifting and hitting the car even though it was tied on well. This is just the worst example of this annoying behavior that I can't seem to disable on my new model y. It sort of like riding a horse with a mind of it's own, and so you're never sure when this mare will spook and come to a stop and throw you off. You might say that there was no damage done, but that's like saying that if someone tried to break in your front door and failed, then you're ok. Of course you're not because it leaves emotional damage when this occurs. I'm scared to drive the car because of it. |
| Category | Unknown Or Other, Visibility/wiper |
| Date | Sep 09, 2022 |
| State | FL |
| Description | On august 21, 2022, the front hood ("frunk'") of this car inexplicably flew open, swinging around and severely damaging the windshield (and the hood, naturally). The car was not being driven, it was being transported from california to florida atop a large vehicle transportation truck. On the third day of driving, after nearly 2000 miles of the trip on a highway in louisiana, the hood inexplicably popped open while the car was riding on the top of the transport vehicle. The truck driver was made aware of the issue by a passing motorist, pulled over, and was able to pull the hood down and latch it. Tesla customer support has told me via a chat app that their systems indicate that the hood remained latched during the entire journey, and at no point was unlatched during the transportation period. Tesla also cancelled a scheduled inspection at its own service center, indicating the company has no interest in understanding why a presumably latched hood would suddenly fly open. I have had the vehicle evaluated by two repair shops, and the windshield damage is very obviously and perfectly consistent with a hood swinging around on its hinges and smashing the windshield. The hood, at the near corners which smashed into the windshield, also show scratches and damage/bent metal. I feel very fortunate to not have been driving this vehicle at the time it happened, as I would have completely lost visibility with the hood raised. The transport driver was in possession of a fob, which when pushed very deliberately in a specific manner, could unlatch the front hood. However, the driver did not do so. I believe the safety of tesla's model y hood latch should be investigated, from a mechanical and software/electronic/radio systems activation perspective. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Sep 08, 2022 |
| State | CO |
| Description | Travelling on open highway (no other cars around) - attempted to use our autopilot/cruise control on the new tesla for the first time. We engaged the system and it maintained the speed limit for a minute or two and then for no reason applied the brakes rapidly reducing speed. Thankfully no cars were behind us - but the force was so strong it did cause back/neck strain. We thought maybe we had done something wrong - tried again two more times - always on open road - no other cars around - and always the same action. We have concluded we cannot use this feature at all - it does not feel ready or safe. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Sep 06, 2022 |
| State | OR |
| Description | When in cruise control, at random times, the car will break violently and without warning. We have experienced this multiple times, as my husband drives the vehicle hundreds of miles between our homes in portland oregon and santa fe new mexico, and has done so round trip, twice. The "phantom" breaking happens sometimes multiple times in a few mile stretch, and other times it doesn't happen at all for a hundred or so miles. It is shocking and dangerous when it happens. Although we are only able to log one time/occurrence in the form below, it has happened multiple times. More than 15. It only happens when the car is in autopilot/adaptive cruise control, and when the breaking occurs, it can be as much as 10 or more miles per hour that it instantly (and without warning) slows. This causes the driver to jolt forward like whiplash which creates an overreaction or over-correction, and is a very dangerous, increasing the likelihood of a collision from behind, and from the jarring and overcorrections on the wheel when taken by surprise. We love this car, but the issues we have had with phantom breaking are jarring, scary, unpredictable, and dangerous which make us regret the feature (and sometimes the car, given the cost of the vehicle). We have not had this inspected by the manufacturer or anyone else. No warning lights or indications are experienced prior to the sudden breaking, and both my husband and I have experienced it separately, and together in the vehicle, but it has not been replicated by a 3rd party. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings, Service Brakes, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Sep 04, 2022 |
| State | GA |
| Description | While on a cross country road trip, our 2022 tesla model y has repeatedly slammed on the brakes at highway speeds with nothing in front of us. Most times have been cresting hills, but one time it was on straight road with, fortunately, no other cars near us. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Sep 01, 2022 |
| State | IN |
| Description | Autopilot's adaptive cruise control has caused numerous sudden slowdowns without any traffic in front. Fortunately there wasn't a vehicle close behind me but had there been it could have caused a collision. I took a 3100 mile road trip and it probably happened between 20 and 40 times. Sometimes it would only slow from 70 to 60, but on a few occasions it was as if the brakes had been applied hard and went from 70 to 40 in just a few seconds. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Service Brakes, Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Sep 01, 2022 |
| State | TX |
| Description | When I drive my tesla model y in autopilot, I have noticed phantom braking atleast 5 times. That too when driving at 70mph it drastically reduces the speed like a sudden break. I have reported the issue to representatives but did not get any satisfactory reply. |
| Category | Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Sep 01, 2022 |
| State | NJ |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model y. The contact stated that while driving approximately 5 mph and making a right turn onto the driveway of the home, the vehicle suddenly experienced unintended acceleration and drove forward into the garage door. The contact indicated that during the incident the accelerator pedal was not being pressed. No injuries were reported. The garage door and home were damaged. A police report was taken at the scene and the vehicle was towed away. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The local dealer was not yet contacted. The failure mileage was 160. The contact stated that the vehicle was a total loss and not repairable. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Service Brakes |
| Date | Aug 31, 2022 |
| State | TX |
| Description | While driving from austin texas to san deigo cal. Had on at least a dozen occasions sharp braking while vehicle was in cruise control. Most of these sharp braking incidents occurred in very light traffic, sometimes no traffic on the interstate hwy. Our speed would drop as much as 20 mph in an instant. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes |
| Date | Aug 30, 2022 |
| State | UT |
| Description | What component or system failed or malfunctioned, and is it available for inspection upon request? Experienced phantom braking, especially during dry weather with sun, where there are the mirage of water shimmering across the road. This happen too often when mirage are present. How was your safety or the safety of others put at risk? It get to the point I would rather disable its safety feature and drive manually. Were there any warning lamps, messages or other symptoms of the problem prior to the failure, and when did they first appear? None. Note the driver is deaf, so they are also poor in visible warning compared to audio warning. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Aug 30, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Re: problems with cruise control and random braking I purchased the above model y performance in june 2022 and we just took our first road trip the last two weeks of august 2022. We started in sacrament, california and drove to twin falls, idaho, salt lake city and return to sacramento, ca. I started using the auto pilot steering and cruise control on the freeway (hwy 80 eastbound). At freeway speeds the car would suddenly and randomly apply the brakes, sometimes a very hard brake, which was scary and unsafe. I expected this normal feature to work properly on this road trip. As I traveled from reno, nevada to twin falls, idaho, this random braking happened over 50 times. I tried several work arounds by disabling the auto steer, the emergency braking and all the automatic options, however, this random braking issue continued. There was no pattern and often it would occur with no other traffic on the road and perfectly clear road conditions. These so called safety features became a safety hazzard. I turned off the cruise control for long stretches because the random braking caused driver stress and fatigue. When I got tired of pressing the accelerator pedal, I would engage the cruise control and my manual work around was to have my foot hover over the accelerator pedal to override the braking manually. This was stressful since I never know when the hard braking would occur. This problem makes the car unsafe and very difficult to drive on a road trip over freeways. It also significantly impairs the value of this very expensive car since a standard feature (cruise control) does not function properly. It is scary to drive with random sudden hard braking. I bought this car for my wife and now she won't drive it on a freeway due to this serious malfunction. I would like a response as to how you will remedy this problem |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Aug 30, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model y. The contact stated while driving 80 mph on the highway, the vehicle experienced phantom braking. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact was able to continue driving to his destination. The contact experienced the failure a second time. The contact took the vehicle to the local dealer and was diagnosed with needing to clean the side sensors that was thought to have caused the failure. The dealer cleaned the sensors. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 13,000. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Aug 29, 2022 |
| State | TX |
| Description | Car performed sudden and pronounced deceleration while acc was engaged, for no apparent reason. This occurred intermittently, perhaps a dozen times, over an 800 mile round trip. |
| Category | Electrical System, Service Brakes, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Aug 28, 2022 |
| State | FL |
| Description | In addition to the car only achieving 65% of its actual miles range claimed the cars operating system will freeze while driving (once every 3 days on average), forcing the driver to reboot the car while driving (hold both scroll wheel buttons on steering wheel). This takes away the ability to read the speedometer, to use indicators and basically all of the functions of the car. The rear view camera display also fails about 10% of the time which I have recorded. The car will also slam on the brakes while on the highway, driving in the rain on autopilot to allow a merging dhl van into my lane instead of switching to the left lane as advised by dot/dmv and I recorded this on dashcam yesterday coming back from nasa. It is a daily issue that passengers in my uber cannot buckle their seatbelts because the buckle is too low into the seat for them to easily find, in some cases passengers get disgruntled and I am forced to park and wait until they can buckle themselves sometimes taking over 5 minutes. The driver assistance features do not always work and also alert me and my passengers when it is unnecessary making it seem more like a gamble than a safety feature; sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, sometimes when it shouldn't. The false claims and inconsistencies are unlike any other vehicle I've ever driven. Tesla is a criminal enterprise acting purely in self interest and preservation to maximize profits and must be held accountable and to the standards of all other vehicles in the usa driving on our roads. I am appauled at the way tesla has silenced me (blocked emails and blocked my ability to schedule service) and accused me of trying to cheat on my wife with the non-existent female tesla employees on my bbb complaint which the bbb closed out claiming they solved it when tesla didn't address a single complaint, just attacked my character publicly also known as slander. Also 250kw superchargers only charge at 50kw after preconditioning without other cars chargingfu |
| Category | Service Brakes |
| Date | Aug 27, 2022 |
| State | WI |
| Description | Multiple episodes of phantom braking when the car is in cruise control and autopilot. There can be a completely open road and it happens. Doesn't seem to be any reason. We've been trying to pay attention if there are shadows, construction barrels, bridges, etc that it could be detecting, but it's never the same. It is very dangerous and needs to be fixed |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Aug 23, 2022 |
| State | MN |
| Description | Phantom braking was caused numerous times (over 20) during a 2000 mile roadtrip that seemed to be caused by autopilot misinterpreting heat mirages into an object to avoid. This caused the speed of the car to drastically reduce leading to unsafe braking conditions which caused several near rear collisions. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Aug 23, 2022 |
| State | TX |
| Description | Driving 70 mph on highway with adaptive cruise on. Light traffic, no vehicles on left side. I just passed a semi truck on right side and my car had a phantom braking incident. Slowed from 70 mph to 40 mph in a second or two. No vehicles directly behind me at the time. I pressed on gas pedal and speed resumed to 70. This has happened a couple of other times on a different highway. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Aug 22, 2022 |
| State | CO |
| Description | When using the cruise control, the vehicle will suddenly brake losing 20mph before I can react. It has always happened on the interstates, often with no other vehicles in front of me. On the last 2 day trip the brakes applied themselves at least 6 times. I can no longer use the cruise control as I'm afraid somone behind me will crash into me. Tesla has been no help. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Service Brakes |
| Date | Aug 22, 2022 |
| State | OH |
| Description | Driving on a highway, after passing a semi I changed to the right lane. I had traffic aware cruise control on. With no one in front of me, the car suddenly braked. I had to step on the accelerator to avoid being rear-ended by the semi. This is 3rd "phantom braking" event in past 2 weeks. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Aug 22, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | When using the autopilot adapative cruise control feature, the car will regularly think there is a reason to slow down suddenly (the "phantom braking" common complaint). I only use the car on trips, and this happens frequently. While on route 152, this happened multiple times on a stretch of road that is long and flat. There were no other cars around (and fortunately, none behind me). This probably happened 5-6 times during a 50 mile drive. More recently, it happened on hwy 99 at least twice in about 30 miles of driving. There were more cars behind me so it felt very unsafe. There was no reason to brake however. It has almost gotten to the point where I do not feel comfortable using cruise control because it will suddenly start braking for no reason. I almost have to have more vigilance when cruise control (autopilot) is on than when it is off because the car might unexpectedly start braking. If tesla cannot get this fixed, then they should probably stop offering this is as a feature in their cars. |
| Category | Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Aug 22, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | The tesla model 3/y have two horn buttons on either side of the airbag. I noticed that my left side has never functioned well, so I started searching online. Https://www. Reddit. Com/r/teslalounge/comments/wr4tq0/comment/ikwiy3i/? Context=3 https://www. Youtube. Com/watch? V=avlcrr7-rrg https://www. Reddit. Com/r/modely/comments/m8vq4l/left_horn_button_not_working_service_refused_to/ https://www. Reddit. Com/r/modely/comments/u87aw9/my_horn_doesnt_work_and_tesla_refuses_to_replace/ each post represents one complaint with dozens of others also chiming in w/ the same issue. Tesla has an inconsistent and reactive repair policy for something that is clearly widespread. I only found out my horn was broken when someone almost merged into me and I was unable to honk. There needs to be some type of proactive repair/advisory on this issue so owners can see if they have a problem and get it fixed before there are more accidents. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings |
| Date | Aug 19, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Phantom braking. The most recent instances of phantom braking occurred on a recent trip to lake tahoe. The car phantom braked on the way there on the I-5 on august 5th in the afternoon. I don't have the exact time, the braking surprised us so much that we didn't think to enter a “bug reportâ€. The I-5 at that section is a 4 lane divided highway. I think the cause of the phantom braking may have been a bridge that had a slight rise, causing the cameras to think there was oncoming traffic. We had the same issue multiple times on the way home on tuesday, august 9th. In those instances, we entered bug reports. We also had multiple instances of phantom braking when driving on route 28 around lake tahoe on august 7-9. Route 28 is a 2-lane road with alternating light and shadows from the trees. This may have caused the phantom braking, we entered bug reports in those instances |
| Category | Air Bags, Seat Belts, Seats |
| Date | Aug 16, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | My tesla provided an in car warning message on june 28 stating that the “front passenger safety restraint system fault†exists. I immediately created a service request (the same day) and included pictures of the fault message. On july 6th, the tesla service team stated that the appointment required a service center visit (which is not an option when making the appointment originally) and scheduled the appointment for july 25. On july 25, I took the car into the service center. A day later, tesla confirmed an issue with the ocs module that required a new front passenger seat be installed. Tesla could not provide a date the new seat would be available and let me drive off with the vehicle. I made a follow up appointment on august 16th. On the day of the appointment, the tesla service team confirmed that the replacement seat was not yet available and they still did not know when it would be. It has now been almost two months since the original alert and despite my proactive efforts, tesla cannot tell me when this serious safety issue with my vehicle will be repaired. Tesla is allowing its customers to continue to drive vehicles with critical safety issues without any urgency in the repair. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Aug 16, 2022 |
| State | NE |
| Description | I have had several incidents with this car. When using either the autopilot feature or just the cruise control. The vehicle randomly brakes very suddenly. It happens frequently when there is nothing in front of us. The two most recent incidents clearly present a huge safety risk. We were driving on the interstate, there was a semi next to us. We were in the left lane going 75 mph. The car suddenly braked for no reason and in a matter of seconds we went from 75 to 55 mph. Had the semi been behind us we would be dead. The other most recent incident was on a four lane highway. There was a truck behind us. We only had cruise control on and again the car suddenly hit the brakes for no reason. The truck behind us had to swerve to get out of the way and avoid hitting us. I have reached out to tesla and have been told it is a software issue that they are working through. We have had this issue for the entire life of our car so if they are working to update it, they are not doing so quickly. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Aug 14, 2022 |
| State | TX |
| Description | On a trip from estes park to lubbock on aug 12, 2022, there are at least two times of phantom braking under autosteer, and at least three times of phantom braking under traffic-aware cruise control (tacc). A phantom braking usually refers to a very sudden brake without any clear reasons. In our case, for every phantom braking during autosteer or tacc, we were on highway with a speed limit or a few percent over speed limit, the weather was sunny and very clear, there was no cars in front of us in our (in any in most cases) lane, and road condition seems to be very normal. There is no warning from the car either. We are willing to have tesla to examine the data of our car on that day for these sudden brakes. There was a rain on aug 11, and the car was inside rain (in a parking lot of fern lake trailhead) then and used (under city condition) after rain on aug 11. Such sudden brake without any warning would be dangerous if there is a car behind this car. We did not have any accident (no car was behind us when such braking occurred). Our car is new, and we just found this problem. It is not reproduced or confirmed by a dealer or independent service center. The vehicle is not inspected by the manufacturer, police, insurance representatives or others. I did not observe anything abnormal and messages from the car before this phantom braking. |
| Category | Air Bags |
| Date | Aug 12, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | I have a son 14 who is 99 lbs. It doesn't trigger the passenger airbag for the front seat. According to tesla the limit is 100 lbs. My son is average height and weight. Why wouldn't a 14 year old kid trigger the airbag to be on?!? My son has been out of a car seat/booster for 5 years! Imo this is a safety concern and I will have him sit in the back seat, but this seems kind of ridiculous. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Aug 11, 2022 |
| State | MD |
| Description | On at least 4 occasions, april 4th 2022 and august 6th 2022 to be precise, I was traveling in my model y at highway speeds using full self driving when my car suddenly and without warning decelerated and sharply steered out of the lane causing me to have to forcefully intervene to retain control of the car. On the april 4th date there were no cars or traffic around, the incident just happened, on the august 6th incident I was on 495 in fairly heavy traffic and was afraid that I would cause an accident because of the sudden and violent nature of the braking and turning of the car. The other incidents were also at traffic speeds in light traffic. |
| Category | Electrical System, Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Aug 08, 2022 |
| State | CO |
| Description | My husband took ownership of a brand new tesla y on saturday 18 june from the tesla loveland dealership in colorado. In less than 2 months of receiving the car, the electrical system ‘totally failed and ‘malfunctioned' 3 times, while driving on busy roads/highways which placed my family's life and safety at high risk of injury and death from a potential head on collision and crash from vehicles driving behind. The 3rd and most recent ‘malfunction' occurred on saturday 6 august at 12. 46pm when (with no warning from the car's warning or emergency system) vibrated aggressively before completely stopping in the middle lane of a busy road. This potentially fatal ‘malfunction of the cars electrical system' was on one of boulder's busiest roads. I had turned onto a busy road (so was traveling at a very low speed) when the car started vibrating very loudly and stopped. There was no safety warning by the car nor any time to drive the car to the side of the road. This ‘malfunction' and total outage put my life and my children's lives at risk as we were trapped in a 4-lane carriage way and risked our safety to avoid oncoming traffic to get to safety. My husband called the police who created a safety barrier around the car while a tow truck arrived to tow the car to tesla in loveland colorado. The incident put my family's life at risk including my two young children (aged 8 and 6) who were passengers in the back seat. The first ‘electrical malfunction' occurred on thursday july 14 at 9. 30pm when the car's electrical system totally malfunctioned and stopped on a busy road. The car was towed to tesla in loveland. Several days later when tesla technicians advised the problems were fixed and arranged for a tesla technician to drive to us, the car malfunctioned and stopped on a busy road while the tesla driver was in the car. It's was towed again back to the dealership. This car is a lemon, unroadworthy and poses a death risk. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane Departure: Assist |
