NHTSA Owner Complaint Log
This page lists owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA for the 2023 Tesla Model Y. Complaints are unverified consumer reports submitted to NHTSA and do not by themselves prove a defect or defect rate.
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The contact owns a 2023 Tesla Model Y equipped with Continental Tires, Tire Line: ContiSport Contact 5 ContiSilent, Tire Size: 255/45/R19, DOT Number: 1AF0FBJJL4321. The contact stated while parking the vehicle, the front and rear passenger’s side tires struck the curb. The contact inspected the tires and became aware of tearing of the tires. Upon investigation, the contact discovered that the failure was referred to as chunking. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who declined to replace the tires and advised the contact to contact the tire manufacturer. The manufacturer informed the contact that due to curb impacts; the warranty was voided and that the contact would incur the cost of replacing the tires. The tires were the original equipment. The tires were not replaced. The failure mileage was 4,000.
My vehicle has issues correctly identifying forward collisions. There are moments the car produces "phantom forward collision warnings" of objects or people not in the same lane (such as a pedestrian on a sidewalk or a car far outside of a safe stopping distance. However, there are other instances where I would expect a forward collision warning and receive none at all. This is exasperated by environmental factors and road conditions. "Tesla Vision" with camera-only detection seems to be highly unreliable based on the environmental factors (such as amount of daylight) or road conditions (speed bumps, construction areas, etc).
I bought the Model Y in Feb 2023, after 2 months of driving, 3 weeks back on 5/14/2023, all of sudden the car lit up Yellow Brake indicator on dashboard while I was driving downhill. I didn't understand what this indicator meant but when I needed to brake - I could not brake at all, so I let regenerative braking slow the car down which it did. I was horrified as I was on the road at that time, so I tried to find parking to park the car and then read online what this indicator meant, but felt very unsafe to drive the car home. Since then Brakes doesnt work and ABS seems to push back my foot hard and Adaptive cruise controld doesnt work at all. I have service appointment on 6/6 which is the first appointment I could find close to my home.
Tesla Model Y adaptive Cruise control was engaged while on an expressway; there were no cars in sight in front of me and very light traffic about 1000 feet behind me; the distance was set to 4 car lengths. I was steering from the travel lane to an exit lane, with feet off of the pedals. While steering from travel lane to exit lane, the adaptive cruise control suddenly braked, and the car reduced speed from 65 to 45 mph before I took over and applied the gas. The braking was sudden with no warning given.
This was a brand new vehicle delivered in March 2023. Soon after delivery, we noticed difficulty with the steering - more resistance than expected and a feeling that the wheel was turning through notches as you turned the wheel. Please note, we have owned other Teslas and are familiar with the normal steering effort required and software adjustments available. The problem continued to get worse, until one day in May while out, my wife got into the vehicle to drive and the screen displayed an error "Steering Assist Reduced" and the steering wheel would not turn at all, regardless of effort. She reset the vehicle a few times and got out, then re-entered and after a few minutes the problem went away on its own. She drove it home immediately, and then we had it towed to a service center. The service center determined that the vehicle had a steering rack failure and replaced the steering rack. We asked a service manager for compensation for the issues and Tesla then decided to purchase back the vehicle at the full purchase price.
The new model y froze in the middle of an interstate Highway indicating it was shutting itself down and not driveable. It took only 30seconds from 60 miles per hour to completely inoperable and stopped itself in traffic. Currently the mileage of this car is only 12 miles and I drove only 7 miles about 20 minutes after the we picked up the car. Tesla service told me it was a rear motor inverter issue. There are many incidents of similar occurrences people report online. Luckily we were saved by some quick thinking driver who called 911, while we were anxiously trying to contact tesla service. The police parked his cruiser to shield us from the fast moving traffic.
The contact owns a 2023 Tesla Model Y. The contact stated that while driving 45 MPH with the cruise control feature activated, the vehicle inadvertently decelerated without the brake pedal being depressed. The contact corrected the failure by depressing the brake pedal. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacture was not notified of the failure. The failure was approximately 3,950.
