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2022 Tesla Model Y complaints

Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2022 record →

Service Brakes
Filed Apr 16, 2023CA

On March 23rd and most recently the car while on cruise control with no cars infront of me emergency (phantom breaking).

Structure › Body
Filed Apr 15, 2023CA

I feel Tesla is building cars with non-standard parts and structural issues. 1.I bought a new car and started hearing brakes noises from 6000 miles where as previous car brakes rotors were good till 70k miles. 2.Within 9000 miles, driver side door, A pillar, B pillar, rear seats, display panel has to be either insulated or replaced. I am not sure how this effects car value or vehicle integrity going forward.

Visibility/Wiper
Filed Apr 15, 2023CA

1. Phantom Braking occurring often and no release date for firmware update. Not sure how to avoid rear end collision even when attentive. 2. Inaccurate speed limits, forward collision warnings, inaccurate green light chimes. 3. Autowiper which is working for other manufacturers over decade is beta in tesla. Previous 5 service center visits confirm as working and in 6th visit they say as beta. This is cheating customers. Using display screen to control frequency is distraction in wet roads.

Forward Collision Avoidance › Adaptive Cruise ControlCrashFire
Filed Apr 15, 2023FL

Same fatal error I've been reporting for over 6 months and about 10 "OVER THE AIR UPDATES" Yes we all really 'NEEDED' more ways to make fart and poop sounds and open our rainbow LED [XXX] by voice command BUT WHAT ID REALLY LIKE IS FOR LITERALLY ANYONE IN ALL OF AMERICA TO DO THEIR JOB! Maybe if someone would do an investigation into to how much FRAUD there is at literally every level of Tesla from the very top all the way to the pathetic worms at the bottom that somehow find the one vertebrae they have left to continue lying to protect the bank account of a lying megalomaniac. Maybe they would investigate how Tesla vehicles can be used as remote operated drones to kamakazi themselves and kill anyone in the vehicle you don't like or even worse they could hack it thru the radio and use it to crash into literally anyone on the road as described by [XXX] himself and the FBI when asked about drone technology. I mean if [XXX] is allowed to spy on all of planet earth without their consent, freeze their car radio, miss every auto payment for 8 months, keep your car in an overflow lot for 3 days on hidden camera and never work on it once 5 times, make your car stop on the highway 50 time, stop your car from charging at home with your own charger in your own house then why does anyone follow any rules? Why don't we all just go out in the street and rob and kill and rape anyone whos dumb enough to believe that a car can drive itself? Really tho why do I even bother doing any of this ev

Forward Collision Avoidance › Adaptive Cruise Control
Filed Apr 14, 2023CA

My Car while on Cruise Control on Freeways on road trips has suddenly braked over 22 times with no cars I front of me. It’s scary and almost causing accidents wirh cars behind me. I am taking car to tesla next week, but this issue has continued over and over

Electrical System › Wiring › Interior/Under Dash
Filed Apr 14, 202320,000 milesCA

The contact owns a 2022 Tesla Model Y. The contact stated while driving approximately 35 MPH the vehicle control display had frozen. The contact said she had no information on the display, the contact said that there was no warning light. The contact stated that when she had started the vehicle her husband's cell phone was synced to the vehicle computer systems and would not recognize her cell phone. The contact stated that when the control screen froze her husband's phone was still showing as linked to the computer system. The contact had not taken the vehicle to a local dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed and had not been repaired. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 20,000.

Forward Collision Avoidance › Adaptive Cruise Control
Filed Apr 14, 2023NV

Car slamming on breaks multiples times while in cruise control. No obstacles ahead and we could have been rear ended

Service Brakes
Filed Apr 10, 2023CA

Car making sudden braking moves while on trip using cruise control. I tried several different lanes and actions but braking persisted and cruise control discontinued. No damage or injury. Tesla has known phantom braking problem braking. We were at risk to be rear ended. I will contact Tesla next.

Air Bags › Sensor › Occupant Classification › Front Passenger
Filed Apr 7, 202350 milesNY

The contact owns a 2022 Tesla Model Y. The contact stated that the front passenger’s side seat was not sensing his wife seated in the seat due to her weight. The contact stated that his wife was 102 lbs. which was not recognized by the occupant detection system. The contact stated the front passenger air bag off warning light was illuminated. The contact took the vehicle to the local dealer, where it was diagnosed with needing the front passenger’s side seat to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired but continued to experience the failure. The contact took the vehicle back to the local dealer but was unable to determine there was a failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure and was informed the minimum weight was 100 lbs. The failure mileage was approximately 50.