| Date | Aug 07, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Tesla cameras are equipped with internal cameras intended to monitor driver attentiveness while using “autopilot†features. The internal monitoring can be bypassed by simply covering the camera. This reduces the attentiveness checks and can be a danger as drivers will use autopilot functionality without proper attention on the road. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Aug 04, 2022 |
| State | CO |
| Description | Multiple times while driving across I-70 through kansas, my car suddenly broke and slowed down at least 10 mph for no reason. There was nothing in the road. One time it even identified a mile marker as a motorcycle. I was almost rearended when it hard broke three times in a row and threw myself and my children forward forcefully. I realize this is an issue under investigation, but until people like myself continue to complain and wonderful folks like you force tesla to make changes, it is going to continue to be an issue. It's not safe. Thankfully I was in the middle of kansas every time and there was no one around (except for the above mentioned incident where the van behind me was gracious enough to pass and could clearly tell I was having difficulty with the car). If this happened in a crowded area, I for sure would be in a high speed collision. After it happened on my outbound trip, I tried to make note of it on my trip home: what was around me, what the camera was "seeing" on the screen, etc. I noted already the motorcycle instead of a sign. It also seemed to have real difficulty when I could see a mirage and reflections (as it was over 100 degrees out) but I genuinely don't know if cameras can see mirages or if that is only human eyes. Thanks for your help in pursuing the issue! |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes |
| Date | Aug 02, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | We are on a cross country trip on open highway and it randomly applies the breaks hard at times for no apparent reason. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes |
| Date | Aug 02, 2022 |
| State | IA |
| Description | I took delivery of a tesla y in february 2022. About a half dozen times since, I've been driving on the highway using cruise control/auto pilot and the car will randomly slam on it's brakes, so hard that loose objects in the car are flying to the front. There was no warning prior or any of these incidents. Thankfully I have not had cars directly behind me when this occurred... If there had been someone behind me they would have absolutely hit me. I have not yet contacted tesla. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Lane Departure: Assist |
| Date | Jul 29, 2022 |
| State | FL |
| Description | The "advanced autopilot" feature is extremely dangerous in certain conditions especially construction zones, if a bug is on the windshield, while it is raining or night time without street lamps. I purchased this car as a full time rideshare driver for nearly 0,000 after driving the car for less than 1 month the car has terrified myself, my passengers and my pregnant wife and luckily hasn't killed any innocent bystanders, yet. While in autopilot the car will frequently 'phantom brake' when there is literally no vehicles in front of it, quickly reducing speed from 70mph down to 40mph. This most recent time 7/28/2022 I had a garbage truck like vehicle behind me but thank god I have excellent reaction time and canceled the autopilot and smashed the accelerator just in time before causing a pileup on the expressway. The car constantly misreads speed limit and street signs and will confuse the sr46 little sign for a speed limit sign and slam on the brakes from 65mph down to 46mph. Just yesterday the car decided to go in the middle of the two lane highway and slam on the brakes in the middle of the highway, twice, which terrified my wife and I caught on my 3rd party dash cam. I have tried to reach out to 3 tesla emails and even spacex but I receive no response, big surprise. Additionally I'm smarter than the average bear and use a 3rd party gps miles tracking app on my iphone called everlance which when I've cross referenced with my tesla app about driving range its not even remotely close to their 303 mile range. I am proving a 33% discrepancy between their claim of mileage and what the car is actually achieving on the road. For example I charge at home to the recommended 90% charge of 269 miles, drive 99. 1 miles over about 4 hours and get back home with 80 miles range. 269 - 99. 1=169. 9 miles but with only 80 miles on the battery that's actually less than half what it should be. I paid ,000 for fsd I never received and have requested a refund without a response. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Jul 28, 2022 |
| State | UT |
| Description | While using cruise control (traffic-aware cruise control) on a recent road trip in our tesla model y, the car unexpectedly and for no apparent reason, abruptly reduced speed. Our car is available for inspection upon request. Our safety and that of others was put at risk as a result of this unexpected reduction in speed while travelling on the highway. An accident could have occurred if cars travelling behind us did not similarly reduce speed to avoid a collision. The problem has occurred on a number of occasions where there was no apparent reason for the car to rapidly reduce speed. It has not been confirmed by a service center. The vehicle has not been inspected by the manufacturer or others. It is a known problem with the 2022 model ys based on a published inquiry by the nhtsa (ref: https://electrek. Co/2022/06/03/tesla-respond-increase-phantom-braking-complaints/). There were no warning lamps or indicators prior to the unexpected braking event. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Jul 28, 2022 |
| State | OH |
| Description | as I was pulling into my driveway with the autopilot completely off the car started to accelerate hard on its own which could have resulted in an accident had I not been ready for it. Also unrelated to the previous statement; driving along at 37 mph with the autopilot on, the car slammed on the brakes for no apparent reason nearly resulting in a rear end collision to my car. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Jul 28, 2022 |
| State | TX |
| Description | We have owned the car approximately 2 weeks and have had 3 episodes of inappropriate activation of emergency braking. The first two were minor slowing of the vehicle when traveling on interstate highway when the system was activated by dips in the road. The third involved a parked pickup truck on the shoulder of the outside curve of a road - resulting in aggressive braking of our vehicle. Frightening. Thankfully there was no closely trailing vehicle. We have inactivated the system, notified tesla, and scheduled a service appointment. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Jul 27, 2022 |
| State | MS |
| Description | Phantom braking occurs very frequently and the dealerships tell me there's nothing that they can do. We almost got rear ended on a 65 mph highway because of one instance but it happens on a daily basis if using cruise control. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Jul 25, 2022 |
| State | AL |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model y. The contact stated while her husband was driving 65 mph with cruise control activated, the vehicle inadvertently stopped without driver input. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The driver was able to continue driving to his destination. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. A dealer was not contacted., the manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 3,550. |
| Category | Back Over Prevention: Warnings, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings |
| Date | Jul 24, 2022 |
| State | PR |
| Description | In accelerating of itself, both my own life and that of a potential bystander were in danger. I had no time to react to the sudden acceleration. This has never happened to me in over fifty years of driving and it was very obviously the result of a car malfunction. In addition, the automatic emergency braking function failed. There were no previous messages, symptoms, or signs. The car has been at the shop for three months. The dealer has failed to give us any feedback as to why the accident happened. All they have said is that they don't have the parts that they need to change. It was only after two and half months that they reached out to me. During one of my visits, one of the dealer's service representatives took me aside to inform me that she could not divulge any information about the causes of the accident, and that my case was a “legal oneâ€. I still don't know what any of this means. In addition to all this, the pen drive located inside the glove compartment of the vehicle only has two days of picture and video information, and the file of the day of the accident is empty, which is extremely suspicious. I suffered burns from the airbag, and my cervical region was affected. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Jul 24, 2022 |
| State | OR |
| Description | On my first long road trip using tesla's traffic aware cruise control (tacc), I experienced phantom breaking (pb) issues. Some of these pb's were mild some with very aggressive responses. I was using just the tacc part of auto pilot, sometimes with vehicles near me, sometimes not. After 5 or so of these events in 300 miles or so, with one event early on my return trip, I stopped using all of auto pilot. The vehicle is new with no other issues. Software package 2022. 20. 6 |
| Category | Electrical System, Structure:body |
| Date | Jul 22, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Front trunk (hood) flew open while driving at approximately 40mph. The front trunk lid/hood opened completely and smashed into the windshield, completely blocking driver visibility and breaking the glass. It is unclear as to how the front trunk became unlocked, but in the event it was unlocked while the car was in park, the car should not have been able to shift into gear. Tesla model y's owners manual states: "if the front trunk is not closed, a message displays on the touchscreen that you cannot shift the vehicle out of park until the front trunk is securely closed (see park)." additionally, the owners manual states: "model y will not shift out of park if the front trunk is not securely shut" in the event the trunk was open prior to driving, the car should not have been able to shift out of park. Or, if the trunk opened while driving, there was a latch or electrical problem. Tesla's representative reviewed the incident log from the vehicle and stated that an ignore button was pressed on screen, once the vehicle indicated that the front trunk was open. Quickly pressing a button while driving to a safe place to pull over is reasonable. But, regardless, there should be some sort of fail over that prevents the hood from flying open in the event the front trunk is accidentally opened, or in the event the trunk randomly opens on its own. Perhaps a secondary latch or disabling the vehicle from driving? The hood flying up, smashing the windshield and completely blocking the drivers' visibility could have caused a severe or potentially fatal collision. Additionally, the incident caused over ,143. 34 in vehicle damage on a car that has just 202 miles on it. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Jul 21, 2022 |
| State | TX |
| Description | While driving at highway speed and in adaptive cruise control, my car experienced abrupt deceleration. This happened at least 6 times in the course of a round trip from austin to el paso and back. In each instance, there was no nearby obstacle, such as a vehicle or debris or an animal. All driving was done in daylight, and the car wasn't traveling through an underpass or any other shadow. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes |
| Date | Jul 20, 2022 |
| State | ID |
| Description | Phantom braking — the car brakes for no reason in navigate on autopilot as well as adaptive cruise control. The phantom braking is particularly extreme on i80 through nevada and us rte 95 through oregon, which is a two-lane road. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Jul 20, 2022 |
| State | SD |
| Description | While driving on highways /interstates and using the vehicle cruise control or autopilot, the vehicle will suddenly apply the braking system when there is nothing in front of it. I would list specifics, but it happens every time that we take the vehicle on the highway/interstate, usually within the first 15 minutes. This has happened multiple times on trips, at 80mph (south dakota) or at 65mph. I have noticed that white vehicles tend to trigger it more than others, even if they are just sitting on the side of the road or parked in a driveway off of the highway. Hills also seem to throw it off, when you are at the top and just over the crest, it has applied the brakes multiple times. This has gotten progressively worse since I've owned the vehicle (dec 2021) which is why I am only now reporting it. I will no longer use it as I firmly believe me or my family would be seriously injured or killed if there is a vehicle behind me, especially at 80 mph that was not expecting the car to brake hard and as a result rear ended me. This is a significant vehicle vision system issue and it really does need to be addressed before lives are lost, if they have not been already. There are no other issues with the vehicle, no warning lights on and absolutely no indication the vehicle will apply the brakes until you are suddenly lurched forward due to rapid deceleration. I understand this is already on nhtsa radar but believe this is a much larger issue than is being reported. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Jul 20, 2022 |
| State | AZ |
| Description | I received my 2022 tesla model y a few weeks ago and quickly began to notice intermittent sudden breaking when utilizing the "auto-pilot" feature. Because of these incidents I rarely utilize this feature any more. Today during an out of town trip, on two occasions when utilizing cruise control the car suddenly applied its breaks. During both occasions there were no other vehicles within 100 yards and the freeway (I-17 in arizona) opposite direction lanes were separated by hills/rocks and not in direct eyesight. |
| Category | Electrical System, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes |
| Date | Jul 19, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | The car system been keep crash cause it screen frozen and while crash it will no speed display no ac no warning no back up camera and important after lifting gas pedal the car will not reduce speed as before and I almost crash the car. Been report the problem to tesla since early july and the keep cancel my appointment said it need wait for updates but can't provide the date. I requested get the loaner while they can't solve the problem but they denied and cancel my service appointment . It dangerous to drive and very unpredictable when the system crash while driving. While driving expect the car will reduce speed but it not and no speed will display will cause over speed limit. The the pre collision system will not work at all and the system crash every few minutes and screen will shut off it self. While system crash will need triple amount of force the press on brake pedal to stop the car when it on high speed it impossible to respond to stop at short distance. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Jul 19, 2022 |
| State | TX |
| Description | On a 1,500 mile road trip I experienced phantom braking once every 30 minutes while using both auto pilot and cruise control |
| Category | Electrical System |
| Date | Jul 17, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | I was driving on freeway 110s in heavy evening traffic. Suddenly tesla touchscreen showed "vehicle shutting down - pull over safely" and "power reduced .. Exit and enter may restore operation". Car had enough momentum and luckily I could change one lane and moved to shoulder. There was no crash and I called tesla roadside assistance for towing car to tesla service center. The car could not start and towed to nearest service station. This is a safety issue. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Jul 16, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Model y will repeatedly break for no reason while using autopilot. This seems to happen most often less busy and smaller highways. The behavior makes autopilot extremely unsafe to use when traveling at high speed with other vehicles behind you. There's absolutely no reason for the sudden breaking with no cars ahead on the road. Shadows, dips in the road, cracks seem to be registered by the car as obstacles. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Jul 14, 2022 |
| State | FL |
| Description | While using navigate on autopilot, vehicle applied heavy braking when no obstacle was present. Vehicle was traveling on a flat highway, no vehicles were within eyesight ahead and there was full daylight with the sun positioned behind the vehicle. Vehicle traveling behind us swerved to avoid collision. |
| Category | Service Brakes |
| Date | Jul 14, 2022 |
| State | WI |
| Description | My 2022 tesla y brakes suddenly when I am not expecting it to. This has happened many times on the freeway in traffic at high speed and often with large trucks behind me. I am concerned that I will get rear-ended by a much larger vehicle. This unexpected sudden braking has also occurred in city traffic. My car does not have full auto pilot- it has the standard driver assist that can't be removed from the car. I have tried to get help from my local tesla dealer but the service dept has been unwilling and uninterested in providing any service for this issue. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Jul 11, 2022 |
| State | MD |
| Description | On several occasions when in autopilot the car suddenly rapidly brakes and decelerates for no reason. Last time was this past weekend and car behind barely avoided a collision. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Jul 10, 2022 |
| State | UT |
| Description | Over the last few weeks I've been on several long road trips. During this time I've experienced "phantom breaking" (breaking that I didn't cause) - abruptly. Very strong breaking at time. It happens around once every 40 to 100 miles of driving. It happens when using cruise control or when using enhanced autopilot. It seems extremely dangerous at times and has caused at least one care behind us to swerve into a passing lane. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes |
| Date | Jul 10, 2022 |
| State | AZ |
| Description | When I was on a road trip I had my 2022 tesla model y in autopilot and with out warning it gave myself and my passengers whip lash because it brakes for no reason. On the course of my road-trip it happened more times than we could count. One horrific time was when a white cadillac escalade was tailgating me the tesla threw on the brakes heavily and almost caused the car behind me to hit me. This is very dangerous and the other driver started threatening me and my family harm. I need tesla to fix this issue with a great sense of urgency. This is extremely dangerous and in my case we were lucky to not sustain any physical harm or death but the chance was and is still great if they do not fix this issue with autopilot braking randomly not for just myself and my family but countless of other tesla owners that are affected by this scary unsafe issue. Random braking occurred again on 07/05/22 while on a highway with no traffic. This time consumer's model y was on cruise control. Consumer stated he hardly uses autopilot feature because of his past experience. But continues to do this just on a basic cruise control. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Jul 08, 2022 |
| State | WA |
| Description | The car had several hard braking incidents while using the adaptive cruise control/autopilot. The hard brake incidents seemed correlated to dark areas on the highway pavement. The incidents appeared correlated with actual darker pavement as well as shadows from overhead bridges. |
| Category | Service Brakes |
| Date | Jul 07, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | While driving my tesla model y sudden braking happened numerous times. During the last event a large semi-trailer truck was extremely close to my rear bumper felt as if I was going to be rear ended and the semi was beeping the horn thinking I was placing the brakes. This is very concerning to me. This is a safety concern due to system malfunction. |
| Category | Back Over Prevention, Equipment |
| Date | Jul 06, 2022 |
| State | NJ |
| Description | The contact owned a 2022 tesla model y. The contact stated prior to driving the vehicle, he was charging the vehicle due to low electric power. The manufacturer informed the contact to take the vehicle in for service. The contact stated while driving approximately 65 mph, the computer inadvertently shutdown and the steering wheel was difficult to maneuver. The vehicle then drove off the road, and the contact drove over a grassy area and the curb. The tpms warning light illuminated. The front axle was completely fractured. The police were not initially on the scene; however, the police arrived the following day. A police report was not filed. There were no injuries sustained. The contact attempted to have the vehicle towed several times, but was unsuccessful; however, the vehicle was finally towed to the dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. After the contact consistently discussed the failure; he was informed by the insurance company that the vehicle was deemed a total loss. The contact received a notification for nhtsa campaign number: 22v296000 (back over prevention, equipment) and related the failure to the recall. The approximate failure mileage was 9,700. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Jul 06, 2022 |
| State | TX |
| Description | On july 2nd, 2022 I was driving back from a family visit in palo pinto county, tx and had auto pilot engaged for part of the drive. In a span of 40 minutes of that drive on a continuous stretch of interstate 20 headed east to dallas the car softly automatically braked once, and twice more strongly braked. In one of those instances I was near another car (near is defined as within 1/8th to 1/4 of a mile) and in both of the other instances I had no one else within close proximity that could've caused a "reaction". That stretch of i20 is 2 lanes each direction with a median in between, no oncoming vehicles are within at least 75 - 100 feet. In the instance with the car closer, had I not been more reactive and paying attention closely, this would have lead to an accident with another vehicle. In the instances with no traffic immediately near me.. Given that rate of speed, it could still lead to an accident by over-reaction from others not expecting to see someone slamming on their brakes in a 75mph zone. Tesla has been extremely unhelpful, their remote diag team says the system is "operating normally" and will not deal with the situation further. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Service Brakes, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Jul 06, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | 2022 tesla was in auto-pilot mode, not fsd. Phantom breaking occured on july 6 in sacramento on business 80, two incidents about 20 minutes apart. First incident, vehicle suddently slowed from about 65 to 30. Second incident, vehicle suddently slowed from about 65 to 10 (almost stopped) where we almost rearended. The driver was extremely angry as evidenced when he changed lanes to pass us (can't blame him), as tesla began to reaccelerate. I have heard of phantom breaking incidents, but twice in one short trip where the second had the potential for a serious accident would indicate to me that tesla needs to take action. I hope you relay this to them. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Jul 05, 2022 |
| State | ID |
| Description | Braking system applied brakes while on the interstate going 75+ mph no reason to brake, happens quickly on most instances, I hurry to hit the accelorator to speed back up to speed as to not cause any incidents. First several times it is very uncomfortable to experience, causing concern to be easily hit from the rear in areas with more traffic. The issue is not reproduced as it seems to happen when the car "thinks" it has a reason to brake,different enviromental changes such as cars, in the other lane, or shadows seem to have an affect as well. No inspections have been completed at this time. No warnings seem to be triggered when this takes place, just rapid unexpected deacceleration. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Jul 05, 2022 |
| State | NV |
| Description | Phantom braking. It happened several times during my road trip, when I turned on autopilot. |