Our car experienced unexpected and sudden braking on 3 occasions. #1: We were in cruise control (cc) and the car was going through a town and the brakes were applied suddenly (5/4/23). It accelerated again on its own. The other two incidents were on 5/8/23) #2: In CC, on a two lane highway. Tesla passed a semi in opposite direction (had plenty of clearance) and car braked suddenly. We were no where close to the semi. #3: Not in CC, on a 4 lane highway, we moved over into another lane to give a bicycle clear berth. Car braked suddenly. In #2 and #3 we had passed other semis and bicycles in tighter situations and braking did not occur. No accident occurred altho we had a car behind us in #2. Will be bringing car into Tesla on 5/20/23 to have them look at the car.
Incidents of phantom braking: We took our brand new Tesla model Y on a road-trip from Saint Helena CA to Scottsdale AZ and back. We had several incidents of the car slamming on the brakes while in cruise control due to mistakes in recognizing an actual reason to brake. May 11, in Arizona on highway 60, single lane road, we were in the right lane heading east when a large white pickup approached in the left lane. Our car mistook the approaching vehicle as a potential collision and slammed the brakes. This occurred a second time with another approaching vehicle at which point we ceased using cruise control. May 17 return trip on highway 10 in the morning, as I was driving with cruise control on, two lane highway, I approached a swale in the road with a change in pavement color. Gray concrete color contrasted with the blacktop patches in the upslope of the swale and the car slammed on the brakes. Same day, same highway, I was in the left lane having passed a slower vehicle. There were two cars behind me, waiting to pass. I put on the right turn signal and began to move into the right lane. There were a series of white jersey barriers on either side of the road. The car mistook these as a potential collision, slammed on the brakes and pushed me back toward the left lane. I applied the accelerator and forced it back into the right lane, avoiding a collision with the cars behind me. May 18 driving north on highway 5, multi lane highway and as my wife was driving and crested a hill there was a wire hanging across the road. In the center of the wire was a camera or some other device. While the wire was at least 6 feet over us, the car mistook it for an obstruction and slammed on the brakes.
Several consistent and repeating phantom braking instances on morning commute on 1-10 and hwy 90 between Tucson AZ and Sierra Vista Az daily.
This incident, which is a false forward collision warning, took place on May 10, 2023 at 8:56am ET on Route 50 at Arlington, VA: 1. I was travelling on Rt. 50 at the left lane 2. Due to morning traffic jam, I, and all the other cars, were moving way below the maximum speed limit 3. On my right, there was another car traveling below the speed line with left signal on 4. Other car didn't make make any lane changes, but its left turn signal kept blinking 5. While I was passing this car, I received a false warning from my Tesla Model Y performance model vehicle 6. Other car, didn't change lanes, it stayed in its own lane
The cruise control for keeping the car in the lane never worked correctly . The car had to be towed to 1805 N Pepper Ln, Liberty Lake, WA 99019. Tesla had our new Tesla for two days and fixed the problem. When the car steering when out I was in restaurant parking lot and only drove less than a mile to our Spokane hotel . Waiting two extra days in Spokane was a major pain and loss of two days of work .
A two-month old Tesla model Y encountered phantom braking at least 12 times in 5 days while Autopilot was activated. All incidents happened in a 4000 miles round trip on I-5 in California, I-10 in Arizona, and I-10 in Texas. The vehicle underwent automatic braking without any prior prediction. As a result of these incidents, there was a potential risk of the rear vehicle colliding with my own vehicle, or the potential risk of neck injury. These incidents happened on 05/08/2023, 05/09/2023, 05/19/2023, 05/20/2023, and 05/21/2023.
I was trying to make my way into a parking lot yesterday and my car was in a complete stop and I was making sure that the spot is a right one since I was in downtown Norfolk with its parking issue. I noticed a sudden acceleration of my vehicle and I obviously became terrified and just waiting for what will happen next. Fortunately, the parking lot of empty with no passenger or vehicle to run into. I pressed the brake and the car came into a complete stop. I can only imagine what could have happened if the parking lot was not empty. I parked my car and went for my appointment. After my appointment and I drove the same car home with no issues, I am curious to understand what has happened so I started researching online whether this is a one of issue or there are others who have had similar experience. I found that there are cases describing something similar to what I had experience but the investigation blamed it on user misuse or misapplication of acceleration. I STRONGLY believe that there is more to this issue than what your previous investigation has unravelled and my concern is more about the public safety danger that this represents. What could have happened if there are people at the parking? What if this had happened in a public square? I am one of the cases that did not result in an accident but I do have responsibility to report this and ensure that this case is properly investigated. Looking forward to your update on this matter.
