There are 2 stored owner reports matching the fuel system leading-label group for the 2023 Tesla Model Y in our NHTSA-sourced dataset. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
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Open the full vehicle complaint log (all categories)My husband and I were driving from Cincinnati Ohio to Harrisburg, PA on Monday, Oct 16, 2023 on the highway (turnpike). At least four times the car tried to kill us by starting to slam to a stop ON THE HIGHWAY when using cruise control. Fortunately each time there were no cars immediately behind us or we would have had a major accident. We stopped and called Tesla in Mechanicsburg who consulted with someone on another line. We had both hands on the steering wheel and were doing everything correctly. They concluded that it was either the car sensing we were driving near mountains, or around curves. it happened once with a mild curve but the other times the road was straight. There was a small drizzle of rain (they said it could be rain) or they also said it could be sun. At this point I said "this is ridiculous as how can we drive this car to Florida (in the sun) if this might happen. Their conclusion: Take it off cruise control. We did and continued home but it is ridiculous that we cannot use the cruise control for fear of it happening again! And they said risks include mountains, rain, sun and curves in road. These conditions are the conditions almost everyday for most people in Pennsylvania! If there had been a truck behind us or a car, we would be dead.
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.
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