| Category | Electrical System, Structure:body, Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Jul 03, 2022 |
| State | WA |
| Description | While driving the frunk/hood opened while vehicle was in motion. Everything says your not able to drive or opening while in drive. My wife had just used it shopping. Drove 300 yards with no warnings. Then stopped at a light then when she was accelerating it opened and broke windshield, hood and hinges, scratched left fender inside. She was able to pull over without cause anymore damage to her or anyone else. I then meet her and I was able to drive the car with the hood open and damaged. I then removed the hood completely in order to drive it home all while no safety warnings going off. Tesla has had it since 6/3 and no determination of why or fault. 00 estimate for repairs still not fixed |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Jun 30, 2022 |
| State | OR |
| Description | While driving on the highway with no other cars around while using cruise control, the car would slam on the brakes on its own slowing down by 20mph or more. At times there were other cars around and if there had been a car behind us we would have been rear-ended. Reading it appears this has been reported 1000's of times to nhtsa, but also on numerous forums. The tesla dealership said " our diagnostics are not showing any hardware faults, and there would be no further action that can be taken by tesla service at an in-person appt. At this time these behaviors are a limitation of software in the system." no warnings, msgs or other symptoms prior to the sudden breaking |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane Departure: Blind Spot Detection, Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Jun 30, 2022 |
| State | CO |
| Description | Several times, after over the air software updates, several components of the electrical systems would stop working, including gps & cameras, resulting in no cruise control, no back up camera, no navigation, no blind spot warning/heads up collision warning/lane departure warning. Essentially, all safety features, cruise control and navigation fail when gps and cameras fail. In all cases, the reset options provided such as powering off the carf, powering off the screen etc did not help and instead the 12 v battery had to be disconnected, sometimes more than once, before car would reset to a safe state. This requires removal of a panel, removal of cabin filter, removal of cable to battery. This is a time consuming process and could theoretically void warranties. We are waiting for the next software update to see if replacement of a control board by tesla this week fixed the issue. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Jun 30, 2022 |
| State | CO |
| Description | When using cruise control (with or without auto steering to stay within a lane), the car randomly breaks. This does not appear to be associate with signage along the road. It appears to happen more frequently in the right most lane. There are certain locations where this problem always occurs, but we cannot determine what is different about that particular exit than others. The most dangerous situations have been when the breaking occurs with a car closely following while driving on an interstate in the mountains (I-70). A relative driving my car was almost rear ended at those speeds while driving on I-70. The breaking is random and unexpected, which makes it more dangerous because as driver you are not prepared for this to occur. At a speed limit of 65mph, when you are driving in a curve and suddenly the car brakes, especially when using regenerative breaking, it is the same as slamming on the brakes. This could cause you to loose control over your car. The issue has been known to tesla but has not been fixed and new cars are advertised and sold with adaptive cruise control when in fact they are faulty, rendering the feature useless at best, dangerous in most cases. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes |
| Date | Jun 30, 2022 |
| State | IN |
| Description | I was traveling on the highway in indiana between bloomington and indianapolis. I started to experience the car braking for no apparent reason. As I continued on my trip and reached a top speed of 75 mph, the car suddenly and without warning slammed on the brakes! It took me a minute to react and regain control of the car. I absolutely would have been rear-ended if anyone had been nearby or possibly caused a chain reaction accident. I am extremely lucky and now very remiss about purchasing this car. I luckily had a passenger who looked up what was happening. We turned off the emergency braking for the remainder of the trip but it is not something you can turn off permanently. You have to turn it off every single time you start a new trip. I wanted this incident reported so tesla is forced to deal with this issue immediately. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Jun 29, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | On saturday, 25 june, while driving our 2022 tesla model y north on highway 395 between lone pine and bishop, california, and while cruise control (but not lane assist) was active, I experienced three instances of so-called phantom braking. More precisely, on three occasions within a 10 to 20 minute window, the car automatically braked sharply despite there being no vehicle or other obstacle ahead of me. Each time, the braking was sudden, forceful, and without justification. Had a car been following closely behind me, I could well have been involved in a collision. I stress that my foot was not on the brake pedal when the phantom braking took place. After the 3rd episode, I turned cruise control off and drove another couple of hours (to mammoth lakes) without incident. The following day, my wife and I drove the tesla to our home in the bay area. We did not activate cruise control at any point during this approximately 6 hour drive, and experienced no additional incidents. Understandably, we are reluctant to re-attempt the use of cruise control any time soon. I have owned this tesla model y since january of 2022, and these were the first instances of phantom braking. |
| Category | Exterior Lighting |
| Date | Jun 28, 2022 |
| State | PA |
| Description | Turn signal does not always activate. If I hit the turn signal stalk so it goes past the first detent (for three blinks) but not hard enough to get to the second detent (on until cancelled or turn completed), it does not come on at all, either the three blinks or constant blinking. This is dangerous because the turn signal does not activate predictably, especially when changing lanes on the highway. I should be able to tap the turn signal to get the 3 blinks to come on and then switch lanes, but when used this way it does not always come on. I had this inspected by a tesla mobile service technician and he reproduced what I reported but said this is working as intended because it is detecting an "accidental bump" and not activating. My vehicle is available for inspection upon request. There are no warning lights or messages. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes |
| Date | Jun 28, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | The car was delivered to me today. It has 15 miles on the odometer. The brakes do not work. I almost crashed into a home. Extreme safety concern. The next device appointment is july 20th. I will wait for them to diagnose the issue. Very concern this auto manufacturer is delivering faulty brand new products to consumers. |
| Category | Air Bags, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings |
| Date | Jun 26, 2022 |
| State | NC |
| Description | While driving at a normal speed and turning around at an intersection in our neighborhood, the car suddenly went out of control, causing the car to hit a fire hydrant in front of a home, smashed a tree before crashing into the siding of the home. Insurance deemed the car as "totaled". We were reimbursed by insurance so this is not about monetary losses, but a report to protect other drivers and their families. The tesla database records mentioned user acceleration and error, but this doesn't sound like a reasonable cause. The airbags didn't open and neither did the automatic emergency braking or forward collision warning work. I was unable to brake and control the car to stop. This accident is captured in the security system video of the impacted home. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Jun 25, 2022 |
| State | WA |
| Description | The adaptive cruise control (or emergency braking system) repeatedly braked for no reason. There were not other vehicles in the immediate area. I was driving on interstate 90 at 70 mph and the vehicle emergency braked down to about 50 mph before recovering. This is a recurring problem and has happened at least a dozen times since I've owned the vehicle. I no longer trust the feature and hesitate activating it. The danger is risk of a rear end collision if another vehicle is close behind when the problem occurs. I have read that this "phantom braking" issue has been reported 700+ times. The manufacture (tesla) has not inspected my vehicle. I believe a warning message was displayed but I am not sure. I was too busy reacting to the issue to notice any displayed messages. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Jun 23, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Traveling approximately 900 miles from fairfield, ca to moab, utah on 15th of june 2022 and approx 900 miles back to fairfield on the 20th of june 2022. Several dozens of phantom braking in the absence of any vehicles or shadows along its path. Brakings were hard and dangerous. |
| Category | Exterior Lighting |
| Date | Jun 21, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Auto dimming and bright headlights do not dim for oncoming traffic consistently. Unsafe for other travelers at night. I've owned two tesla's model 3 and model y over the last 4 years. Both had issues with the auto bright/auto dimming headlights. The automatic feature takes too long to turn on the high beams and takes too long to dim for oncoming traffic. The auto dimming function also reacts to reflective signs and turns off high beams when unnecessary. The auto dimming feature works best when you're approaching a curve where the travel path is to the right where oncoming traffic crosses the field of cameras. Auto dimming rarely works when turning to the left or straight for on coming traffic since cars are to the left of field for the cameras or head on traffic but auto dimming feature fails. The bright and dim will go on and off as cars approach further causing issues with people flashing lights at you in their direction of travel. The auto high headlights also react to reflective signs and will go high low high low further causing safety issues when they should remain on. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Jun 20, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | I am reporting 3 incidences of phantom braking with adaptive cruise control on, and 2 incidences of phantom vehicle displays on the central console while parking into a garage. 4/17/2022 ~ 1pm. On rt 101 ca between king city and camp robert rest area/bradley. Traveling at 75-78 mph on widely separated divided straight highway, with no trees, only low grass, and no cars nearby, we (my wife driving) experienced two sudden jarring braking slowdowns. This is a hazard if there is a car tail-gating us or if the following driver does not expect us to brake for no reason. 4/18/2022 ~ 11am on rt 10 ca between palm desert/indo and desert center, we were traveling at 76 mph on a widely separated divided straight highway, with no trees, and only low grass. A tesla car in front of us suddenly braked for no apparent reason and shortly thereafter pulled over to the shoulder and stopped. A few minutes later we experienced a sudden braking action in our tesla car. In may/2022 we observed two separate incidences of a phantom van displayed on the tesla central console while parking our car into our garage. A phantom van appeared once on the right side and once on the left side when the tesla car was half-way into the garage. We park in the center of the garage which is relatively empty with 2 plastic tool boxes on the left side and a traeger grill on the right side. The garage is 19' by 19' with a 16' wide garage door opening. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Jun 19, 2022 |
| State | MO |
| Description | Multiple sudden, unwarranted braking events while using cruise control on a highway with crossroads. Braking appeared to occur mostly at those crossroads. |
| Category | Service Brakes |
| Date | Jun 19, 2022 |
| State | RI |
| Description | Driving on an empty highway at 75mph. Brakes engaged and alarm sounded. Slowed to 55. We almost hit the dashboard. Then car stopped braking and drove fine. Happened twice in two trips |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Jun 18, 2022 |
| State | WA |
| Description | Purchased a tesla model y approx. 3 weeks ago and within the first day experienced sudden, aggressive braking on the freeway with nothing around and no apparent reason for braking at all. This has happened at least ten times in the three weeks we've owned the vehicle. It's very scary when it happens and we're very concerned it will cause an accident with my family and small child in the back. It happens when the car is in auto pilot and adaptive cruise control. The car gives no alert and no indication that it's going to brake hard all of a sudden in the middle of the interstate at 70 mph it will instantly drop speed by as much as 15mph or more. Thankfully nobody has been behind us yet. For us this is an extreme safety concern and we have expressed this to tesla and I have sent out a maintenance technician today who took it for a simple test drive and said there's absolutely nothing wrong with the car and that's the safest car in the world and that what we were experiencing is normal behavior for a tesla and to be expected. He said when it happens to stereo on the accelerator to get it to stop which is ridiculous. This is a known problem generally referred to as phantom braking and I was assured by the sales rep before accepting the car that this doesn't happen in auto pilot and nothing to be concerned about. Now here we are stuck with a dangerous vehicle that they can't fix and won't take it back. Please help get these cars off the road until they fix this huge safety issue. I am shocked there has not been a recall. I will also file a complaint with the state of washington. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings |
| Date | Jun 16, 2022 |
| State | DE |
| Description | I was traveling on a highway when my tesla model y abruptly slammed the brakes for no reason while autopilot was engaged. The vehicle slowed down very aggressively, this could have caused an accident if there was another vehicle following close behind me. After the first incident, I blamed a dirty windshield/camera lens blocking the systems ability to see what was ahead. But it happened two other times on different days. At this point I was convinced that there is an issue with tesla's forward collision warning system. On a different occasion, I was driving under an overpass and the shadow on the pavement (overpass shadow) triggered the collision warning and once again aggressively applied the brakes. It is very unfortunate this is happening on this vehicle. I love my tesla model y, but I am very hesitant to use autopilot due to these issues. I personally like tesla because they are using advanced technology to make driving a lot safer for everyone on the road. However, it is our responsibility to report these issues so the manufacturer can investigate the root cause. I hope this comes to a solution soon because it is a very dangerous situation that can cause harm to me and my family as well as others on the road. I will point out that I have been fortunate there were no close vehicles in behind me during the three separate times this occurred. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Jun 15, 2022 |
| State | IL |
| Description | On 5 or 6 occasions while driving on the highway, using adaptive cruise control, the car has braked with no traffic anywhere around us. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Service Brakes, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Jun 15, 2022 |
| State | AZ |
| Description | Driving with adaptive cruise on and car will brake suddenly |
| Category | Electrical System, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Steering |
| Date | Jun 14, 2022 |
| State | WA |
| Description | The car was being driven on a low speed road (about 30mph) and suddenly the traction control, abs, power steering, and all drivers assistance features (automatic vehicle hold, emergency braking, etc) all went out as well. The car became very dangerous, instantly and the car was almost in an accident. The manufacturer has been completely unresponsive. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Jun 14, 2022 |
| State | AZ |
| Description | While operating the car in adaptive cruise control on az87 the vehicle braked hard two separate times. There were no other vehicles around and there were no obstacles in the road. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Jun 14, 2022 |
| State | UT |
| Description | The car will break for no reason when cruise control is enabled or autopilot. This happens at least once every time I use it. The deceleration is abrupt and could cause someone to rear end me. The cruise control is useless because it's so bad. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Jun 12, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Reporting “phantom braking†issues during 1600 mile cross-country from kansas to california. During this trip there were approximately 45 incidences of the rapid uncommanded braking while on 4 lane divided highways. All driving was daytime, sunny weather at speeds between 70-80 mph. Braking occurred with both cruise control/auto steer enabled (no fsd), as well as only cruise control enabled. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Jun 11, 2022 |
| State | PA |
| Description | Car applies breaks while cruise control is set when there are no obstacles in the road and no risk of collision. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Jun 11, 2022 |
| State | WA |
| Description | With autopilot engaged (either adaptive cruise or self-steering), the car break unexpectedly on 2 way highways. This usually happened when a semi truck was coming in opposite direction, in its lane or the car in front will move into a left lane and slow down at a safe distance. This had the potential to be rear-ended. Not reported to tesla or inspected. No prior warnings. There were 6-7 incidents in the span of 3 days of travel from wa state to ca, over 1100 miles, starting on may 18, 2022. |
| Category | Air Bags, Seats |
| Date | Jun 10, 2022 |
| State | GA |
| Description | Tesla model y passenger airbags are armed automatically based on the weight in the seat. The manual states the airbag should be on with a person weighing above 100 lbs. The airbag does not turn on consistently for my wife who weighs about 120 lbs. About 80% of the time the airbag remains off. Even when the airbag is on, sometimes it will turn off from a deceleration approaching a stop sign. Took the car in for a service at the tesla service center and they say airbag staying off is "normal" for a 120 lbs person. They advised we tilt the seat cushion down in the back to help activate the weight sensor. The passenger weight sensor or the program logic of the car is not reliable to turn on the airbag for my wife consistantly. |
| Category | Electrical System:adas:autonomous/self Driving, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Jun 10, 2022 |
| State | PA |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model y. The contact stated while driving approximately 50-60 mph with the self-driving feature activated, the vehicle experienced phantom braking. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 5,000. |
| Category | Electrical System:adas:autonomous/self Driving, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Jun 10, 2022 |
| State | FL |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model y. The contact stated while driving approximately 75 mph with the cruise control activated, the vehicle experienced phantom braking and stopped completely. The contact stated that there were no other vehicles nearby during the failure. The contact depressed the accelerator pedal and the vehicle responded after several attempts. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 3,700. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Jun 10, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | I have encountered several "phantom" braking events while driving my tesla y in auto-pilot mode, all on the freeway or highway. This most recent event occurred while returning from las vegas. In each case, something dark across the road triggered the event. In two cases it was dark asphalt strips that were perpendicular to the highway. In the other case, it was a dark shadow of a bridge across the highway. I assume the car's auto-pilot system thought these things were solid objects and therefore braked. I captured each phantom braking event on the car's built-in camera and am enclosing the screen captures. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes |
| Date | Jun 10, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | My car, while in autopilot, panic brakes for no reason. We took a trip cross country and this happened at least 20 times at highway speeds. I had to have my foot over the accelerator to be ready to overtake the panic braking when it happened. Add me to the owners experiencing this issue: https://www. Autoblog. Com/2022/06/03/tesla-brakes-complaints-nhtsa/ |
| Category | Service Brakes, Suspension, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Jun 10, 2022 |
| State | NV |
| Description | I was pulling out of the garage and I heard disturbing sound coming from the bottom it sounds like something is breaking. I thought I drove over something like water bottle but a lot louder. So I stopped halfway through the garage and looked under, nothing visible looked around each tire nothing, checked the monitor screen no warning, nothing, so I thought maybe the sound is not coming from the car and I decided to continue, pulling out and made it to the drive way and still a lot of noise sounds like big crack sound. I parked and checked the tires nothing. Looked under the front bumper, it looks like something is a little out of shape but it wasn't clear. Then I realized I can't drive like this so I started to drive forward the noise was very loud, barely made it to the original parking spot then I got out of the vehicle, checked again and a lot of stuffs hanging near front wheels, looks like something is wrong with the suspension, the car has only 2000 miles on it. The worst part is that there is not a single warning sign on that big screen which supposed to show if something is not in order. If it wasn't for the unpleasant noise, my 7 month pregnant wife would have been driving in the middle of a freeway in less than 5 minutes. I am still shaking from how close we were to be a real danger to ourselves and to other drivers on the roads. We got lucky that it happened right before we get to the roads. I want a full safety and defects inspections on the 2022 model y |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Jun 09, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Phantom braking. I was on auto pilot on the freeway traveling at 75 mph. All of a sudden the car did an automatic hard brake and the car started to veer toward the center divider. The car only had 64 miles and was brand new. This was the first time I had used autopilot and had been on the freeway. There was a truck on my right and it was a 2 lane freeway. Nobody has inspected the car. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Jun 09, 2022 |
| State | UT |
| Description | While on autopilot my car will randomly brake hard. This issue seems to occur when passing a semi truck on a curve or narrow roadway; when shadows or pavement color creates a clear contrast, and other instances for seemly no good reason. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Jun 08, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | While having the autopilot engaged (speed and lane control) with no vehicle near by, the autopilot reduced the speed, aggressively, by applying the brakes. I immediately stepped on the gas pedal to override the braking. This has occurred a few times (3-4 times), since it was first experience. Additionally, the autopilot will engage the brakes when there is an oversized vehicles (mainly rv's) in the next lane, even if the oversized vehicle is properly in their own lane. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Jun 06, 2022 |
| State | TX |