While using Tesla's "traffic aware cruise control", the car rapidly slowed 3 times unexpectedly and harshly. Once going 35 mph following another car on a 2 lane road, then 2 times today while going 60 mph on a 2 lane highway. There was never any reason to slow down, and it would have caused an accident if another car had followed closely. This feature appears to be seriously malfunctioning under ideal operating conditions: during the day, not going into the sun, no glare, without rain.
Driving at 80mph with cruise control on in daylight, car suddenly for no reason braked hard, this occured 2 times hard and several other times enough to alert us while driving and take Cruise Control off by touching brake pedal Car went immidiately from 80mph to 60mph throwing us forward in our seats.
On two separate trips on 5/5 and 5/7, multiple times the adaptive cruise control initiated a hard braking response for no reason. There were no cars, objects, animal, etc in front of me. Some of these incidents occurred when the road turned or there were rolling hills. However there were at lease two occasions where the road was straight and level. One of these times the hard braking incident almost caused a rear end collision with the person behind me. Additionally the lane keep assistance violently tried to over correct when the car couldn't determine where the road was during a slight turn.
On May 4, 2023 at 11:51am, at 602/Reston Pkwy in the area of Reston,VA Tesla Forward Collision Warning falsely engaged for a moving car in front of me at a legal speed, and having more than abundant distance between two cars. I requested a Tesla service appointment for the third time regarding faulty forward collision warning. I am attaching information about my trip captured at Tesla's mobile app at the Trip View section. Please let me know if I can provide more or detailed information. Best, regards.
I had taken my car to the Tesla Service center twice in the recent past for the same problem: My car is engaging forward collision warnings for the legally parked cars on the street. I had more than several incidents of the same problem. It creates a big safety situation by showing a moving car in front of me, and indicating that there will be a forward collision. This creates a lot of stress while driving the car, and so much confusion so that I need to give my attention to my surrounding to see where the (false) problem may be. I have reported similar incidents to NHTSA, I strongly believe you need to investigate this case thoroughly and issue a recall. I am providing a couple noted false incident with time steps to help your investigation. Please reach out if I can be of any assistance, I share my up to data contact information. Dr. [XXX] INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
The contact owns a 2023 Tesla Model Y. The contact discovered cracks on the front-end structural casting. The contact stated that some cracks went through the structure and were close to the strut mounts, which might lead to a failure with the suspension. The vehicle had been taken to Tesla (2710 S Glebe Rd, Arlington, VA 22206) and Tesla (8500 Tyco Rd, Vienna, VA 22182) on five separate occasions; however, no repairs were made. The contact was assured that the vehicle was safe to drive. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 2,000.
Leased a brand new Tesla Model Y @ 01 Apr 2023. I put @ 2100 miles on the car. On @ 01 May 2023 I get a fault stating vehicle could not be charged. Took the vehicle to Tesla for repair on 04 May 2023, and was told that it needed a new HV battery. Original completion date was to be 20 May 2023. This was pushed back to 26 May 2023 and has now been pushed back to 31 May 2023. This is a vehicle that was a month old. Asked about a loaner, and was told that there were none available. I will have been without my car that I am paying a lease payment, insurance payment and self drive subscription payment for almost a months worth of time. Was told by a Tesla rep that no compensation is available.