Forward Collision Avoidance › Adaptive Cruise Control
Filed Apr 4, 2023CA

I experience three incidents of phantom braking while on a recent trip. The car was on Autopilot (I do not have FSD), on an open road with zero cars in sight. Two were incidents where the car went from 69 MPH to 50 MPH for no reason. The third was even more severe when the car went to 30 MPH from 70 MPH. The incident was reported to Tesla and their response after diagnosing remotely is as follows: "There are no hardware issues with your car. At the times provided your vehicle detected another vehicle in the lane which was the source of the slow down. There are known limitations of Autopilot at this time. The performance of Autopilot will be improved over time. Currently, Autopilot may react more conservatively than a human driver in situations where it is thought an object may be entering your vehicle’s path. It is more desirable to have a false positive than a false negative.” I want to reiterate once again there were ZERO cars in sight when this happened. Dates for these events were on March 31, 2023 and April 1, 2023.

Forward Collision Avoidance › Warnings
Filed Apr 3, 2023FL

In a 1 minute clip I captured how the Tesla constantly misses collision warnings and/or assistance while all safety features are turned on because the car misses the first collision warning and then goes off early on the second scenario with the same car and driver in front of my passenger and I. It's dangerously inconsistent and this is the third passenger on Lyft this week this has happened to and the passenger verified as a witness to the event in each example without any sort of coercion. Without the LiDAR the Tesla makes constant mis-judgements it never should have been removed. Last night I traveled down 429 West and had the same issue with the car reducing to 0mph like it has been for several months but this time I didn't let the car slow down all the way before canceling and leaving Tesla a nice explanation in my best Forrest Gump impression soundtrack was playing. I said "Life is like Tesla FSD, you never know if your cars gonna stop on the highway". What's the point in the voice recording if the error isn't corrected? To make me FEEL like something is being done? Everyone in person and online keeps telling me to just sell the car. Well I would if I could afford to but now I'm stuck between paying my overpriced car bill or driving the overpriced car that keeps failing at its job and almost causing tons of accidents. Thank God I have a dashcam otherwise I bet Tesla would say I'm drunk or something to cover their own butts! Hate to break it to ya but I don't drink that

Forward Collision Avoidance › Warnings
Filed Apr 3, 2023FL

Here's front and rear with audio of the Tesla failing to trigger a collision warning or assistance with passengers in the car during a Lyft ride. There should be a loud beep paired with some braking assistance but most of the time neither work or they work when they shouldn't. If my car actually got the miles range I paid for and actually charged as fast as they advertise I wouldn't be at home filling out these reports. Squeaky wheel gets the grease, so I squeak, squeak, squeak! https://drive.google.com/file/d/15Hvhf2eT8--XljxWKTaRqxqsqQYvdzp8/view?usp=share_link https://drive.google.com/file/d/13onkPVSEXT4OJxitVmckx5fRzT_yx17d/view?usp=share_link

Seat Belts
Filed Apr 3, 2023TX

Rear passenger middle seat buckle was defective- just replaced by Tesla. Seatbelt buckle was stuck and after unlatching, was unable to get it back in; there was a 4 year old in a booster seat at the time of incident. Left rear passenger seatbelt may have also unlatched by itself last week while front facing booster seat was strapped in using the seatbelt. Had to reinstall car seat with latch, despite child exceeding 40lb. limit for latch use (Diono 3XRT).

Forward Collision Avoidance › Adaptive Cruise Control
Filed Apr 1, 2023CO

The problem I will describe has been noted over several months, but I will focus on events observed today, March 31, 2023. I was driving from Salt Lake City to Reno, NV on Interstate 80. Weather conditions were partly cloudy, 40-55F, dry roads, light traffic. While driving at highway speeds of 70-80 Mph using the cars adaptive cruise, the car would repeatedly brake sharply and almost violently, causing me to hit the brake pedal to remove the vehicle from cruise for fear of being rearended. This generally occurred when there was no traffic in front of me, with perfectly clear roads, no debris or obstructions if any kind. The car also braked slightly during this drive, dropping speed maybe 10-15 mph before resuming. These abrupt and inexplicable braking incidents occurred so frequently, probably 20 times or so, that I stopped using cruise control for fear of an accident. This has not yet been reported to Tesla, and has not been investigated. However, I wanted to report this because I feel it is an extreme safety hazard.

Service Brakes
Filed Apr 1, 2023CA

My 2022 Tesla Model Y suddenly stopped on the road with a message on the screen saying “Pullover safely Vehicle Shutting Down”, but the car stopped immediately and would not move. Another error came up saying “Rear motor disabled”. The sudden stopping was very dangerous, and it could have been life threatening had it been on a highway. Luckily for us, I was just pulling the car back from our driveway, but more than half of my car was on the road when the car stopped suddenly with the error message. I can’t imagine what could have happened had I been on a highway with or without Auto Pilot. We are all very disturbed by this experience as the car just suddenly stopped. Tesla is not safe on the road with this problem. Battery was at 235miles left and the car is in great condition otherwise having driven only 8K miles. Car had to be towed to the service center, but next Tesla service appointment shows almost a month later.