| Description | It is the phantom braking issue. When I was using autopilot driving at high way at around 70 miles per hour and a car behind was approaching my car, I passed a car at my right lane and changed to the right lane after I turned on the turn signal and the autopilot mode was changed to cruise control mode. As soon as I completely changed the lane, the car decrease the speed suddenly. It is dangerous since the car behind my car was close, so I had to increase the car speed by push the speed paddle. No injure happened but it is an issue needs to be fixed. I have not reported this to tesla and have not sent the cat to the service center for inspection yet. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Jun 06, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Phantom breaking. I was driving just after the sunset on the highway 101 with autopilot/fsd engaged today 06/05/2022 at about 8. 15 pm. The car was driving over 70 mph but suddenly it applied break for no obvious reason. There was a truck behind me and I was really afraid I would be rear ended, but luckily I took the control and was able to avert the situation. It is a significant safety issue and I am afraid riding tesla with autopilot engaged. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes |
| Date | Jun 06, 2022 |
| State | CO |
| Description | We rented this vehicle for 2 days, in which we experienced phantom braking thrice. It was seemingly the forward collision detection. The first time was after a car had fully crossed the highway at a reasonable distance ahead of us. The second time was when it detected cyclists along the shoulder, with no danger of collision. The third time was as we approached a sharp turn in the highway, where a semi-truck was parked/stationary on the shoulder mid-turn. In each of these instances there was no need to slow the vehicle, but the car suddenly braked almost to a complete stop. Cars around and behind us were surprised and we were forced to swerve. It is unclear if the brake lights engage during these sudden phantom braking incidents. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Jun 04, 2022 |
| State | UT |
| Description | It suddenly stopped at highway without any warnings. It happened several times. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Jun 04, 2022 |
| State | FL |
| Description | On june 3rd I was driving on I-80 heading west towards chicago. The car was on auto pilot (cruise control) and traveling at 70 mph. Without any warning or warning lamps/messages the braking system suddenly applied the brakes. I had to quickly apply the accelerator. If a truck or car would have been following me closely they would not have had time to react. I am afraid to use the auto pilot in heavy traffic for fear that I could be rear ended as semis always tailgate in chicago. I have a service appointment set with tesla on monday the 6th of june to have this looked at. |
| Category | Electrical System:adas:autonomous/self Driving, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Jun 03, 2022 |
| State | KS |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model y. The contact stated that while driving 72 mph with the self-driving feature activated, the vehicle experienced phantom braking causing the speed of the vehicle to abruptly decrease. The contact indicated that the failure had occurred on eight separate occasions while driving on the highway the same day with no other vehicles nearby to cause the system to activate. The cause of the failure was not determined. The manufacturer and local dealer were not notified of the failure. The vin was not available. The failure mileage was 1,000. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings |
| Date | Jun 03, 2022 |
| State | MI |
| Description | Ever since tesla removed the radar units in the model 3 and y phantom breaking has gotten worse and worse. I have a 2022 model y performance and every time I use the basic autopilot, which is glorified adaptive cruise control, it will slam on its breaks for no apparent reason. It happens at night, in the day, and without any warning. I have almost been rear ended multiple times now. Tesla said they were working on a fix but that was over 6 months ago now and it's only getting worse. I am no longer comfortable using that feature with how unsafe it is. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Jun 03, 2022 |
| State | TX |
| Description | Two occurrences of “phantom braking†in my new tesla model y: 1) while in autopilot on the highway traveling approximately 70mph, the computer system falsely registered a colliding vehicle and aggressively slowed down, endangering me from being rear-ended by a vehicle behind me. 2) multiple times while in cruise control (not autopilot) the set speed of 65mph changed to 35mph on the highway, quickly braking endangering me from causing a collision |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Service Brakes, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Jun 03, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | While driving on the freeway at around 4pm my tesla broke hard on the freeway without me asking it to. The hard braking incident occurred while using autopilot on the freeway. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Service Brakes |
| Date | Jun 03, 2022 |
| State | IL |
| Description | Phantom braking has been an issue in which it randomly brakes while using cruise control. We have been on flat, wide open roads with no cars or visible obstacles in front of us. We are concern as we have an infant and it jerks everyone forward when it happens. We are on high alert especially when someone is behind us because it might cause an accident. This must be immediately corrected by tesla. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes |
| Date | Jun 03, 2022 |
| State | GA |
| Description | Experienced sudden braking at 79mph on interstate highway while using auto pilot |
| Category | Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Jun 01, 2022 |
| State | TX |
| Description | The contact was driving a 2022 tesla model y. The contact stated that while pulling into a driveway, the vehicle unintendedly accelerated, colliding with a vehicle in front. The contact stated that the vehicle then went backward, crossing the road, colliding with the neighbor's garage door, and pushing it to the side as the vehicle stopped once it collided with the parked vehicle in the garage. The contact stated that no warning lights were illuminated. The contact stated that she suffered from a headache for a couple of days but no medical attention was sought. No one else was injured. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to the tesla collision center in austin, tx. The vehicle was towed to the collision center where it was still awaiting diagnoses and repairs. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 400. Consumer's son is filing the complaint on behalf of his mother.*jb |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | May 28, 2022 |
| State | ND |
| Description | We were driving on interstate. We had cruise control engaged but had accelerated to pass a vehicle. The car rapidly braked with no warning, to at least 10 miles lower than our cruise control speed. There were no warnings associated with this rapid braking and there were no risk factors around us at all. This is fortunate, as if someone had been close behind us an accident could have very easily happened. -- this has happened once before, while driving on interstate. Very startling and inexplicable. -- both times have hit the accelerator to get back to a speed appropriate to flow of traffic. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | May 27, 2022 |
| State | AZ |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model y. The contact stated while driving approximately 75 mph, the vehicle started braking without driver input. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 600. |
| Category | Unknown Or Other |
| Date | May 27, 2022 |
| State | MD |
| Description | Dear sir/madam, we bought the car from tesla two weeks ago. We got a flat tire and have been stranded for a while. We been given very conflicting responses. First, tesla told us that within 24 hours they will send us a tire tech. Second, tire tech was scheduled, but in the last minute they cancelled. Then, they said saturday. It was cancelled again. They said monday. Then, they said we do not have your wheel so need to tow. It has been very frustating. |
| Category | Unknown Or Other |
| Date | May 27, 2022 |
| State | NJ |
| Description | Child opened door to exit vehicle. Finger was resting near window. Window retracted as door opened and took child's finger with it. Child's finger was trapped and smashed between glass and door. Finger was able to be removed with injury to finger. Window did not pop back up when door was closed in an effort go release the finger. |
| Category | Steering, Unknown Or Other, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | May 23, 2022 |
| State | WA |
| Description | See attached report |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings |
| Date | May 22, 2022 |
| State | CO |
| Description | This happened on our first and so far only highway drive since purchasing our 2022 tesla model y lr awd car new last week. I was driving on I-25 southbound in wyoming north of cheyenne. Speed limit was 80 mph (and my speed). I was using adaptive cruise control and autosteer. Partly cloudy day, no traffic, long stretches of straight highway with gently rolling hills. Collision avoidance braking was turned on but at lowest sensitivity setting. There were several instances of phantom braking where speed dropped slightly (5-10 mph) but resumed instantly. These would not have been a problem unless someone had been tailgating me. One time, same conditions, the collision alert (red flashing lights and alarms) was set off and car did a hard braking on its own from 80 to maybe 50 before I took over control. This was very dangerous and could have caused me to be rear ended if a following driver had not been attentive. In all cases I was not near an overpass and there was no surrounding traffic in either southbound lane. There is a considerable distance separating the northbound lanes which had little traffic anyway. I was not near an overpass and could see no shadows or dips that could explain the problem. It does not appear to necessarily be a problem with the autosteer system or acc but rather the collision avoidance system (which uses the same sensors and algorithms, I know). |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | May 20, 2022 |
| State | SD |
| Description | My vehicle hits the brakes when cruise control or autopilot is on, and it's pretty frequent. It happens randomly when other vehicles are around but just as often when there are no other vehicles around. We passed a semi truck on the interstate doing 80, moved into the lane in front of it, suddenly my tesla hits the brakes and goes from 80 to 60 in about a second. The semi was right on our bumper. Now when there's a vehicle behind us we try not to have the cruise control on. I could go on and on. Bottom line is, it does it all the time, it's not safe, and tesla keeps telling me it's a firmware problem. I added a screenshot of just our last drive to denver from south dakota. But it does it all the time. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | May 19, 2022 |
| State | AZ |
| Description | When using cruise control or autopilot the car will brake for no reason. Most often this will occur at highway speeds causing the car to decelerate at a dangerous rate. Yesterday I was driving at 68 mph and the car braked to under 30 mph in less than 2 seconds causing me to almost get rear ended by a semi truck. This will occur when there is no one else on the road in front of my car and no obstacles on the road. It seems to occur any time I use these features regardless of location or speed. This is very dangerous and has made both the cruise control and autopilot unusable on the vehicle. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | May 18, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Vehicle braking for no reason when using adaptive cruise control or autopilot. On a 485 mile trip on a 2 lane highway going one direction no oncoming traffic lanes and no vehicles close by vehicle would suddenly just slow down rapidly 20vto 30 moh. It did this 9 times until I just turned off cruise control. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | May 14, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | In late february we were driving up california state highway 5 at approximately 70-75 miles per hour. There were no cars within half a mile, and we had turned on adaptive cruise control. Suddenly, there was a strong brake applied for no apparent reason, which was very disturbing for the entire family. We have never turned on adaptive cruise control since. This appears to be an instance of "phantom breaking" according to our online research. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes |
| Date | May 13, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | On a recent road trip we used cruise control for the first time and had multiple incidents of phantom braking. These were sudden application of brakes completely at random and repeated for no apparent reason.. We haven't used cruise control since due to the possible danger of getting rear ended. Apparently this has been reported for a year or more and currently is being nvestigated. We have had no word from tesla warning us about this issue. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | May 13, 2022 |
| State | NM |
| Description | Phantom braking while using cruise control. |
| Category | Seat Belts |
| Date | May 12, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Rear passenger seatbelt disengages while driving. |
| Category | Seat Belts |
| Date | May 11, 2022 |
| State | VA |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model y. The contact stated that the rear driver's side seat belt failed to latch. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact stated he was able to reach out to the manufacturer on the app and made them aware of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 3,500. The consumer stated there was a foreign lodged in the belt latch. |
| Category | Electrical System |
| Date | May 10, 2022 |
| State | NY |
| Description | Backup camera is not working properly it failed going blank quite a few times |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Visibility/wiper |
| Date | May 09, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Tesla adaptive cruise control requires user to put the windshield wipers to automatic functioning. However, the auto wipers have a high false positive detection rate, which leads to the wipers unnecessarily turning on while I'm driving. Even after exiting adaptive cruise control, the wipers stay on auto. This is extremely problematic because it makes me have my eyes + one one hand off of the wheel to turn the wipers off. Please put pressure on tesla to remove faulty auto-wipers software from adaptive cruise control. It's dangerous and distracting. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | May 08, 2022 |
| State | WY |
| Description | When the adaptive cruise control is engaged, it will brake excessively for no known reason. It can reduce its speed very quickly sometimes by 10 to 15 mph causing the vehicle behind me to take drastic actions to avoid a collision. I have informed the manufacturer of this issue and told them it happens every day I drive the car, but they have done nothing except saying they are looking into the issue. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Service Brakes, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | May 03, 2022 |
| State | UT |
| Description | Autopilot phantom braking while using cruise control, adaptive speed control. Occurred 9 times on a single drive. Often with no other cars, or anything in sight - in death valley to be specific. Instant breaking would occur, sometimes drastic, at times might have brought car to a complete stop if I'd not taken over control. We are now very reluctant to even use cruise control. This occurs with either adaptive speed control or enhanced auto-pilot. Fsd is not enabled. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | May 01, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | I was driving west bound an the 91 freeway, just about 1 miles east of the 241 fasttrack at about 5:30 pm on 30 april 2022. The 241 fasttrack was shut down for road work and the traffic was averaging about 4 miles and hour, but very stop and go traffic, not a smooth flow. I put the can into dynamic cruise control -- this was done by press down twice on the drive shifter on the right side of the steering wheel. I then took the car out of dynamic cruise control by pressing the drive shifter up once. But I much have forgot I did so as I press the drive shifetr up once again, which puts the can into reverse. I pressed the gas pedal and the car started going backward and I crashed into a vehicle -- I believed the car was in drive, not reverse. No one was hurt. My car was undamaged; his 2004 toyota corolla had some cracked paint and the left driver side bumper was push back about 3/8th on an inch. I paid the man 0 and he will contact me if he needs more. My complaint is this: the drive selector is being used for drive selection and engaging and disengaging dynamic cruise control -- it may me to easy to make a mistake where the drive thinks he took it out of dynamic cruise control, but in fact put it into reverse. I do not think the same motion for turning off dynamic cruise control and putting the car in reverse should be on the some stick with the same motion. The only indication is a audible 'tone' when disengaging the dynamic cruise control, but road noise, cabin noise, radio music can be that tone less noticeable. I had the car on 'joe' mode which decreases the tone sound. I don't think 'joe' mode is a safe function as it makes critical sounds less noticeable. The dynamic cruise control sounds should not have to compete with the radio -- the radio should be silenced when the dynamic cruise control tones occur. |
| Category | Electrical System, Engine, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Apr 24, 2022 |
| State | DC |
| Description | We were on the highway the power went out. The car did not have emergency brake . We could have gotten hit. We finally was able to stop on the shoulder with the driver not letting go off his foot pedal to keep the car from moving. We called tesla and he wasn't able to restart the car and yet he said the car has lots of power. The back door doesn't open in an emergency as well |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Apr 21, 2022 |
| State | IL |
| Description | Car set at 75 mph cruise control, brakes unnecessary with no obstructions or danger, and reduces speed to 45 mph while having adaptive cruise control active. Tesla response = this is a beta feature. Read your manual. This is incredibly dangerous and a rear end collision waiting to happen. I feel like this is reckless and to just blame it on being beta is borderline criminal. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Apr 18, 2022 |
| State | CT |
| Description | While on cruise control, the car will, out of nowhere, apply the brakes very aggressively ("phantom breaking"). This despite there being no vehicles nearby or any potential threats to safety. This phantom braking is obviously very dangerous and is a reason why I don't really use it anymore. It has happened 3-4 times since I bought my car, and that's despite not really using cruise control very often (for this reason). Clearly there's a software fault of some kind |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Apr 18, 2022 |
| State | AZ |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model y. The contact stated while driving 70 mph, the vehicle experienced the phantom braking system failure. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact was able to continue driving to his destination. The contact stated he experienced the failure twice. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure via the app. The failure mileage was 1,790. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Apr 18, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model y. The contact stated while driving 80 mph, the vehicle experienced phantom braking without warning. The contact also stated that the cruise control was activated during the failure. The contact stated that after disengaging the cruise control, the vehicle returned to normal. The vehicle was not yet taken to be diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 3,400. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Apr 16, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | When the car is in cruise control or auto pilot, it is performing a lot of phantom breaking. I. E breaking when there are no cars or other obstructions in front of the vehicle. This is a safety hazard for those vehicles that may be directly behind my vehicle increasing the risk of a rear end collision. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Service Brakes, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Apr 16, 2022 |
| State | VA |
| Description | On april 15, 2022, I experienced two incidents of sudden braking while in cruise control on a round-trip four-hour drive in my tesla model y. I was driving at between 60 and 65 miles an hour on a four-lane road. Between the incidents, I reached my destination and the car was parked for several hours. In each case, there was no car in front of me in my lane, and in one case, as I remember, there were no cars in front of me anywhere near. The car slowed suddenly by 10 to 15 miles an hour, as if I had taken my foot off the accelerator. I applied pressure to the accelerator to return to cruising speed. In each case, the road was dry and the sky was largely cloudless. There was no warning. I bought the car new in january 2022. I have not had the car inspected since the incident. I did investigate on the internet and learned that there have been many other such incidents with the tesla y and 3 models. I understand that the ntsb has an open investigation on the subject. The problem is very serious. Fortunately, there was no one traveling close behind me, or the sudden slowdown might have caused the following car to crash into me. |
| Category | Power Train |
| Date | Apr 15, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | There is no sound warning to switch gears. For example from forward to reverse. I was trying to go forward and I was actually in reverse. The gear change is on the steering stalk and doesn't make any warning sound when switching. As the drivers eyes are looking forward, and not looking at the screen feedback, it makes it difficult to remember which gear you are in. Forward or reverse. I assumed I was going to move forward, but the car was actually in reverse. I hit the car that was parked behind me and did damage to my car. I'm feel that most cars makes a physical click sound with the gears shifting as well as a small jump in movement to remind the driver they have switched directions. |
| Category | Seat Belts |
| Date | Apr 13, 2022 |
| State | TX |
| Description | Tesla seat belt recall : 22v-045. State of texas fine attached. City of frisco tx citation 653175-1. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Apr 11, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Car randomly applies hard braking while traveling on fsd (full self driving) mode on freeway with no car or obstruction in front or back in current or adjacent lane. The brake is applied suddenly without any warning, and can result in accident if any vehicle is traveling behind. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes |
| Date | Apr 10, 2022 |
| State | AZ |
| Description | When operating my vehicle in adaptive cruise control or autopilot, my model y has continuously had incidents where it randomly slams on the brakes as if it's attempting to avoid an obstacle. To my frustration, there is nothing in the road and I am slammed back in my seat. What I fear the most is that a vehicle following behind me could potentially rear end me due to this braking issue. I just took a 450 mile road trip, and this incident happened a dozen times along the way. I read online and this appears to be a trend with tesla and I want to make sure this “phantom braking†issue is reported. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings |
| Date | Apr 07, 2022 |
| State | IA |
| Description | Had the car for 3 weeks. Lots of phantom braking with the cruise on. Both my wife and I have had it happen when driving. Today I got a false forward collision warning. With hard braking. Nothing in front of me. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Apr 06, 2022 |
| State | WA |
| Description | Phantom braking sometimes is so abrupt cars behind me might rear end me |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Apr 05, 2022 |
| State | IN |
| Description | We are experiencing phantom braking when using the cruise control (non-autopilot) causing significant and unwarranted slow-downs of the vehicle. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Apr 04, 2022 |
| State | WA |