Dear Sir/Madam, I was cruising on autopilot on the highway at close to 80-85MPH and the brakes were suddenly applied bringing down the speed to less than 60MPH. There were cars behind me within the same lane(fortunately at a safe distance) and there were no cars in front of me for at least a mile or either on the side. The hard brake being applied unexpectedly, even without cars or obstacles in the front or side lanes, felt very unusual on autopilot mode. I would like to get this checked as to what is causing this issue as a priority as it can pose to be a real hazard if this happens in a packed highway lane or if any other driver is driving the car unaware of the issue. Regards, [XXX] INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
I've experienced "phantom braking" about 5 times in the last 3 months, where the vehicle automatically braked aggressively when on Autopilot without another nearby object in front of it. Some of the cases are re-producible, especially going West on Route 66 near coordinate 38.84779147045726, -77.42673470607882, where there are overlapping bridges above the highway. The aggressive braking of my vehicle caused vehicles behind me to swerve. Also, I've experienced false forward collision warnings multiple times. The most re-producible one is going down a little hill and its bumps near 38.88456462883165, -77.49153173786168 going west. The others happened when going around a circle or semicircle curves, with cars parked on the side or another car farther ahead in the circle.
While driving down the freeway on 4/29/2023 my Tesla Model Y slammed the brakes on for seemingly no reason without warning. This incident occurred with auto pilot and auto steering engaged. The day was clear and road was clear.
2023 TESLA Y -Consumer is writing about concerns with the speed assistance, auto-pilot (quick stopping action). Consumer was unaware of the dangers and that there was no cruise or lane control. Consumer submitted service request. Consumer has listed summary of observations & incidents. Consumer listed several questions: Are all Tesla Y prone to phantom breaking? Did we get a lemon? Can we get it fixed? Can Tesla replace the computer? Can we get a replacement car? Can we make the sales go back and instead buy a safe car? Do you have to be in an accident, having someone injured or having someone killed for Tesla to provide a warning to customers of Tesla Y? As a new Tesla owner what I the next step? Can we trust our Tesla Y not to cause an accident? Should we garage the car until Tesla has made its needed software updates? Can we return the car to Tesla? Get it replaced?
Phantom breaking when adaptive cruise control is on. Manufacturer refuses to help and promises a software fix is on the way. No way to use cruise control without adaptive cruise control, so no way to use cruise control safely. I was pulled over today after the car decided to brake check a sheriff deputy. Lane departure warning activates for no apparent reason. Does not go away when the feature is disabled. Actively corrects for the non existent lane departure; came inches from crashing several times in 8,000mi. Tesla suggests I use an alternate route because this one is "too rough". It's an interstate. Forward collision warning activates for no apparent reason despite being set to off. Does not actively brake but it does make a startling chime.
1)2 weeks into owning the car had a powertrain error message which was fixed by replacing the front drive unit oil pump. 2)Static noise behind the display unit was due to the harness of the circuit not being tightened properly. 3)Left hand drive side LatheralLink bolt was loose and dropped off while making a turn. Right hand LatheralLink bolt was not tightened to the recommended torque. Lefthand driver side Latherallink was replaced and bolts have been tightened. I have updated the invoices, videos and pictures of the 3rd issue. Have requested Tesla to replace my car with a new one as I do not feel safe in the car nor do I feel safe having my family in the car. I have raised this issue with Tesla on Saturday (April 30) and have not heard back from them. I could not upload the video of the issue that I have captured on my phone in this ticket. Please let me know how to share that via an email.
I purchased a brand new Tesla Model Y, I noticed that the left (driver) side mirror is shaking violently so that I can only see a blurred image while driving over 60mph. Since I don't do a lot of long distance driving I noticed the problem at our first family trip, which created a great deal of safety concern. I reported the problem to the Tesla Sterling Service Center, at my first visit the technician verified the problem and I was told this is a "common and a known problem" so my mirror was replaced under warranty. But, at my following first long distance trip I noticed the same exact problem persisting. I contacted the same Tesla Sterling Service Center. Following took place: 1. At my validation drive the technician told me he can see the problem 2. After we returned to the service center, the technician noted "there is no problem" and Tesla Sterling service center marked my appointment as "fixed, no problem". 3. I contacted the service center and expressed my surprise, explained what I heard from the technician. 4. They did do further investigation and reported a bent wheel. 5. The service center didn't fix the problem by replacing the wheel, they put the blame on me by saying "I must have gone into a pothole" by creating a good deal of damaging pressure, hence a bent wheel. 6. I asked for pictures of the wheel and the tire, and I am attaching them to this msg. It is clear from these pictures there is no external damage to the tire or the wheel, so it must be the case that Tesla must have put faulty wheels on a brand new car and shipped it to me this way.Tesla Sterling service center didn't replace the bent wheel, even though they kept the car in the service center for 6 days, indicating the wheel is not under warranty. I spoke to friends and family, I heard similar stories. I strongly believe that Tesla ships new cars with faulty wheels and Tesla needs to fix the problem. A bent wheel, which causing a mirror tho shake is a safety problem, a big one.