Lane Departure › Lane Keep › Automatic Steering
Filed Mar 31, 20236,900 milesUT

The contact owns a 2022 Tesla Model Y. The contact stated while driving approximately 70 MPH with the Autonomous Self Driving feature activated, while attempting to make a lane change, the vehicle was independently self-correcting back into the original driving lane. Additionally, while driving with Autonomous Self Driving feature activated, the vehicle experienced phantom braking and the vehicle stopped in the middle of the highway. The contact stated that there were no obstacles in front of the vehicle to cause the vehicle to experience the phantom braking. The contact also stated that the "Emergency Lane Departure Avoidance" failed to function correctly and would overcompensate when the vehicle made slight lane adjustments. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact had taken the vehicle to a local dealer where it was diagnosed and determined that the Autonomous Self Driving and Emergency Lane Departure Avoidance features be deactivated. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 6,900.

Unknown or Other
Filed Mar 30, 2023FL

I saw [XXX] on Twitter recommending a woman put her children or dogs inside his cars with overheat protection on however I have been recording and reporting this fatal error for several months and they have NOT corrected it. The car has overheat set at 100F I routinely screenshot the car reaching 130F (assuming the cars thermometer is even accurate) this is hot enough to kill basically ANY living thing. My baby, dead. Dog, dead. It was only 82F outside so I'm going to call BS on the 'tempered glass' that 'repels over 90% heat' the car is a fishbowl/greenhouse. So if my car doesn't kill me, my family and those around me 'Full Self Driving' it will kill your kids and pets while you run errands because you trusted a melomaniac. And if that doesn't kill you everyone who hates [XXX] and Tesla will routinely bully you on the road too because apparently there isn't a single person in ALL of the entire USA government who isn't a total puppy for [XXX]. Not to mention Tesla just awarded some hackers $350,000 and a new car for hacking a model 3's radio to take over the car when I've been reporting this exact exploit to NHTSA and FBI for months. Many times my car has played insulting music and not allowed me to change it, the car often driving with a mind of its own towards fatal crashes that would kill me if I didn't disengage every 2 minutes (that's being generous when not on a highway). "YOU [XXX] [XXX] I AINT [XXX] WITH YOU!" "IVE GOT A MILLION OTHER THINGS I'd RATHER [XXX] DO, THAN

Forward Collision Avoidance › Warnings
Filed Mar 30, 2023FL

During my driving shift on Lyft my first ride was right next to me at the medical clinic when I accepted the ride but Lyft sent me 10 minutes away to park in the middle of a median facing a memorial for a car crash victim (while playing Stan by Eminem about a fan being killed in a car accident after no one gets his letters(On Tesla Radio which has been proven to be hackable and I have reported to NHTSA before)). She gives me directions; I accept the ride then drive 10 minutes back to where I accepted the ride in the first place. The gps location for Lyft is over a mile off, after a couple minutes of scanning parking lots for people I've never met I find them at the health clinic (Lyft had deleted her directions she sent me so I was going off memory from the phone call). We start talking and it turns out they are currently in a lawsuit against Lyft. On the way to their destination (which was also wrong by several miles and required their directions) the Husband and I start noticing really aggressive drivers around us then all of a sudden the car in front of us hit the brakes short notice and zero of the cars collision warnings and safety precautions worked because there is clearly no audible sound. I have the sounds enabled I also have since day 1 because that's why I bought this car, for safety. Luckily for me I said nothing until the passenger mentioned that they braked too hard, I did a good job reacting and they agree there was no collision warning once I explained to them

Back Over PreventionCrash
Filed Mar 29, 20235,500 milesAZ

The contact owns a 2022 Tesla Model Y. The contact stated that the rearview camera would fail to turn on while reversing. The contact stated that the failure had been occurring intermittently. The contact stated while reversing, the failure reoccurred, causing the vehicle to crash into the rear of another vehicle. There were no injuries sustained. The contact was able to continue driving. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 5,500.

Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Mar 27, 2023MI

Repeated random breaking when in cruise control or auto steer. It is available for inspection upon request. Car abruptly stopped on busy road at 60 miles per hour more than once. Slows on expressway repeatedly, which can potentially cause loss of control or being hit from behind. Vehicle has not been inspected for this issue. There have been no warnings of the problem prior to the failure. This problem has happened the entire time I’ve owned the car, especially, but not only, when driving on freeways.