| Description | My tesla model y has an ongoing problem with unexpected and unnecessary automatic braking when there is no apparent reason for the system to act--there is never anything in the lane ahead to brake for. The car just brakes and rapidly slows down at highway speeds. This has not resulted in a collision yet, but I'm fairly certain that it could result in a rear end collision if the driver following my car is "tailgating." at the very least, this is likely annoying to drivers following my car when this occurs. This is a very unnerving experience and should be fixed by the manufacturer. Tesla owner forums refer to this phenomenon as "phantom braking." this only seems to occur when I'm using the adaptive cruise control and/or the autopilot features on the vehicle. I have noticed this happening often on two lane and four lane highways, but not on freeways to date. I recall this happening every time I drive for any distance using the cruise control and/or autopilot. When I turn off the cruise control and/or auto pilot, it stops. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Apr 04, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | While vehicle in autopilot mode and driving on 2 lane highway, vehicle would suddenly brake hard for no reason to do so. The same would occur on the freeway at the beginning of a bend in the road. This phenomenon commonly occurred and I have stopped using the autopilot feature for fear of being hit from behind if the vehicle suddenly braked for no apparent reason. No previous warning lamps or messages when the problem first occurred. I did see messages on 4/1 during my drive that some of the cameras on the car were disabled or blocked and the messages disappeared and reappeared several times for about an hour and then stopped appearing. I have not had these messages reappear since. I have a service appointment scheduled at the end of april. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Apr 03, 2022 |
| State | CO |
| Description | Highway driving using cruise control and car suddenly brakes hard. Has happened 3 times. All the incidents seem to be on slight hills with no traffic/nearby cars or road hazards. Took place in remote parts of new mexico on interstate 25. The braking is hard enough to cause an accident or to be rear ended due to the fast deceleration. |
| Category | Unknown Or Other, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Apr 02, 2022 |
| State | NY |
| Description | While I am turning to driveway slowly on the brake all of the sudden accelerate d too fast hitting my house wall the went to driveway with very high speed crashing my safely parked mercedes benz pushed to the garage . The mercedes is destroyed and the home garage destroyed. Home security cameras have videos and recorded. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Mar 30, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | The autopilot feature malfunctioned twice on one drive today, while passing slower moving large vehicles on a divided highway. As I was passing these vehicles, the adaptive cruise control rapidly decelerated, which required intervention in my part to avoid the cars behind me from hitting me. This has not been reported to dealer, has not been inspected, and no warnings occurred before, during or after the events. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings |
| Date | Mar 30, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | The traffic-aware cruise control triggers constant forward collision warnings on my commute, and the system highlights as threats vehicles that are parked on the side of the road safely out of the path of traffic. The warning activates automatic emergency braking, which results in a collision hazard to vehicles behind me due to unexpected and unpredictable heavy braking. I stopped using the feature after the fifth such incident within the same approximate 7 mile trip. I have read about this safety issue previously and am aware that it is under investigation by the nhtsa, but did not realize it was this bad. |
| Category | Visibility |
| Date | Mar 30, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model y. The contact stated while driving on the highway at an undisclosed speed, the rear driver's side window detached from the vehicle. There were no warning lights illuminated. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted but no additional assistance was provided. The failure mileage was approximately 5,950. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes |
| Date | Mar 29, 2022 |
| State | NM |
| Description | This car indiscriminately applies the brakes in a very aggressive manner on all manner of roads including multiple lane divided highways. It will regularly slow from 75 mph to under 50 mph while driving on interstate highways for no reason whatsoever. I have come close to being rear ended at least 5 times and on a recent trip to arizona and back. One incident nearly caused a multiple car accident. This is an unacceptable fault and is very very dangerous. Tesla needs to be forced to address this problem immediately. My car does this all the time. If you want to come drive it just say the word. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings, Service Brakes |
| Date | Mar 29, 2022 |
| State | MN |
| Description | When driving on a two lane highway today, I had 3 episodes of the car applying the brakes to suddenly decrease speed when a vehicle was in the oncoming lane. I also had another event of emergency braking when a car was crossing the highway on a perpendicular road far ahead of my car. When I reached that road, the car had already safely crossed. Cruise control is unusable on the tesla because of these events. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes |
| Date | Mar 27, 2022 |
| State | MA |
| Description | While using adaptive cruise control on the highway, the car applied the brakes on its own. There were no cars in front of us, nor on the side of us. We were very lucky there was no one behind us or we would have been rear-ended. We went from 70 mph to 65 mph in a matter of an instant. I was able to apply the gas to stop the braking. There were no warnings or messages ahead of the incident. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Mar 26, 2022 |
| State | MO |
| Description | Just got the model y and drove from kansas city to denver and back to kansas city. When using the cruise control the car would suddenly break for no apparent reason. The breaking rapidly decreases the speed of the car. This would occur multiple time without any warning or apparent consistency. Talking with other tesla drivers at charging stations, this seems to be a well-known and common problem. Because of the unpredictable nature of this, I feel it is unsafe to use the cruise control when there are other cars present, especially cars that are behind the vehicle. I have no idea if the break lights come on with the phantom breaking occurs. If they do not, this would make the situation even worse. Cruise control has been around for years--it should work properly and **safely** on such a high-end automobile. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Mar 23, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | While using autosteer, the automatic emergency braking engages almost every time we pass by a semi-trailer truck and while there is oncoming traffic on a two-lane road. This sudden and unprovoked engagement of the automatic emergency brake system has almost caused us to be rear ended three times over the last four days and is officially causing concern. This issue will be reported to tesla. The problem has not been reproduced by the manufacturer or service center yet. The vehicle has not been inspected by the dealership since we drove it off the lot 3 weeks ago. Warning indications do not go off all the time |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Mar 22, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | My model y has experienced several "phantom braking" events ever since I owned it, which has been about 2 months now. This has happened when I am using the adaptive cruise control. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Mar 20, 2022 |
| State | NY |
| Description | Phantom breaking several times daily. Now I don't feel safe using it and I am only able to use the feature when I am sure there is no one behind me. One incentant almost resulted in rear end collision. Car thought something was there and applied break abruptly and person behind was following closely and almost crashed into me. Since then I am not able to trust this feature. A major software flaw for such an expensive car. And a very serious safety concern. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Mar 20, 2022 |
| State | WI |
| Description | My car has problems with uncommanded slowdowns while cruise control and/or autopilot are active. The vehicle will slow down suddenly in any number of predictable and unpredictable situations. The extent of the slowdown is variable as well. It can range from a slight “hiccup†in the speed, which is simply unpleasant, to a significant, rapid decrease. (like, more than 10mph, very quickly.) this can occur at various times of day, though I don't drive much at night (it has happened then as well). Driving on any two lane road with a vehicle following at any time is risky and in my opinion hazardous. Particularly if the vehicle following is even remotely close. If the following vehicle isn't paying attention and the car decides to brake for whatever reason (and apparently there are lots) that's a collision waiting to happen. I have refused to use my car's cruise control system since shortly after I got the car due to this issue. I try it every once in a while to see if it's any better, but it hasn't made it more than 5 miles before another event. Not only is it a terrible experience for passengers, it's unpleasant to have to keep my foot above the accelerator pedal to react to the stupid braking the car will do. Some of the predictable things that cause braking can include, not limited to - oncoming vehicles on a 2-lane (especially trucks, and almost everything bigger than an f150), many larger mailboxes, and in some parts of my commute - simply nothing at all. I don't know what the car sees, but it brakes. Less predictable are the times it will brake for shadows. Can't use cruise control when there's trees shadowing the road. It is absurd. No vehicle this day and age should risk causing an accident because of random shadows!! To be clear, I've never had a problem in a divided highway. Everywhere else, though, forget it. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Mar 19, 2022 |
| State | WI |
| Description | On interstate. Semi was passing. Cruise control hit the breaks. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Mar 19, 2022 |
| State | WI |
| Description | On two lane highway semi truck approaching car slammed on brakes. If someone had been behind us we would have caused an accident. Went from 60 to 28 in a flash. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Mar 18, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | When driving with adaptive cruise control turned on, the vehicle suddenly slowed down for no apparent reason. No other vehicles were nearby, no nearby structures, no paper or debris drifting on the road. This happened about 6 to 8 times over two days. I am glad that no one was following me. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings, Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Mar 17, 2022 |
| State | IL |
| Description | Tesla y has a special setting for carwashes, that driver has to enable, which puts the car in neutral, closses all the windows and plus some more. Unfortunately system failed; car accelerated on its own and I hit a car in front of me, so it failed the second time and car didn't stop on its own to avoid collision. I called tesla and this incident is under their investigation. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Service Brakes, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Mar 16, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Random, sudden braking while in cruise control (auto pilot mode). There is no object or other vehicle in the way when this happens. It has happened many times starting in december 2021 in a brand new vehicle and happened most recently 3 days ago. Every time it happens it is scary. Very disturbing and renders cruise control unusable. No word from tesla that this is fixable or even a priority. Please make telsa address this serious safety hazard before someone is hurt or killed. Thank you. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Mar 16, 2022 |
| State | MN |
| Description | I was driving down the highway and as another car in front of me exited the highway my car suddenly and abruptly slowed down even though my lane was clear endangering me and the people behind me. This is at least the fourth time this has happened to me. I find the adaptive cruise control / autopilot to be defective and extremely un safe |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Mar 16, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | I was driving with the automatic emergency breaking system on and the car slammed on the breaks when traveling at around 35 mph even though no car or other object was in my path of travel. It just slammed on the breaks for no reason. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Mar 16, 2022 |
| State | WY |
| Description | While cruise control is engaged, the vehicle will slam on the brakes when there are no obstacles or vehicles nearby. It happens out of nowhere and without any warning from the vehicle. We live in a more rural area and has happened on the interstate there each time. It is not a highly congested road and each time it has happened, there is nothing around. It has happened on numerous occasions and will take the car from 80 mph and attempt to stop completely. This could easily cause a rear end collision at high speeds if there had been a vehicle in close proximity. This has also happened even with the automated emergency braking disabled. |
| Category | Electrical System:adas:autonomous/self Driving:software, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Mar 15, 2022 |
| State | CO |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model y. The contact stated while driving 70 mph with the self driving feature activated, the vehicle experienced phantom braking. The dealer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that the vehicle was in learning mode and needed a software update. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 50. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Mar 14, 2022 |
| State | VA |
| Description | I have owned my car for only 2 weeks. Every single night that I am driving home from work (50 miles away), I have significant phantom braking. Most of the time I lose around 5-10mph, which is startling and could cause an accident if someone behind me wasn't paying attention, but once last week, while going 70mph I dropped almost 20mph within a second. Luckily, there were not any cars directly behind me. If there had been, I would have been rear ended. It is extremely frightening and only happens when I am using the cruise control. Every time it has happened, there is nothing in front of me. It's on a stretch of interstate that is 2 to 3 lanes wide, on both sides, with a large grassy median. No possible on coming traffic. I have not received any warnings or messages before, during or after. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Mar 14, 2022 |
| State | AZ |
| Description | I just bought a brand new tesla y and the next day went on a road trip with my wife and two little kids in the back seat. I put on autopilot. While driving it suddenly decelerated, which nearly caused an accident. A tractor trailer almost slammed in the back of our car. This created great anxiety and fear. The next day, with me driving alone, I tried it again and this "phantom braking" occurred. This is very dangerous. Please pressure tesla to look into this. Why do we need a tragedy for nhtsa to investigate?? This needs to occur now. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Mar 14, 2022 |
| State | KS |
| Description | While driving at highway speeds the vehicle will brake suddenly. This has happened more than eight times in a single 100 mile trip. Potential for crash at high speeds and very unnerving for the driver and passengers. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Mar 13, 2022 |
| State | MI |
| Description | I would like to add a complaint for the phantom breaking while using the autopilot function of the vehicle. While on a road trip across the country, I've experienced sudden deceleration while autopilot was engaged. Nothing was impeding the vehicle and the screen did not note any obstacles. The weather was clear and it happened both during the day and at night. This feels extremely dangerous, as my control over the vehicle could be lost under different road conditions. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Mar 11, 2022 |
| State | OK |
| Description | When I have autopilot (adaptive cruise) on, the car will often slow down, sometimes quite abruptly, when there is nothing to slow down for. This is often called phantom braking. This can easily put me at risk of getting rear-ended from another car. If I'm on ice or snow it can cause the car to slide and loose control. I have read on the internet and forums of many with 2021 or 2022 model y's with the same problem - since the radar was removed on these newer cars. I had a 2020 model y previously that had the radar, and I never had this problem. I believe their camera only technology is not enough to suffice and they need the redundancy of both radar and cameras. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Mar 11, 2022 |
| State | WA |
| Description | Phantom braking occurs under too many scenarios common on 2-lane roads to mention them all. Sometimes the car decelerates so rapidly for no apparent reason I'm concerned I'll be rear-ended. Even in good weather, lighting, road surface, etc. The car sometimes seems to be guessing about hazards and slowing down for no reason, sometimes very abruptly. |
| Category | Electrical System:adas:autonomous/self Driving |
| Date | Mar 08, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model y. The contact stated while driving at 65 mph with the self-driving features activated, the vehicle experienced phantom braking. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact stated that were no other vehicles or objects nearby. The contact depressed the accelerator pedal and the vehicle increased in speed and the contact continued to drive the vehicle. The contact stated that the failure had been occurring several times per day while using the self-driving feature. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 2,000. The consumer stated the phantom braking was only experienced in auto pilot mode. After notifying tesla updates were made and the problem was resolved. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Mar 07, 2022 |
| State | MN |
| Description | I was driving 55mph with autopilot engaged. Without warning the car engaged the brakes aggressively and I was almost rear ended. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Mar 07, 2022 |
| State | CO |
| Description | Sudden braking when tacc is engaged happens sporadically |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Mar 05, 2022 |
| State | IL |
| Description | I had cruise control set(autopilot) and was driving on a two lane highway at night. My car abruptly braked when oncoming traffic was detected. Another oncoming car on the same road, caused my car to abruptly brake again. Then a third car a couple of minutes later caused my car to abruptly brake again. I turned the cruise control(autopilot) off, to prevent my car from emergency braking. The problem was not reported since I couldn't repeat the issue. It has not been inspected by anyone. No warnings on vehicle. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Mar 05, 2022 |
| State | OR |
| Description | Phantom braking happens during auto pilot feature and during any use of cruise control. This happens nearly 100% of the time while using these two features and any incoming traffic approaches, especially larger vehicles and trucks. The braking is sometimes soft, but more often quite abrupt, and always without notice. It is extremely dangerous and annoying to use |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings |
| Date | Mar 04, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | While driving from san francisco to salt lake city and back on highway 80 this past week, my vehicle frequently experienced “phantom braking†while using “autopilotâ€. At least 15 times on the drive, my car, while using “autopilotâ€, would forcefully apply the brakes when no hazard was present. While most times it slowed the car from 80mph to 70-75 and then resumed normal operation, one time it slammed on the brakes so hard and dropped the vehicle speed down to 50 before I could intervene and avoid a rear end collision. The system was even worse at night, but only when passing large semi-trucks. They were in the right lane and as my car would approach to pass in the left lane it would slam on the brakes and slow down. It got to the point where I would turn off autopilot every time I was about to pass a truck at night. I also noticed it only seemed to happen on two lane highways—two lanes in each direction, and only when I was in the left lane, again mostly as I was passing a large truck that was driving in the right lane. This is particularly concerning as a few times there were cars behind me that could have easily rear ended me as there was no hazard indicating that they should slow down. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Service Brakes |
| Date | Mar 03, 2022 |
| State | FL |
| Description | When in traffic aware cruise control the car would brake suddenly for no apparent reason. I'm not sure whether it is available for inspection upon request. Sudden unexplained braking could be a safety hazard if it occurs when a vehicle is travelling behind. The problem has not been reproduced or confirmed by a dealer or independent service station. The vehicle has not been inspected by the manufacturer, police, insurance representatives or others. There were not any warning lamps, messages or other symptoms of the problem prior to the failure. This problem occurred at least 6 times when travelling on the highway between lake charles, la and san antonio, tx on 2/27/2022 and 24 times when travelling on the highway between san antonio, tx and las cruces, nm on 2/28/2022. We observed that the frequency of these sudden unexplained braking occurrences increases when the light is filtered through partly sunny/partly cloudy skies. In bright cloudless conditions or in overcast conditions the unexplained braking does not happen. On 3/1/2022 the day after we had 24 occurrences we drove from las cruces, nm to scottsdale, az in bright cloudless conditions and we didn't experience any sudden braking. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Mar 03, 2022 |
| State | NC |
| Description | We recently purchased this vehicle and was driving down the highway with zero traffic near us in any lane and the model y slammed on the brakes for no apparent reason. Luckily no one was behind us. This continues to be a problem with phantom braking for no reason. It's very dangerous and almost makes the vehicle unable to be driven. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes |
| Date | Mar 03, 2022 |
| State | NV |
| Description | I experienced two incidents of phantom braking while making a round trip from reno nevada to sacramento california on interstate 80 on march 3, 2022. The first incident (approx. 10:15 am) occurred west bound and west of donner summit. My speed was approximately 70 mph traveling in the right lane. Several big rig trucks were parked on the shoulder. There were no cars directly in front of me and one car slightly ahead in the left lane. Autopilot was engaged. Suddenly the car braked violently and reduced speed to under 40 mph. I retained control and continued driving. In the second incident (approx. 1:30 pm) my wife was driving east on I 80 (with autopilot engaged) at approximately 70 mph. As she attempted to change lanes to allow a car to pass to our left, emergency braking again was violently engaged. The car behind us had to take very quick evasive action to avoid a collision. A high speed collision was extremely narrowly avoided. There were no vehicles for hundreds of yards ahead of us nor any parked along the highway and no obstacles on the highway. At the spot where the braking occurred the highway began to slope upward, possibly creating the illusion of an obstacle.. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Mar 03, 2022 |
| State | NE |
| Description | Phantom braking occurred four times in under an hour. Sunny conditions, clear lines. |
| Category | Electrical System:adas:autonomous/self Driving, Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Mar 02, 2022 |
| State | OH |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model y. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed with the cruise control or autopilot activated, the vehicle experienced phantom braking. The dealer was made aware of the failure; however, the vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact to press a button on the steering wheel to submit a bug report. The failure mileage was approximately 100. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings |
| Date | Mar 02, 2022 |
| State | GA |