While driving down the road in traffic, several errors started appearing on the Tesla screen, and the vehicle lost power brakes and steering, rendering it impossible to drive safely. The complete set of car systems that were disabled all at once was: stability control disabled traction control disabled automatic vehicle hold disabled lane departure avoidance unavailable ABS disabled steering assist reduced (no power steering) regenerative braking features temporarily limited automatic emergency braking disabled The car is only weeks old. We had the car towed to a Tesla repair center, and they said due to a wiring issue, the wheel weight on the right rear wheel was rubbing against the wire connecting the wheel speed sensor, which led to this cascading series of errors. I'm concerned this is a systemic issue with newer Model Ys. There's a QA or manufacturing defect, and Tesla, along with the NHTSA, needs to investigate this dangerous safety issue.
When driving using basic autopilot (i.e., adaptive cruise control), the windshield wipers will often be automatically activated when not needed. This is damaging the windshield, the wipers, and very distracting. It makes the car much less drivable in these conditions and a safety hazard, as I'm trying to figure out how to turn off the wipers, distracting me from the road. Happens often. Basically, the point is this: It is frequently the case that I as the driver have no control over the windshield wipers.
I was going to park in front of the store at the shopping mall. before I reached the parking spot car was not slowing down automatically after releasing the acceleration pedal. I decided to use the brake (which I rarely use because the car stops automatically when you release acceleration pedal) and I really don't remember how everything happened and I might accidentally step on the acceleration pedal instead of brake, but the car was not able to detect any obstacles or objects and I ended up braking heavy metal bench in front of the store and broke into the store. I ended up smashing entire front window and drove into the store as deep as 1.5 feet breaking the liquor boxes. After this heavy impact the airbags were not deployed. My concern is into two safety issue: Airbags not deploying and car safety sensors not functioning.
I lost the ability to steer the Tesla Model Y. After exiting the vehicle, I found a bolt on the pavement beside the vehicle (see photo) that fell out of the steering mechanism. Had this happened at high speed, a fatal accident could have occurred. We called Tesla Roadside Assistance; they responded within an hour, towed the vehicle to the repair facility, and replaced the parts and aligned the front end.
Phantom Braking: On our trip from Billings, MT to Minneapolis and back, we experienced 13 hard phantom braking incidents on I94. The first 3 were extremely dangerous and anxiety-inducing. We were very fortunate we did not have following traffic or we likely would have caused a collision at high speed. After that, I used the cruise control sparingly and only when we did not have following drivers. Still, we were anxious whenever I engaged cruise control and every time the car braked hard for no apparent reason. I am well-aware that Tesla owners report this problem regularly to the NTSB, and I keep expecting the company or the Agency to do something about it. It will kill people. We would be grateful for some action here.
The Lane Departure Avoidance system fails to trigger consistently when crossing over the lane markings. In the rare instances when the system does trigger, neither of the 2 available modes: steering correction or alert, give a significant enough input to be made aware or correct the problem. Another issue is when the Lane Departure Avoidance system is triggered for an extended amount of time (~10s-ish or more when driving near the lane markings), the system is completely disabled for the powercycle of the car. Thus, this system is not just unreliable and useless when it does work, but also completely disabled after driving near the edge of the road for a little while without any way to re-enable it. Tesla service responded that they won't fix or correct this problem. There are no system failure notices displayed by the car. Vehicle has not been inspect by manufacturer or other.