Vehicle Speed ControlCrash
Filed Mar 27, 2023CA

On Saturday, 3/4/2023, I stopped at a supercharger lot to charge my car during a trip. As I entered the lot, I noticed that the road conditions were poor, almost like a gravel road. To be cautious, I drove slowly towards the three empty parking spaces in the middle of the lot, intending to park in the middle spot. I noticed that the road conditions were even worse in front of the parking spot, but it looked wide and not too deep, so I didn't think it warranted serious concern. I carefully maneuvered the car around to prepare for backing up. I've been using the HOLD braking mode, which allows for one-pedal driving, for more than five months. Just as I lifted my foot off the accelerator, the car jerked forward from a small pothole. I still expected the car to come to a stop, as my foot wasn't touching the pedal. I made a comment to my passenger that I was puzzled why the car was still moving as I looked down at my foot far above the pedals. Suddenly, there was a really loud sound (like revving if I remember correctly) that I had never heard before, which surprised both me and my passenger. We exchanged a puzzled look just as the car suddenly jumped forward at full power and hit the car in front of us before I could do anything to stop it. I believe that this was a software issue related to overcompensation of losing traction control on both sides as the car came to a stop. It's important to note that I did not purchase Tesla's Full Self Driving and was not using any driving ass

Forward Collision Avoidance › Adaptive Cruise Control
Filed Mar 26, 2023FL

Same issue I've been reporting several months. This morning I downloaded yet another software update, got in my car, drove to Chick-fil-a on a Sunday because Tesla has not fixed this fatal braking bug on the highway for a non-existent round-a-bout so I use that for the car to navigate to. The car tries to get on the state road instead of the highway so I cancel and take over and drive onto the highway/expressway myself. After a couple miles the FSD finally takes over in a 70mph zone and reduces my speed to 45mph and stays at 45mph while passing several 70mph signs it clearly sees in its own 'Tesla vision' on the map in AR(Augmented reality). I cancel and speed back up to 70 before the next overpass where the car puts its hazards on, pulls into the slow lane, says it's executing a round-a-bout. Comes to a complete stop on the highway with hazards while in the travel lane, cars whipping past me on the driver side. Then the car starts yelling at me to grab the wheel which I've never let go of during this entire event so I shake the wheel vigorously left and right and the car does not process that I'm holding the wheel (This is so Tesla can commit fraud when they blame it on the driver and buy more time because NHTSA rules aren't up-to-date on software patches and NHTSA needs to just recall all FSD because Tesla has displayed inability to repair) THEN to add the cherry on top while the car is stopped on the highway, yelling at me to pay attention while I'm shaking the wheel; I pr

Unknown or Other
Filed Mar 26, 2023MN

Trunk hatch allows water ingress, soaking interior carpet and accumulating interior plastic components and draining down to the trunk hatch latch. It has been into Tesla service three times for the same issue and the issue persists.

Forward Collision Avoidance › Adaptive Cruise Control
Filed Mar 21, 2023FL

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 leavi

Forward Collision Avoidance › Adaptive Cruise Control
Filed Mar 20, 2023CA

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.

Electrical System
Filed Mar 19, 2023PA

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.

Lane Departure › Warning
Filed Mar 17, 2023OR

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.

Unknown or OtherCrash
Filed Mar 13, 2023MD

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.

Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Mar 12, 2023MT

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.

Forward Collision Avoidance › Adaptive Cruise Control
Filed Mar 11, 2023ID

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.

Forward Collision Avoidance › Automatic Emergency BrakingCrash2 injured
Filed Mar 10, 2023WA

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. Th

Visibility
Filed Mar 10, 20231,000 milesVA

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.

Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Mar 9, 2023VA

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.

Wheels
Filed Mar 9, 2023CA

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

Forward Collision Avoidance › Adaptive Cruise Control
Filed Mar 8, 2023MD

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. The contact stated that the manufacturer was contacted after each failure occurrence. Recall visits were scheduled but cancelled due to the issue being deemed "resolved" but that is not true.

Service Brakes
Filed Mar 8, 2023OR

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.

Back Over PreventionCrash
Filed Mar 6, 20233,000 milesNJ

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.

Forward Collision Avoidance › Adaptive Cruise Control
Filed Mar 5, 2023NE

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.

Visibility/Wiper
Filed Mar 5, 2023CA

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

Unknown or Other
Filed Mar 4, 2023TX

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

Visibility
Filed Mar 3, 2023NJ

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.

Forward Collision Avoidance › Adaptive Cruise Control
Filed Feb 25, 2023NM

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.

Electrical System
Filed Feb 22, 2023CA

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.

Power Train
Filed Feb 20, 2023KS

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.

Unknown or Other
Filed Feb 19, 2023IL

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

Electrical System › Adas › Autonomous/Self Driving
Filed Feb 17, 202310,977 milesCA

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.

Forward Collision Avoidance › Automatic Emergency Braking
Filed Feb 15, 2023IL

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.

Forward Collision Avoidance › Automatic Emergency Braking
Filed Feb 15, 2023NY

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.

Seats1 injured
Filed Feb 12, 2023TX

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.

Electrical System
Filed Feb 9, 2023CA

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.

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