| Description | Using autopilot (adaptive cruise control) on a two lane highway. Vehicle slammed on brakes when a semi truck was passing on the other lane. Happened three times on same trip. False braking was not consistent as it happened once as semi passed beside us, once when the other vehicle was at least 100 yards away and once again when another truck was about 25 yards away. Lane in front of us was clear with no traffic in front of us. This did not happen on divided highways. Only on two lane highways at speeds above 55mph. In one occasion braking was so severe that vehicle slowed down from 55mph to about 20mph. A car behind us almost rear ended us. They honked their horn at us as they believed we were "break checking". Not the case. My wife asked to turn feature off and won't use until something is done to fix. The car has not been checked by tesla. I have an appointment with them. There are no diagnostics indicating fault in the car. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings |
| Date | Mar 02, 2022 |
| State | FL |
| Description | When the ads is engaged you can not reliably drive the vehicle due to phantom braking events which puts us at risk of being rear ended at highway speeds. Has occurred on numerous dates. |
| Category | Service Brakes |
| Date | Mar 02, 2022 |
| State | FL |
| Description | I was driving my 2022 tesla model y south on I-95 near the intersection with I-10, going approximately 65 miles per hour in the middle of a clear day. I did not have cruise control, autopilot, anything on-- just driving normal. No warning indicators. All software updates were up to date. I was in the far right lane and, at that section of the road, there is a large distance between the oncoming traffic headed north. There were no oncoming cars anyhow. And the car just suddenly slammed on the breaks. I didn't go into a skid but it was enough to jerk my body forward to where my torso hit the steering wheel. I pressed down on the acceleration as fast as I could. If there would have been a car or truck behind me, I would have been really hurt, especially if there would have been passengers in the back. I was shaking. If anything remotely like that happens again, I will sell the car that same day. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Feb 28, 2022 |
| State | NY |
| Description | Sudden braking events that occurred both during the day and at night - reducing the vehicle from a cruising speed to 55 or less mph within seconds. |
| Category | Seats |
| Date | Feb 28, 2022 |
| State | GA |
| Description | The second row seat is broken. At first, it wouldn't latch but now it cannot be moved or adjusted. There is an alarm that states that the second row seats are not secured. I have been unable to get it repaired. A quick google search shows hundreds of cases exactly like mine. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Feb 27, 2022 |
| State | WA |
| Description | On the freeway, the car significantly slows when it perceives a hazard, despite no hazard. It's the phantom breaking and it reduces the speed suddenly and alarmingly, and it renders the cost and benefit of the vehicle much less valuable. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings |
| Date | Feb 27, 2022 |
| State | TX |
| Description | * on rural roads at night, utilizing either cruise control or autopilot is super dangerous. Any oncoming traffic will cause the vehicle to audible warn, and slam on the brakes. * I was almost rear-ended multiple times by vehicles following closely when the car decided to slam on the brakes. * I can reproduce it, and I have recorded it. * no * no symptoms prior to failure. Occurred on brand new car, started on the very first night driving it in rural environment. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Feb 27, 2022 |
| State | WI |
| Description | On 2/25/22 I was driving on a two lane road. Speed limit was 55. I set driving assistance/adaptive cruise (we do not have the option for fully automated driving) and things were fine for 20 minutes. At some point there was a significant slow down despite the fact that there were no cars in my lane ahead of me. I'm not sure if the car detected another car coming from far away in the other lane or why it was that the car significantly slowed down. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Feb 26, 2022 |
| State | VA |
| Description | Phantom breaking happening while using auto pilot (cruise control). It is not speed, weather, terrain, or time of day dependant, and seems to be increasing. It is extremely dangerous in highway driving when speed is 55+. Phantom breaking can be anything from light breaking, to heavy jerking breaking. It has happened on multiple dates dince purchasing car at start of month (2/2022). We have put a service request into tesla. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Feb 26, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | I was driving along highway 101 southbound with not so many cars around cruising around 65mph while on autopilot and suddenly the car just braked really hard. The car's velocity dropped to about 15mph in just 1-2 seconds. This is really scary and dangerous and luckily there is no other car behind us or else we could've been rear ended really bad. There was no warning or anything and it was about 2pm when the sun was up and really bright and no clouds at all. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Feb 25, 2022 |
| State | PA |
| Description | Cruise was control set to 70 mph while I was driving on a highway. There were no cars in front of me, there was a van following behind at a safe distance. As I drove up a hill on the highway my car suddenly decelerated. I did not get to see what my speed reduced to, but it was very dramatic, and I would estimate a slow down of 20 mph in a very short distance. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Feb 25, 2022 |
| State | KS |
| Description | While driving on auto pilot/cruise control mode on a 2-lane local road it suddenly applies brake very hard whenever a truck or trailer is approaching from the opposite lane. At night it suddenly brakes very hard whenever headlights of a car from the opposite lane appears. I accepted delivery on 2/23/2022 and I have had it only 1 day ownership but it has happened every time a truck passes or head lights show up. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Service Brakes, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Feb 24, 2022 |
| State | TX |
| Description | The cruise control system malfunctioned during the very first highway use (within several weeks after receiving the vehicle). While driving at a high speed on the open highway, the car would break hard for no clear reason, even when I was not following closely behind any other car. The nearest car in my lane was least 20 car lengths ahead, if at all. This experience was quite traumatizing to both me and my wife, and made us feel unsafe on the highway. Luckily, I follow the speed limits in our state, which reduces the likelihood of a rear-end collision (all others drive at least 10 mph faster than the limit and zip past me). However, this "phantom braking" (as others have dubbed it) is very hard and sudden, often dropping the car down from 70 to 50 mph in seconds, without warning. When I contacted tesla via the app, they texted me to reset the cameras (do a hard reboot). There has been no follow-up by them. I do not think that this has fixed it, but have not given it a full test on a long trip. I wonder if this has something to do with the removal of the radar guidance system by the manufacturer, as this system was discontinued immediately before my tesla was built. This experience has been so disturbing that we are seriously considering selling the tesla and buying another brand of ev. It made our initial 200 mile trip in the car one of the worst driving experiences that I have had in decades. I had to hold the steering wheel with an iron grip out of fear for when the car would next capriciously decide to jam on the brakes. Needless to say, I was physically exhausted and emotionally drained by the time that we reached our destination. To specifically address your questions: the car is available for inspection; it put my and my wife's safety at risk; the "dealer" has not specifically confirmed the problem; nobody has inspected the vehicle; there was no warning prior to the problems. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Feb 24, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Driving down the road on cruise control and car will slam on the brakes and you almost get rear ended every time. Scary to say the least. |
| Category | Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Feb 23, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | The rear undercarriage body panel was not fully attached. The front bolts were missing causing a scooping of air and scraping of the panel against pavement during higher speeds. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Service Brakes |
| Date | Feb 22, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | I purchased the vehicle on 2/12/2022. In the first six days of ownership, the vehicle suddenly braked on two occasions while using cruise control. |
| Category | Electrical System, Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Feb 21, 2022 |
| State | TX |
| Description | Phantom braking using traffic-aware cruise control during 205 mile trip. Car brakes suddenly on two lane roads, especially for large oncoming semi trucks, but also randomly with no traffic. I have to keep foot on gas pedal to keep cars behind me from rear-ending my car. Also, one time the computer screen locked up and went black. I could still drive, but there was no indication of speed. The pc rebooted and went back to normal approximately five minutes later. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Feb 21, 2022 |
| State | WA |
| Description | Vehicle has phantom braking when auto is in cruise control on a two-lane road. Usually when a semi-truck or other large vehicle is coming towards us, car will sound an alarm and break heavy, reducing speed by 20-30 mph. This is not an issue when on the inter-state highway. This has been an ongoing problem since we picked up the vehicle in mid-december of 2021 |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings |
| Date | Feb 21, 2022 |
| State | MI |
| Description | When driving on a two lane highway (us 131 and us 115) at speeds of 55-70mph in clear weather with adaptive cruise control engaged over a 4 day period and covering ~500 miles, this car starts emergency braking (warning chime and sudden deceleration) every time the car interacts with an oncoming tractor trailer going the opposite direction. It will sometimes do this for multiple, closely following cars coming the opposite direction. It will additionally slow down when overtaking tractor trailers on the expressway (I-75) traveling at speeds of 70-85mpg when passing on the left and rounding gradual curves. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Service Brakes, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Feb 21, 2022 |
| State | WI |
| Description | The vehicle will brake while utilizing the autosteer and cruise control features. I do not have the advanced autopilot feature enabled on my vehicle. The vehicle will brake suddenly at highway speeds requiring me to take control of the vehicle immediately. This is concerning and may result in an rear end collision. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Feb 21, 2022 |
| State | CO |
| Description | While using adaptive cruise control at highway speeds, the car suddenly engaged the brakes. This occurred both on a multilane highway (with no direct oncoming traffic) as well as on a smaller single lane highway with oncoming traffic in the adjacent lane. When it happened on a multilane highway, there were no cars ahead of me at the time. I was passing a large exit sign located on the side of the road. When it happened on the single lane highway, there was a semi truck headed towards me in the adjacent lane. On the multilane highway, it was fortunate that there was nobody behind me as the brake application was forceful and could have resulted in me being rear-ended. On the single lane highway, it was a terrifying experience because the brakes engaged rapidly as a truck was approaching at highway speeds. The problem has not been confirmed by a dealer, I have an appointment for service pending. It has not been inspected by any party. The collision warning alarms did not go off when during either event, and no other alarms were activated. I turned off the cruise control after the second episode and have not used it since. |
| Category | Electrical System:adas:autonomous/self Driving |
| Date | Feb 20, 2022 |
| State | MA |
| Description | Phantom braking. When car is on autopilot the car suddenly brakes. It's happening a lot when I'm driving back from work. I drive 72 miles one way to work on mondays and some fridays. On one day it did breaks 3 times with no object in sight. Glad I'm not rear ended |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Service Brakes |
| Date | Feb 20, 2022 |
| State | CO |
| Description | Application of emergency braking without warning when tacc cruise control system engaged. Yes, vehicle is available for inspection upon request. The vehicle was driven yesterday for its 1st longer mileage trip since purchase in february, 66 miles on two lane highway and interstate. When the tesla tacc system (cruise control) was engaged the braking system abruptly applied with no warning and without reason. This occurred approximately 6 times during the drive and only while cruise control was active. Two instances appeared to have been caused by on coming vehicles in opposing direction in the other lane. One at lower speed, 25 mph, a bus in the opposite lane. Our vehicle applied the brakes hard enough that the car almost came to a complete stop. There was no vehicle directly behind but if there were we would likely have been hit. The 2nd was an oncoming semi truck on a two lane highway at approx 65 mph. Our vehicle again with no warning slammed on the brakes. At this speed we felt some difficulty gaining control of the vehicle. Again, no vehicles were directly behind so we avoided another possible collision. The remaining 4 instances presented no possible reasons for application of the brakes. Each time this occurred without warning. This drive sees relatively low traffic levels thankfully, as this issue would likely cause collision with following vehicles not being able to stop fast enough from random hard braking at highway speeds. Our regular driving occurs on more traffic filled roads. Due to this issue the system cannot be used as an accident would be eminent. Vehicle has not yet been inspected by the dealer or independent service center. The vehicle has not yet been inspected by the manufacturer, police, or insurance representatives. No warning lights or messages occur prior to this failure. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings |
| Date | Feb 20, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Bought this car three weeks back. It has the issue oh phantom braking. Where car start braking out of nowhere when on autopilot. No object is detected during this |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Feb 20, 2022 |
| State | NE |
| Description | While traveling down a two lane road using adaptive cruise control and no one in front of me, the car rapidly decelerating replicating the often reported phantom braking event. This happened three times in roughly a mile before I disengaged autopilot. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings |
| Date | Feb 19, 2022 |
| State | IL |
| Description | Phantom braking on 2 lane roads when using adaptive cruise control or autopilot. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes |
| Date | Feb 19, 2022 |
| State | NC |
| Description | When in auto pilot mode, the car would suddenly brake for no apparent reason. I was afraid I would get hit from behind. I reported this to the local tesla dealer. He acknowledged others have had the same problem. There is nothing they could do now. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes, Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Feb 19, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | I was driving with the autopilot engaged and the car unexpectedly slammed on the brakes. This happen 2 more times and I disengaged the autopilot and did not turn it back on. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Feb 18, 2022 |
| State | TX |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model y. The contact stated while driving 65 mph with the cruise control engaged, while another vehicle was approaching on the left, the vehicle started to decelerate independently. The contact stated that an unknown warning light was illuminated. The contact was able to continue driving but experienced the failure to the extent of manually braking and stopping the vehicle. The contact scheduled an appointment for the dealer to inspect the vehicle. The contact became aware that the tesla app detected no failure and canceled the appointment. The contact stated that the tesla app had canceled appointments on four different occasions. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure by the tesla app. The failure mileage was approximately 300. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Feb 18, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | I was driving on freeway 101 north in la and was merging into freeway 405 north. My auto pilot was engage and my car suddenly decided to apply the breaks and reduce the speed from 65 miles per hour to around 45. This was done while there were no visible vehicles in sight and in front of me. The auto pilot is quite unreliable. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes |
| Date | Feb 18, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Today I was driving to work using the adaptive cruise control and the car applied brakes for no valid reason, this sudden deceleration could have caused an accident. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Feb 18, 2022 |
| State | WA |
| Description | I got the car a couple of days ago. In a 50 mile two-way road, I experienced over 10 phantom braking problems. 2 of the brakings were a bit hard. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Feb 18, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model y. The contact stated while driving approximately 73 mph, the vehicle experienced “phantom braking†while the cruise control was activated and the vehicle slowed to 20 mph. The vehicle was not taken to a local dealer. The manufacturer was informed of the failure. The contact was informed that the remedy for nhtsa campaign number: 22v063000 (electrical system, forward collision-avoidance) was not yet available. The failure mileage was 3,338. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Lane Departure: Assist |
| Date | Feb 18, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | The car is automatically braking when it sees an approaching vehicle in the oncoming lane (2 lane highway). It puts me at risk for being hit from behind due to unexpected braking. The car is also occasionally going into the left turn lane instead of staying straight when on auto drive mode and then quickly veering out of the lane. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Feb 18, 2022 |
| State | TX |
| Description | Coming from a 2017 tesla model s and a 2018 tesla model 3 to a 2022 model y the experience has been jarring. Tesla's driver assistance system, termed "autopilot" has become almost unusable due to multiple, frequent, incidences of phantom-braking: 1. On a two-way road, when there are trucks in the oncoming lane, my 2022 tesla model y vision-only (tesla removed radar) the car will slam its brakes 2. On a divided, limited-access highway, my 2022 tesla model y will randomly slam its brakes. There are all safety issues because it can brake without any warning or logical indication why it should be braking, and cars behind me can very easily crash into me. Tesla did not have this issue, or at least not this prevalent, with my 2017 model s and 2018 model 3 that included both radar and vision for their driver assistance system. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Feb 18, 2022 |
| State | AR |
| Description | On multiple occasions the tesla model y has performed what is deemed "phantom braking" while on the highway, causing my car to frantically slam on the brakes while using cruise control. This happened several times and I am not afraid to use cruise control. It only occurs when I have cruise control or 'autopilot' engaged, and out of nowhere the car will respond like it sees something in the road and either cut cruise control out, which engage regenerative braking, or will just apply the brakes at a rapid rate. Fortunately the majority of the time this occurred at night time without any cars directly behind me, but it has made me worried to use cruise control. The last time this happened was around december 31st and I have not been comfortable using cruise control since then. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Feb 18, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | I am experiencing regular "phantom braking" by the autopilot adaptive cruise control. This creates sudden and dangerous hard braking at highway speeds between 55 and 65 mph with abrupt deceleration to the low 40's and has nearly resulted in rear end collisions with trailing vehicles. I received a notice that my vehicle was being built with camera "tesla vision" sensors only and does not have the radar sensors of previous model y vehicles. Several over the air software updates since my delivery jan 3 have failed to improve reliability of this system. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes |
| Date | Feb 18, 2022 |
| State | VA |
| Description | While traveling on i81, at dusk, on 2/16/2022, the car automatically, with no apparent reason, momentarily applied the brakes, causing the car to veer sharply to the left - this occurred twice on a 20 mile trip - once while passing a semi, once while driving under an overpass - autopilot was with ‘distance speed control' on - car is new with less than 300 miles (purchased on 2/11) - because to this, I consider the car to be unsafe to drive with autopilot ‘on' |
| Category | Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Feb 18, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | The driver reported while slowly turning right into a parking stall, the vehicle accelerated and collided into a building despite efforts to stop the vehicle. The driver stated she was applying the brakes as the vehicle accelerated. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Feb 17, 2022 |
| State | OR |
| Description | While driving on a two lane highway at 70 mph on cruise control oncoming semi's will cause the automatic braking system to drastically put on the brakes to 20 mph in 1 second, causing everyone in the car to lurch forward and pissing off the cars behind me to the point of almost rear ending me and causing road rage. I don't want to neither be rear ended or shot at by these drivers behind me so cruise control is worthless and unusable on this dangerous car |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Feb 17, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | While using adaptive cruise control, this vehicle intermittently breaks dramatically and swerves on its own without any indication of a possible collision. In fact, most of the time there are no vehicles even within sight of the vehicle. Occurs even on straight roads with no vehicles seen and no one in the area. Friday 02-11-2022 2300hrs - sat 02-12-2022 0300 hrs. While driving in traffic any vehicles on the right or left are perceived as a threat and the vehicle breaks wildly. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Service Brakes, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Feb 17, 2022 |
| State | MD |
| Description | Phantom braking. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Feb 17, 2022 |
| State | WA |
| Description | The car applies brakes for no apparent reason while using adaptive cruise control. This occurs frequently and without warning. I have become afraid to use cruise control because I fear it will cause an accident. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Feb 17, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | When using traffic aware cruise control or autopilot, the car will slam on the brakes when it sees a large vehicle, like a semi truck or bus, in the oncoming lane. It happens about 50% of the time when there is a truck in the oncoming lane. Recently, on a drive up highway 88 near jackson, this happened 8 times over a 40 mile stretch. It doesn't just slow down— it tries to come to a full stop, snapping my head forward. I nearly lost control several times. I no longer feel safe using cruise control at all, under any circumstances. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Feb 17, 2022 |
| State | NC |