April 22, 2023, at 7:00 pm: I stepped into the car at a local store parking lot and pushed my foot on the brake to unlock the vehicle. The wheel jerked hard right and made a thud. The screen warned that “Steering Assist Reduced” with an error code ui_a020. Power steering was disabled. I restarted the Tesla with dual buttons and left it alone for two minutes, but power steering did not return. The vehicle drove but was difficult to steer without power steering. We were less than a mile away and made it home with steering difficulties. I made a service request online to Tesla immediately. At home, I restarted using the dual buttons again and left the vehicle alone for longer. This time power steering felt like it partially returned, but when turning the wheel, it was clunky: every 1/8”, a bump in the steering was felt. I’ve now discovered other Model Ys in online forums with the same issue, and they describe a similar experience that the steering feels ‘notchy.’ The vehicle is available for inspection. I have attempted to drive it a little on my block, and it feels unsafe to steer. Tesla has moved my service visit from May 2 to May 25 due to a backlog of parts. They confirmed this is a recently known issue and noted the steering rack might be replaced entirely. No one has yet inspected the vehicle; it is sitting untouched in my driveway. Aside from the screen warnings of “Steering Assist Reduced” with an error code ui_a020, no other warnings were received. The error happened on a vehicle less than 30 days old: * Model Y * Dual Motor * Plant of Manufacture: Fremont, CA * Software Version: 2023.6.11 * Delivery: March 23, 2023 * Mileage: 800
This is the problem know in Tesla world as "phantom braking." This happens to me frequently. I am driving on a clear road, no obstacles, and the car will brake hard for no clear reason. At best this is annoying. But there are times when it is extremely dangerous. This happens on highways and interstates at highway speeds. Drivers behind me are forced to brake hard to avoid a rear-end collision.
I was driving palisade parkway in NY in autopilot mode at around 65 mph. The car suddenly reduced speed to below 50 mph for no reason. This happened twice in the same trip so I decided not to use the auto pilot function anymore.
This is regarding “phantom braking.” Whenever I engage adaptive cruise control invariably the car will slam on the brakes at random times. Typically on a 350 mile drive I experienced roughly 4 instances. In conclusion I deem this feature too dangerous to use unless the interstate is relatively empty of traffic.
Tesla purposely disabled sensors to warn when close to objects (curb, other vehicles, garage door opening & wall). I wasn’t informed that there will be no parking assist feature indefinitely when I spoke to sakes dept.Tesla says it is still developing cameras to replace sensors. I had a 2015 tesla, which had these warnings. Before that I had a2002 Jaguar with park sensors. It is not new. Because of lack of reliable sensors, I am afraid to use any of Tesla’s driver assistance features. I was told by service manager that sensors only “see” a few feet, while cameras can see infinitely. This is doubtful. But at this point, I have neither. In fact, when parking in tight places, “infinite” camera vision would be useless. Seeing that I’m inches away from an obstacle is useful.I have been told that when a car comes in for Tesla service and still has sensors, the sensors are removed without the owner’s knowledge.
The Model Y with AutoPilot Plus and Autopark enabled lurched forward and crashed into a wall during parking. Just as important a concern is that the car never made a beep, chirp or any other indication or warning that it ever even realized it was driving into an obstacle. We are certain the collision would not have happened had Tesla not removed ultrasonic sensors from the car because the driver has driven many teslas and even owned a tesla before but all had USS sensors in them.
When adaptive cruise control is enable, it will break abruptly when there is no danger. AKA “phantom breaking”
This incident is related to the previous incident that I filed with NHTSA issue is 11514358 on March 28, 2023. I had my car serviced at Tesla service on April 14, 2023. I shared all the data and my complaint with the service center located at 22400 Davis Dr., Sterling, VA. I was told the issue is fixed. But, I had exactly the same problem: AI/Deep learning technology based Tesla Forward Collision System mistaken a 'parked on the street car' for a moving car, and it gives me crash warning, thinking that I will be crashing to a moving car. This incident happened at April 21, 2023 at 10:25am at Alder Woods Dr, at Fairfax, VA. I have other forward collision warning related mishaps, which I will be filing separately.
This vehicle forces the “Automatic Wiper” setting to be on whenever cruise control is engaged. Wipers will come on randomly when there is no rain or when wipers are not necessary. Yesterday it happened over 30 times on a dry day distracting the driver and finally we just had to drive without any cruise control or driver assist functions on, which increases the changes of not maintaining a safe and constant speed along with lane keeping in some circumstances. I live in a rural area with lots of bugs and dust. When wipers actuate unnecessarily it smears bugs all over the window decreasing visibility and eventually scratching the glass from the wipers grinding dust into the windshield. We clean the windshield often but can’t stop during the middle of a trip to clean the windshield whenever a bug hits the sensor. I’ve placed a service ticket in to Tesla and they state the system is functioning as designed and refuse to address this safety issue. Please help. I’m happy to help NHTSA in any way possible. This is an easy software fix for Tesla to simply allow cruise control without automatic wipers, but they refuse. Auto wipers in many cases can be less safe than manual as as soon as they come on the driver is scrambling to fumble with the touchscreen to get them off before they decrease visibility.
Took delivery for a brand new Tesla Model Y LR 2023 on Apr 20 2023. Wheel alignment issues since the day took delivery. Opened a service request on April 24th to fix the issues. 1st appointment scheduled for May 1. Technician offset the steering wheel to fix the issue. Did not help. Rescheduled again for 2nd service on May 4th. The service technician rechecked the wheel alignment and offset the steering wheel by -1.2. Did not help and the vehicle continues to drift to the right. I need to keep applying force to the steering wheel to bring it back to the road. Tesla is not able to fix the issues and says that its within the range. I have tried other Tesla vehicles and I did not see the issue. Infact in none of the test drive cars I drover before ordering Telsa had these issues. The loaner Tesla offered me while my Model Y was being fixed had that issue. Wheel alignment is a very basic issue and if Tesla is unable to fix this, then I am suspecting there is a bigger issue with the car and are neither unable to verify nor fix the issue. They are unable to replace the car as well and are not offering any options other than saying nothing can be done.
Tesla abruptly reduced speed by as much as 30 mph while using cruise control in various scenerios. @ lanes highway with oncoming traffic, divided highways with no traffic or obstacles nearby. It happened at least 6 different times while on a 1400 mile trip. There were no warnings issued in any of the occurances. I discontinued using cruise control because of this issue. I have an appointment to take the Tesla in on May 5, 2023 to correct the problem, but after researching this issue, I now know this is an ongoing problem At 2 of the supercharger stations we stopped at, 2 other Tesla drivers asked me if I had this issue, because they were experiencing it also.
Automatic emergency braking occurs without cause at high speeds on flat divided Hwy. Happened on multiple trips 5 or more times in a 3 hour drive on 3 different highways in NM. Tesla service has addressed the issue twice. said everything is working properly. Happens when Cruse control + auto steering are active.
The contact owns a 2023 Tesla Model Y. The contact stated while reversing at 5 MPH, the parking sensor was inoperable, and the vehicle crashed into a parked vehicle. The contact stated that there was no damage to the other vehicle. The contact's rear bumper on the vehicle was dented. The contact stated that the parking sensor displayed an incorrect distance measurement and had not worked properly for the past eight months. The contact stated that he contacted Tesla several times in the past regarding the failure and was advised that an upgrade for the software would be forthcoming. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 5,000.
every time while driving at highway speed with cruise control enabled the car will decelerate or brake hard without anything in our path of travel for as far as the eye can see. this is a safety issue as the cars behind us may not be able to react fast enough to avoid hitting as our car brakes without cause.
We were driving at highway speeds in I-5 and had incidents of phantom braking on the car when it automatically slammed the brakes almost causing us to be rear ended.
Tesla removed the parking sensors and replaced them with a "Vision" system. My last Tesla has the parking sensors and the parking distance and chimes worked great. The new Vision system works rarely. I've run into stuff in the garage while parking, it doesn't sense walls, doesn't work in the rain, you have to wait for an extended period of time for it to "load" and it randomly doesn't work. You'll get a message saying something to the effect of Park Assist Unavailable. I've asked Tesla to address the issue but it's a problem I don't think they can solve as they are trying to get cameras to see where they don't have a field of view. In the image below I am about 18 inches from my garage door and it's not even being registered. The curb to the side is registering but not the giant wall behind me.