| Description | As per many similar complaints, my model y while on cruise control will suddenly brake for absolutely no reason. I have almost been rear ended on the highway while traveling at 74 miles per hour. The car drops 20-40 mph seemingly for absolutely no reason. I believe that this has been dubbed "phantom braking". Add me to the list! |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Feb 17, 2022 |
| State | PA |
| Description | Vehicle experiences "phantom braking" where during use of tacc or "autopilot" it will suddenly and drastically slow down without warning. This seems to occur when it falsely detects another vehicle is about to enter the same lane either with oncoming or merging traffic. Seems to be more severe with poor lighting conditions (dawn, dusk, nighttime) and on two-lane undivided roads. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Feb 17, 2022 |
| State | UT |
| Description | The vehicle, while in autopilot, has demonstrated "phantom breaking" on three occasions, two of which occurred on the same trip. The first was at night traveling on a highway with no vehicles in front of the car while the car was traveling 70 mph (the posted speed limit). (details on speed and mileage included below) this almost caused the car behind us to rear end our car. The second occurred during the day as we were traveling over a bridge on an off ramp at approximately 50 mph and both my children, who were sleeping, were unprepared for a sudden stop and complained about pain from the safety restraint system. The third was on a highway at 70 mph, and there was less of an effect as I was holding my foot above the throttle in the event this happened again. My wife asked that I no longer use this system while she or the children are in the car. There is no indication that the system recognizes an issue as the automatic dashcam did not activate, but it has activated in other situations where vehicles have made sudden movements in our lane in front of the vehicle. It is available for inspection. It has not been inspected by service yet. They are scheduled for february 22. No other inspections have occurred. There was no warning of this or messages of any kind to indicate the system was not functioning properly. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Feb 17, 2022 |
| State | WA |
| Description | While operating the cruise control on two-lane roads, the tesla model y will frequently engage the emergency stop/warning function. Note: no autopilot has been used. There is no lane swerving or concern of the car approaching in the opposite lane or is the model y in any unsafe operating situation. This occurs in almost every driving situation with the cruise control engaged (two-lane roads) and has been documented with other passengers in the automobile. Obviously, this creates a panic situation for the driver and passengers while also creating a very unsafe operation for following cars. Multiple dates/times and weather conditions were mostly clear, I. E. No rain. As a note, we have owned a 2016 and 2018 tesla model s that did not have this problem. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Feb 17, 2022 |
| State | MO |
| Description | The vehicle control system intermittently commands hard braking at highway speed when there are no obstacles or vehicles nearby. This sometimes happens repeatedly over a period of several minutes and sometimes doesn't happen for weeks at a time. The braking and deceleration is so rapid as to result in difficulty controlling the car and potential hazard to cars following behind. After repeated "bug reports" to tesla, nothing has changed. They issue a software update with a new game, but don't fix the hazardous problems. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Feb 17, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | While using the autopilot feature, the car applied the brakes many times for no reason. One incident was so severe that I decided to disable the autopilot feature for the rest of the trip so as not to put the drivers behind me in a dangerous situation. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings |
| Date | Feb 17, 2022 |
| State | IL |
| Description | While driving in autopilot, the car rapidly decelerated from 55mph to 35mph two times about 30 seconds apart, when two separate semi trucks were approaching me in oncoming lane, not crossing the lane or anything on a two way road. Seems to be well known as "phantom braking", but I just got the car yesterday and have put less than 30 miles on the car and already experienced this phantom braking twice. (car currently has 60 miles on it) to note I did test drive a 2020 model y in december 2020 and did not experience this at all when using autopilot on that car. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Feb 17, 2022 |
| State | WA |
| Description | Phantom braking while using autopilot (cruise control), my tesla model y without warning slows the car from the speed limit (ex: 60mpg) down to half the speed or less. This usually occurs when the is a large approaching vehicle (semi or box truck) or when going around corners with a solid background (trees or large rocks). I assume this is because the car believes a collision is imminent and is trying to avoid it. Once the vehicle is past the car continues as if nothing occurred. The first time this happened was very scary and I ad no idea why it happened. Now I keep my foot resting above the gas pedal which keeps the car from severe braking action if you depress pedal right away. I mostly do not use cruise control on two lanes roads with lots of traffic for safety reasons, especially if there's someone following too close. My last trip of 60+ miles this probably occurred half a dozen times until I turned it off. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Feb 17, 2022 |
| State | WI |
| Description | At highway speeds using adaptive cruise or autopilot, vehicle suddenly brakes and veers towards the shoulder of the road. This occurs when a large vehicle such as a bus or semi is approaching from the opposite direction. Emergency break came close to causing a rear end collision today 2/17/22. Contacted tesla service for investigation and repair. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Lane Departure: Blind Spot Detection |
| Date | Feb 17, 2022 |
| State | TX |
| Description | Autopilot feature hard braked twice suddenly while driving on highway . I was next to another car . I was shocked auto lane departure with over taking slow traffic . While overtaking the car gives left signal option to lane change and then while crossing the vehicle in the right it gives another signal to turn right or tries to turn while the vehicle is still there in the blind spot . This happen nee few times which is scary . |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings |
| Date | Feb 15, 2022 |
| State | WA |
| Description | When using autopilot, the car brakes at all sorts of non-events incl curvy roads, shiny puddles, undulations, trucks going the other way without incident, and more. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Feb 15, 2022 |
| State | MI |
| Description | When using the traffic aware cruise control the vehicle brakes hard suddenly for no reason. I have only had this model y for 11 days and only have 280 miles on the car and it has braked for no reason over 20 times. I have had to stop using the cruise control and haven't tried the auto pilot. I am concerned about being rear ended and hope tesla finds a fix to this quickly. I know there are others having this same issue and wanted to report my experience on a newly purchased model y. I have also made tesla aware of my concern but have not heard anything back from them. |
| Category | Engine |
| Date | Feb 14, 2022 |
| State | VA |
| Description | Car stops in highway with alarm rear motor disabled. Took it to tesla they say it is a fluke go head and drive. It happend last month and again multiple times on feb 13th. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings, Service Brakes |
| Date | Feb 14, 2022 |
| State | ID |
| Description | Phantom breaking happens consistently when cruise control is engaged. The phantom breaking happens every day and multiple times a day. Whether it be on a multi lane freeway or a two lane highway, serious breaking occurs and often can be quite dangerous when cars are following behind our vehicle. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Feb 14, 2022 |
| State | RI |
| Description | I was driving on a snowy narrow two lane road at 9:45am. There was no one in front of me and no oncoming traffic. The car suddenly applied the brakes, hard (along with an alarm and notice on screen that the emergency breaking system had been applied). It was only for a moment and the car dropped about 10 mph. What made the situation particularly troubling is that the road was very slippery in many areas as it was snowing and I was in a reduced salt area near a reservoir. If this had happened 500 yards earlier or later I would likely have gone off the road. This tesla has the latest software update 2022. 4. 5. The dealer will be looking at the car in a week. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Feb 14, 2022 |
| State | OR |
| Description | Car breaks hard suddenly when in cruise control- multiple times ands every time it's in cc. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Feb 13, 2022 |
| State | NV |
| Description | Several times during our first long trip in our new model y, it slammed the brakes on for no reason with cruise control enabled. We were traveling on interstate 80, with speed limits typically 75-80mph. In some cases, we slowed from 80mph to 55mph due to these unexplained braking events and were in serious danger of being rear ended more than one time. Conditions were sunny, clear, and there was absolutely no reason the vehicle should have braked when it did. No objects on the road, no other vehicles next to or in front of ours. It was completely unexpected and dangerous! |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Feb 13, 2022 |
| State | NY |
| Description | I was driving on left lane of divided interstate highway in daytime with great visibility. There were no cars in front of me. I was using tesla autopilot with speed limit set to 75mph. Suddenly car applied brakes hard and within second of my reaction time dropped speed to 40mph, before I was able to press accelerator to override braking. Two cars behind me had to slam on the brakes and one had to swerve to avoid rear end collision. This phantom braking in very good conditions was totally unexpected and nearly ended up in high speed rear end collision with my wife and kids in the car. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes |
| Date | Feb 13, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Car phantom braked when in a 2 lane highway when there was an approaching car in the opposite lane. No danger of the other car colliding but tesla braked for no reason. Happened multiple times while using autopilot. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Feb 12, 2022 |
| State | AZ |
| Description | Multiple occurrences - I use cruise control only - not autopilot. Vehicle randomly applies the brakes with no traffic or obstructions. Most times it is momentary where the car drops 1 or 2 mph and then returns to set speed. Yesterday (2/11/2022) it twice initiated a hard brake and dropped the speed 10 mph before I could intercede. This is a very dangerous situation! Last week, another model y passed me on the highway and I counted 10 brake flashes in a mile. I then experienced 3 myself. Seems to happen more when the sun is low. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Feb 11, 2022 |
| State | IL |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model y. The contact stated while driving 60 mph with the cruise control feature activated, the vehicle independently decelerated. The contact stated that while on a two-way street with another vehicle approaching, the vehicle abruptly stopped. The contact stated that the forward collision-avoidance adaptive cruise control feature was not operating as designed. The contact stated that the safety scope feature of the vehicle was too close causing the vehicle to erroneously brake whenever another vehicle was nearby. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer and the contact was informed that the failure was a common failure. The contact was also informed that the manufacturer was aware of the failure and was in the process of implementing a software update to fix the issue. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The approximate failure mileage was 700. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings |
| Date | Feb 11, 2022 |
| State | NY |
| Description | Phantom breaking. While on traffic aware cruise control, we have experienced several episodes of sudden hard breaking for no reason. Fortunately, no one was following closely. The car is available for inspection. Hard sudden unexplained breaking increases risk of rear end collision. No inspections have been performed. But I did discuss it with a tesla mechanic. He was familiar with the problem and stated that even tho my vehicle does not have radar, it has the bracket and the wiring so it can be installed later. Supply chain issues was mentioned as a possible reason for its absence. No warnings prior to breaking. Simultaneous with phantom breaking is audible alarm. This last occurred yesterday feb 10, 2022 mid morning. Good road conditions. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Feb 11, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Driving southbound on hwy 101 coming from atascadero going to buellton. Section of highway had 2 lanes in each direction. Center divider was narrow - no trees. There were no cars in front of me. Car suddenly braked. I looked and saw a large truck traveling north bound. That was the only other vehicle on the road. The first time this happened (a couple of weeks ago) I swerved onto the shoulder so I wouldn't get hit. This time, knowing what was happening, I hit the gas and got back to my traveling speed. No collision or damage. But you have to tell tesla to fix this |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Feb 09, 2022 |
| State | CO |
| Description | Adaptive cruise control random hard braking while in use. Vehicles directly behind need to take corrective action to avoid collision. Not an isolated incident. 75% time I use cruise control, I have a random braking event. No / maybe. It appears to be a common problem. No no |
| Category | Electrical System:instrument Panel:speedometer/odometer |
| Date | Feb 08, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | The infotainment/speedometer froze and went black. This caused the loss of the speedometer and turn signal control. The vehicle still accelerated,decelerated, braked and turned correctly but there was no indication of the current speed. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Service Brakes, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Feb 07, 2022 |
| State | CO |
| Description | Multiple occurrences of phantom braking phenomenon with cruise control engaged. Happened while driving into setting sun or at night. The car seemed to confuse shinny spots in the road (ice patches and tar repairs particularly at the crest of a hill or bridge) as a vehicle and apply the brakes. The braking was usually very aggressive and in one case almost resulted in a high speed rear end. Adjusting control parameters as available form the software did not have any effect. Have not had the car inspected at this point. No warning was given by the system but you can see a phantom image appear on the virtual display during the episode. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Feb 05, 2022 |
| State | IL |
| Description | Car consistently brakes unexpectedly when another large car is passing going the opposite direction. There have also been times they shadows cause the same result. I believe this is referred to as phantom braking and it makes the adaptive cruise control unusable and dangerous. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Feb 05, 2022 |
| State | CO |
| Description | When cruise control (called autopilot) is engaged, the car will slam on the brakes for no apparent reason, endangering everyone around us. Sometimes it happens as frequently as several times a minute. It is particularly bad on 2 lane roads when cresting hills and when trucks are in the opposite lane, but it's not limited to those situations. When we took the car to the tesla repair shop, they closed the ticket after informing us that it is a “known software issue†with no resolution currently. So the problem was not fixed, but the ticket was closed anyway. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Feb 05, 2022 |
| State | ND |
| Description | While driving on a single lane road in bismarck, nd in low light conditions the car did what we call phantom braking anytime a oncoming car would be approaching. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Feb 05, 2022 |
| State | MN |
| Description | I do not have full self driving on my car. However, the cameras installed are active when I use just normal cruise control. Trying to drive between the minneapolis area to pipestone, mn on christmas day the car several times hit the brakes for me unexpectedly while in cruise control. We were on various roads, mostly at night, and with many times no seeable vehicles nearby. Other times it would be a vehicle coming at us in the proper lane next to us. I cannot use cruise control on this car for fear that a car will rear end me. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings |
| Date | Feb 04, 2022 |
| State | WA |
| Description | The car does phantom braking and creates dangerous situation on the highway. Happened many times on cruise control and autopilot. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Feb 04, 2022 |
| State | IL |
| Description | Phantom braking when cruise control activated. Car will randomly reduce speed and / or brake when driving on highway or 2 lane highways. Makes cruise control unusable as it's dangerous |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Feb 04, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Driving on hwy 101 just north of santa barbara california with cruise control on, the car suddenly braked dropping from 70 to 40. I pulled onto the shoulder so no one would rear end me. There was nothing in front of me in either lane. Luckily, there was also nothing behind me. This had happened previously but the slowing was far less abrupt and recovered immediately. I sent an email to the person with whom I dealt at the tesla showroom saying I wanted to report this to tesla, but have not heard back. Please advise on how I can report this to tesla. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Feb 04, 2022 |
| State | IN |
| Description | When coming home from the dealer, it phantom braked twice. I thought at first maybe it was a shadow across the road. There was a software update the next day, and I hoped it was fixed. It was raining lightly and there wouldn't be any shadows.. A box truck came toward us in the opposite lane and it panic braked. As soon as I turned the cruise control back on, a semi came toward us, and it panic braked again. I've been afraid to use the cruise control since then.. If someone was inattentive behind me, they would probably hit me. Tesla says they have checked the systems on my car remotely and there is nothing wrong with it. (!!) it now has 200 miles on it. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Feb 04, 2022 |
| State | OK |
| Description | On many occasions the car slams on the brakes when there is no reason. Sometimes there is a car approaching from the other direction but not encroaching in my lane. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings |
| Date | Feb 04, 2022 |
| State | FL |
| Description | Phantom braking when on cruise control |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Feb 03, 2022 |
| State | VA |
| Description | While in autopilot (driver assistance feature which keeps the vehicle in the lane and keeps a specified distance from the car in front of you) the car braked multiple times with no obstacle in front of the vehicle. Often referred to as phantom braking, the safety of others and yourself is at risk if there is a car behind you and your vehicle brakes for no apparent reason on the highway. I believe this is a known issue with other similar complaints. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Feb 03, 2022 |
| State | OR |
| Description | While driving on freeway car drastically brakes for no apparent reason, almost getting rear ended by car behind me. This happens while cruise control is on, several times! Very dangerous |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes |
| Date | Feb 03, 2022 |
| State | MA |
| Description | When on auto pilot or even simple cruise control the car often forcibly brakes for no apparent reason. It will sometimes brake when another vehicle is in the other lane or for no reason at all. I have asked the service center about the issue and they claim they have never heard of the problem. This is a very dangerous problem as it could cause a vehicle behind me to rear end me and cause damage or injury. It is terrifying when it happens. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Feb 03, 2022 |
| State | IN |
| Description | I was driving 75mph on a divided highway. I was in the left lane passing a slower vehicle in the right lane. There was nothing in front of me. A pickup truck was a couple of car lengths behind me passing the vehicle on the right too. As we were passing the vehicle attempted to stop for absolutely no reason whatsoever. My tesla model y essentially slammed on the brakes going 75mph with a vehicle behind me. There was zero reason to do this and was dangerous as I could have been rear ended. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings |
| Date | Feb 03, 2022 |
| State | NE |
| Description | I was driving on the highway using autopilot, and the brakes engaged very suddenly without any warning signal nor was there anything in front of my car. (aka “phantom braking†event). |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings, Service Brakes |
| Date | Feb 03, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Multiple occasions while using autopilot on 2 lane roads when semi trucks are coming in the opposite direction the tesla will brake hard saying impending accident when the semi is staying in its lane …. It happens about 80 percent of the time. It's so bad I will not use this feature till it's fixed as it's dangerous |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings, Service Brakes, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Feb 03, 2022 |
| State | NY |
| Description | The car is experiencing phantom braking. The vehicle incorrectly detects objects and brakes vigorously dropping speed really quickly. If traffic is following we could easily get rear ended. This happened over 10 times in a 100mile journey. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Feb 02, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Both the autopilot and regular cruise control system without autopilot engaged are unsafe. The vehicle will brake, often extremely hard, when there is no hazard present. This happens on two lane roads and highways (4 or more lanes). This has nearly caused multiple accidents to the point where I will not use the autopilot feature and use cruise control very sparingly. Most of the time this happens, there are large trucks (semis) present but it has happened when there are smaller vehicles present or no vehicles present at all. I believe that it is only a matter of time before this system causes a major accident hence I choose not to use it often if ever, and if I do use it I use it sparingly and disengage it when other vehicles are present on the road. I haven't used autopilot since a short while after purchasing the car and again, I use the cruise control sparingly. The inability to use cruise control is a real issue as it not only increases driver fatigue, it drastically reduces the confidence in the other safety mechanisms of the car. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes |
| Date | Feb 02, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | While traveling east and west on I-8 between san diego and phoenix the 2022 tesla model y would suddenly brake. We could not reliably reproduce when or how the vehicle braked. On some occasions, we were near other vehicles. On other occasions there were no other vehicles or obstacles on or near the car. Others at risk. On the highway the vehicle rapidly decelerated and if there would have been a car behind us, there would have been an accident. After the first two incidents, we kept our foot on the gas pedal to accelerate if we felt a rapid deceleration. Reproducing the problem. We rarely drive the car, and have not had the problem in city driving. We tried to reproduce the problem during that trip, but we're unsuccessful. We have not taken the vehicle to tesla. Inspection. The vehicle is not been inspected by an insurance company or tesla. Warnings. We did not see any warning lights or alerts concerning the problem. After the first two incidents, we paid attention to the screen to see if any warnings appeared to help us identify the problem. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Feb 02, 2022 |
| State | AZ |
| Description | When on traffic-aware cruise control, the vehicle suddenly brakes without warning, instantly reducing its highway speed by 7 to 12 mph. It occurs on the interstate, often while passing large vehicles, and on two-lane roads, usually when meeting large vehicles. Recently, as I was moving in front of a vehicle I had just passed, my car slammed on the brakes, causing the other vehicle to brake sharply to avoid hitting me. We have had the vehicle serviced by tesla twice with no improvement. The service rep indicated it is a known problem that they have not yet been able to solve (unlike the manufacturers of my prior six vehicles with adaptive cruise control). This is a life-endangering fault and needs to be fixed. It is as dangerous as the rolling-stop issue that prompted a recall. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Service Brakes, Visibility/wiper |
| Date | Feb 02, 2022 |
| State | VA |
| Description | While on auto pilot, phantom braking at high speeds on highway with no cars nearby. No warning on the monitor when this happens. Long wait at the service center for appointment but this issue has been communicated to tesla. Car resumes the cruise speed almost immediately after phantom braking. Also communicated to tesla is that the wipers do not always automatically come on with moisture on windshield when set in auto mode. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Feb 02, 2022 |
| State | WA |
| Description | Was driving using autopilot eastbound on wa state highway 970 about 10 am on january 15, 2022. The road is a 2 line state highway. We were driving about 55 mph. A semi trailer truck rig approached in the opposite lane headed west. Just before the truck passed by us, without warning, our car began to brake hard. The truck and our car were both well within our respective lanes. It had been wet and there was spray from the truck. I immediately disengaged autopilot. Fortunately, there was no traffic behind me, so the sudden hard braking did not affect anyone else. I have not taken the vehicle in for any inspection as it was delivered less than a month earlier. Since this appears to be a software issue, I have not had the problem reproduced. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Steering, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Feb 02, 2022 |
| State | WI |
| Description | The tesla model y and I believe the model 3 have a problem with phantom breaking. The problem occurs when we set the auto to cruise control on a two-lane highway. When we meet a large object (semi, garbage truck, propane truck) the car breaks and swerves to the right. This can create a very dangerous situation. The first couple of times this happened we almost lost control of the car. There is no warning before this happens. This problem can be easily replicated on cars without radar. It took us some time to determine what was causing the problem. We picked up our new tesla model last week and were not made aware of what would happen if we used cruise control on a two-lane road. We have since discovered that this is a known problem in the tesla community and has been known for some time. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Feb 02, 2022 |
| State | GA |
| Description | Phantom braking is real and out of control… I have owned this car only 6 weeks and the cruise control is dangerous. The car has slammed on the brakes numerous times for no reason ! Last week, driving down interstate, tacc on. Nothing near me. Relaxed, happy, enjoying the car……. Wham! It slammed on the brakes so hard my wife and I were pushed into our seat belts, my hands came off the steering wheel and our heads were thrown forward. Almost instantly the brakes released, the car surges forward and our heads are flung back. A nerve was pinched in my neck during that whiplash and now my right shoulder muscle has been tensed up for days. Guess what? It happened again today. This system needs to be fixed, auto braking disabled, or pulled off the market. How can anybody think this is ok? |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Service Brakes, Visibility/wiper |
| Date | Feb 02, 2022 |
| State | UT |
| Description | My tesla has been braking for no reason. This weekend we took a road trip to sun valley. Once in a while when cresting a hill my car would go into hard braking. It would also do this when a semi or larger vehicle was coming in the opposite direction on a two lane road. The lane departure system would also become disabled for no apparent reason. The wipers are the worst. They have no concept of automatic, there will be no rain and they will start wiping on high. And sometimes when there is rain they won't even wipe, I have to operate them manually. This is very distracting and makes hard to focus on the road. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Service Brakes, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Feb 02, 2022 |
| State | MT |
| Description | The car brakes are applied when a truck traveling in opposite lane drives by when the cruise control is engaged. This has also occurred when there was discoloration on the road surface in my travel lane. Fortunately, no auto was following my vehicle or there would have been an accident. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Service Brakes |
| Date | Feb 02, 2022 |
| State | FL |
| Description | Model y exhibits "phantom braking" when adaptive cruise control is engaged. This happens every time a large truck is passing in the opposite lane on a two lane road. If another driver is behind our vehicle, they may not be able to stop to avoid a crash. Corrective action is to turn off adaptive cruise control or step on accelerator to override the braking. In addition, the car will also perform "phantom braking" when there is no discernible issue, with no traffic in front of our vehicle or sometimes on a left turn when there is a guard rail on the right. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Feb 02, 2022 |
| State | NV |
| Description | Phantom braking concern with new tesla model y. While driving on two lane highway at night between las vegas and phoenix both directions on separate days phantom blacking makes the adaptive cruise control unusable. Almost every time a vehicle is spotted approaching at a distance the car will suddenly hard brake. My concern is being rear ended by someone if they are close behind. This is not with fsd just adaptive cruise. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Feb 01, 2022 |
| State | AZ |
| Description | With autopilot engaged both during the day and at night, though more frequently at night, and driving on two lane highways, the car automatically brakes sometimes very hard causing your neck to snap forward, whenever it detects oncoming traffic. This is amplified at dusk and at night. There is no warning or time to override this. Making the vehicle dangerous to driver, occupants, or cars travelling behind the tesla. Tesla claims that this is a known issue, but other brands with similar safety mechanisms do not have this "phantom braking' condition. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings |
| Date | Feb 01, 2022 |
| State | NV |
| Description | Phantom breaking. When I am driving my vehicle in both cruise control, and autopilot I experience these very very dangerous symptoms. On 2 lane highways is the worst. When I see a semi truck oncoming my vehicle will go from the 65mph speed limit and slam on the brakes sending me from 65-15 mph immediately. Have almost been rear ended 10+ times in 3,000 miles of owning the vehicle! This is the most dangerous machine I have ever driven. Tesla needs to fix this. It has to do with them removing the radar and going to camera only autopilot. My other older teslas with radar do not do this. There's no on at tesla to talk to other than to tweet at elon musk on twitter and hope he sees it. Ridiculous. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Jan 31, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | Model y consistently slams on the brakes while on standard cruise control mode despite there being no cars or hazards around the vehicle. It happens at highway speeds and is very frightening and it's worrisome that it will one day cause a major accident if someone is ever following too close. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Service Brakes |
| Date | Jan 31, 2022 |
| State | MT |
| Description | Adaptive cruise control was unusable without consistent phantom breaking issues. Brand new car driving home a few hours I encountered phantom breaking on 2 lane and 4 lane highways during the night and during the day. It was so consistent that I basically could not use the cruise control at all as it was unsafe to have the car randomly break when at highway speeds with nothing in front of me and vehicle behind me. There is no way to turn off and leave off the adaptive part that effects the breaking and simply use a set speed cruise control. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings |
| Date | Jan 30, 2022 |
| State | IL |
| Description | While adaptive cruise control is engaged, the system seems to incorrectly interpret a potential head-on collision and brakes hard and usually plays the alarm sound. I've had this car around two months and have found that this usually happens on a two-lane highway while traveling at 50-60 mph and when a box truck or larger is approaching from the opposite direction. It's worst when the sun is bright and casts a shadow of the truck and trailer across my lane. But it occasionally happens at night and when conditions are cloudy. I have to keep my foot over the accelerator pedal and force the car to keep speed, especially if there is a car close behind me. Otherwise, I'm scared I'll cause the tailing car to hit me. It's not as bad if there is a car in front of me. If no cars are in front of me, and cars are behind me, I'll disengage adaptive cruise in order to avoid causing a collision. I have not had tesla look into this, however, I have seen comments online that others experience this problem as well. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Jan 29, 2022 |
| State | MI |
| Description | Sudden abrupt braking for no reason when on adaptive cruise control and autopilot very dangerous for drivers behind me |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Jan 24, 2022 |
| State | WA |
| Description | Automatic emergency braking with adaptive cruise control on. I was driving with adaptive cruise control on, at about 50 mph on a two lane road. The first experience I had was at dusk on a straight road when oncoming traffic with headlights seemed to trigger the braking system changing the speed of the car by about 10 mph repeatedly but not every car or truck. When I entered a curvy road section, it didn't trigger the brakes. The second experience was around noonish on a straight road, a large oncoming truck seemed to trigger the automatic emergency braking and brought me suddenly to almost a stop from 50 mph. I looked behind me and saw no one close to rear ending me but it was scary to almost stop in the middle of my lane. No confirmation by dealer or service center, no inspection by others, no messages or other symptoms prior to the failure. No chimes or warning when it happened. The first experience appeared january 14, 2022 with approximately 350 miles on the new car. The second experience happened january 19th with approximately 450 miles on the car. |
| Category | Electrical System, Power Train, Steering |
| Date | Jan 21, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | On january 19th, around 9:35-9:40am, while driving on bollinger canyon road in san ramon, the car jerked as if someone rear-ended it and then stopped abruptly in the middle of a busy road. The information screen displayed various error messages regarding battery and drive system. The stop was abrupt and we could have been seriously injured in busy traffic. This was a scary experience. The car had 260 miles range in the battery and no prior warnings/ messages indicating any problem. We called 911 and tesla roadside assistance for help. San ramon pd showed up and blocked the lane to avoid someone hitting our car. They had the car towed to the nearest tesla service center in dublin, ca. While waiting for the tow truck, we attempted to restart the car and computer system two times but the car did not go into "drive" position to be moved. The service center is diagnosing the problem and have informed us that it could be a problem with the motor or drive terrain or inverter of the car. All these are major and crucial components on the car for safe and normal operation. Failure of any of these is catastrophic and can be fatal on freeway speeds or local roads if someone is following too closely and the car stops abruptly. We usually have kids in the car and this is a scary situation to imagine. This needs to be investigated in more detail by someone to find out how many card suffer this fate and how many accidents/ fatalities have been caused by something like this. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings |
| Date | Jan 17, 2022 |
| State | FL |
| Description | Driving on 2 lane rd. Using traffic aware cruise control (tacc). 45-50 mph. Vehicle will brake suddenly when a large vehicle cement truck, school bus approaches in opposite lane. It also happens when I am passing a bicyclist on my right side. It also happens intermittently but not as severely when there is nothing around me. This is a very dangerous situation because of the possibility of a rear end collision caused by the sudden braking. It is a reoccurring problem. I have not contacted tesla as I assume that was a known problem. There was no advance warning of the braking. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Jan 14, 2022 |
| State | TX |
| Description | 2022 tesla model y long range frequently experiences "phantom braking" and false emergency braking. Even without the use of "autopilot," the vehicle will abruptly slow down or even hard brake. No warnings, no messages, nothing. Each time, there is nothing in front of the vehicle, no curves, clear weather, etc. In another scenario, such as driving down a neighborhood street with curves, it thinks you are going to hit a parked car, and slams on the brakes as well. At least here you do get an alert indicating what the car was thinking. Even though it was clearly mistaken. Had it properly accounted for steering position, would have realized there was no danger. This is all extremely dangerous and is just asking for an accident due to being rear-ended. In addition, there have been many complaints about this on the forum for years, and even the latest software updates have not resolved. |
| Category | Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Jan 14, 2022 |
| State | MA |
| Description | After taking the vehicle on a road trip through canada, the vehicle's heating and cooling system failed. We had been driving for ~15 hours. The error message was vcfront_a447 cabin climate control system requires service. This is a safety issue for traveling in cold climates as well as eliminating fog on the windshield that would cause a driver to lose visibility. A two button reset did not resolve the issue. A hard reset seemed to, but 15 minutes back onto the road, we saw the same error message again, and the heating no longer was warm. Please take action to ensure the safety of drivers and passengers. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings |
| Date | Jan 13, 2022 |
| State | MI |
| Description | What component or system failed or malfunctioned, and is it available for inspection upon request? Traffic aware cruise control and autopilot how was your safety or the safety of others put at risk? Yes. Has the problem been reproduced or confirmed by a dealer or independent service center? It has been confirmed by tesla. Has the vehicle or component been inspected by the manufacturer, police, insurance representatives or others? No. Were there any warning lamps, messages or other symptoms of the problem prior to the failure, and when did they first appear? No warning lamps or lights. The issue appeared a couple of days after I took delivery of my tesla model y. Please read for details below. This car is undriveable due to its traffic aware cruise control (tacc) system. Tesla does not provide a basic cruise control that just conforms to a set speed. A driver is left with no option but to use their tacc or autopilot both of which are utter garbage. Every couple or so miles my model y slows down in the best case scenario or slams the brakes for no apparent reason in the worst case scenario. My car has made me and my passengers sick because of this issue. Not to mention that at multiple occasions while driving on a highway my car has slammed the brakes when there was nothing in front of it, almost causing the car coming behind me to almost rear-end us. This is dangerous and stressful for my family and I and for people who drive behind my car. This is a massive safety issue which makes the car un-usable for long drives. Even the most basic car from the 1990s has a cruise control yet tesla does not provide that option in their cars. So a person has to resort to using the tacc or autopilot both of which are useless and dangerous because of this phantom braking issue. Please have tesla provide a fix for this dangerous problem. This makes my car un-usable for long drives. Please help!! |
| Category | Wheels |
| Date | Jan 12, 2022 |
| State | NJ |
| Description | Vehicle was sold to me on 12/23/2021 (winter) in paramus nj. Tesla did not notify or otherwise inform me that this performance model y comes with summer tires. A week ago my wife found she had little to no traction on wheels while going to work - she almost had an accident. A friend told me I might have summer tires. Tesla website has no info on this topic. After contact tesla support they confirmed that this vehicle has summer tires. I think tesla is putting drivers in danger by letting them drive off the lot in summer tires during winter months and not informing them of it. Additionally, the summer tires immediately loose warranty when used in temperatures below 40 degrees. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking |
| Date | Jan 11, 2022 |
| State | WA |
| Description | I drive on a 2 lane undivided highway/road. When I have cruise control activated I have severe braking occurring when I drive past any larger truck/bus. It has almost caused me to be rear ended on more than one occasion. |
| Category | Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Jan 11, 2022 |
| State | MN |
| Description | Heat stop working in mn where the temperature are in the negative or single digit. |
| Category | Unknown Or Other |
| Date | Jan 09, 2022 |
| State | MN |
| Description | The side pillar cameras on the tesla are not sealed and contain moisture. I live in minnesota and this moisture will frost over in cold weather, thereby blocking these cameras and disengage autopilot while driving or make it unusable. |
| Category | Exterior Lighting:headlights |
| Date | Jan 06, 2022 |
| State | NJ |
| Description | The contact owns a 2022 tesla model y. The contact stated that while driving at 50 - 60 mph, the headlights inadvertently turned off for a few seconds. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and diagnosed that the computer data showed the high-beam was turning on and off but not the low-beam. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 440. Consumer stated the incident happened several (4 or 5) times during a 4 mile drive. Each incident's time ranged from a few seconds to about 30 seconds. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control |
| Date | Jan 05, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | The issue is with the standard self driving. When it is engaged while driving on the freeway it will randomly slams on the breaks. Very dangerous as someone could have rear ended me from behind. This occurs randomly and makes using this feature very dangerous!! I feel they should disengage the self driving until it gets fully tested. |
| Category | Seats |
| Date | Jan 04, 2022 |
| State | CA |
| Description | I got hit very hard by a seat. Here is what happened: I was sitting in the right-side-2nd-row seat while trying to figure out how to adjust the left-side-2nd-row seat position in order to accommodate a child seat and look for a missing item. I had not brought in the child seat yet, I was still playing around with the controls to see if I understood how the seats could adjust and move. I couldn't figure out how to fold the seat down. The button at the top of the left-seat did not fold the seat. I thought that the 2nd-row-middle seat back rest might be blocking the folding, so I was able to release the middle-back-rest and folded that down. I crawled over to the left seat and searched around the side and found the button that could be pressed. With only a slight push, the seat released and very quickly came down and whacked me in the head, snapping my neck a bit. The hit was pretty hard, and it came at me very fast. I couldn't really react. I was pinned briefly. My head hurt a bit, so I had to sit in the house for 2 hours to let the shock settle. On hindsight, I am lucky that the metal rod that connected to the middle seat did not whack me in the skull at that force, since I had exposed it by folding the middle back-rest down. I also think that the spring force might be too excessive, if my kid had triggered that while on the seat, the child might have been seriously injured. I may have been too complacent due to prior experience with other vehicles releasing the seat to fold from the top. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings |
| Date | Jan 02, 2022 |
| State | FL |
| Description | What component or system failed or malfunctioned, and is it available for inspection upon request? Answer: autopilot / tacc - over the first 800 miles I've used this car for, autopilot has not worked correctly in the day or night. There is a hesitation once every 5-10 miles. There is a forward collision warning without reason approximately every 20 miles, day or night. Upon request, the nhtsa may contact me and I will provide off-board videos of the claims within this complaint. How was your safety or the safety of others put at risk? Answer: there is a sudden braking for no apparent reason. There is a good possibility of being rear ended when behind a vision only tesla. Has the problem been reproduced or confirmed by a dealer or independent service center? The problem has occurred multiple times over the 700 mile ownership of the car. Tesla's remote service team insists that “these are known limitations of autopilot in some conditionsâ€. “reviewing my vehicle it is not reporting any faults, all cameras are reporting calibrated and the pitch angles are within speciation.†a test drive to confirm these settings was offered and accepted. The test drive confirmed tesla's opinion that the car was fine. The car has received three software ota updates since I've received the car and I have catalogued similar issues with every update. After having tesla inspect the car, they returned it to me without confirming any changes. Issues persist after inspection. Has the vehicle or component been inspected by the manufacturer, police, insurance representatives or others? The manufacturer has inspected the car and found no faults. Were there any warning lamps, messages or other symptoms of the problem prior to the failure, and when did they first appear? There were no warning lights, apart from forward collision warnings that occurred at the time of use. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane Departure: Assist |
| Date | Dec 06, 2021 |
| State | WI |
| Description | Passenger side b-pillar camera has condensation inside the glass and does not allow for it to opperate. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings |
| Date | Nov 29, 2021 |
| State | IA |
| Description | Driving on two-lane highway, speed limit 55mph, with tesla traffic aware cruise control enabled. Multiple instances of the car automatically applying heavy braking when cresting a hill or when a large vehicle oncoming. These incidents occurred when there was no traffic immediately ahead in my traveled lane. Luckily there wasn't a vehicle following me closely or I could've been hit from behind. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Nov 24, 2021 |
| State | AZ |
| Description | While on cruise control the car brakes aggressively with oncoming traffic and when passing large vehicles on the highway. No way to disable this feature to use a standard cruise control. This seems to be a problem mostly with large vehicles on the road. |
| Category | Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking, Vehicle Speed Control |
| Date | Nov 22, 2021 |
| State | NY |
| Description | When using cruise control on normal two way traffic roads during the day or at night: the car will brake aggressively because of proper oncoming traffic from the other lane. The system has been very poorly designed such that it only works on wide separated highways and there is no way to switch off this feature. I have already had two near accidents where the vehicle behind me didn't expect my car to slow down so quickly for no reason. This is extremely dangerous. |
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