2022 TESLA MODEL Y Complaints

Phantom braking event on highway. Going about 65 miles an hour. It slammed on the brakes. Car is on latest software. I have the video clip whet it shows me trying to get the car under control.

When I try to defrost my windows, it does not work. They are so foggy when I’m going down the road I am concerned that I will wreck. I was told my vin was not included in the recall. I think it needs to be.

The contact owns a 2022 Tesla Model Y. The contact stated that while at a stop, the brake pedal was depressed when suddenly the steering wheel seized to function, and the vehicle started to move forward independently, causing the driver to veer to the right to avoid crashing into a home garage. The contact attempted to get back into the street however, the vehicle kept moving forward independently as the contact kept depressing on the brake pedal crashing the front center of the vehicle into a sign pole. The vehicle continued to accelerate independently causing the contact to crash into a second sign pole on the front passenger side where the vehicle came to a stop. The vehicle was damaged by the fender upon the first impact and was damaged on the front passenger side upon the second impact however, the vehicle was not destroyed. The air bags did not deploy. The contact and his wife suffered from whiplash however, medical attention was not required. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed from the place of the accident to the contact's home. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The dealer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 10,100.

Vehicle was stopped at a red light. On its own it began driving- accelerating forward from a complete stop - ramming the car in front - then into an active intersection. Thankfully the steering was responsive but not the brake until a few seconds after incident began. Miraculously no one was injured. We have Tesla’s dashcam video of incident but unable to upload onto this platform (it only takes photos).

I have an intermittent warning message "Front passenger safety restraint fault" which started about 1.5 years ago. Tesla added a "filter" which sorta resolved the problem, but as i mentioned its an intermittent problem. I submit another service reqyest for the same issue January 2024 at 51k miles but they denied my warranty claim because it is past their 50k basic warranty. I resubmitted a service request around September 2024 to look at the issue but they said they will look into my request for warranty but never got back to me. Fast forward to 2025 I submit another service request because the warning message keepings popping up more frequently and I read that Tesla SRS warranty is up until 60,000 miles which as of January 2024 I was still within. Now they are denying my claims because I didnt request a service within warranty period. I wasn't aware of the SRS warranty and Tesla employee saying i am outside the warranty and deny my warranty claim which was either incorrect, a lie or both. I have tried explaining to them multiple times but every time they say its outside of warranty now.

I was driving the car on supervised self drive and going home around 9 pm. When I reached my house I tapped the break to disengage the FSD and take over so that I can pull into our driveway. After coming to a stop the car all of a sudden just took off on its own at almost 60 mph on a residential street. I was repeatedly pressing on the brake to try to control the car. But it seemed like the car had a mind of its own and was not responding to me at all. approximately 8 seconds (based on Tesla dashcam recordings) later after travelling a distance of approximately 700 feet the car hit 2 parked cars on the street, which eventually activated the brake and brought the car to a stop at the front yard of a house across the street from where the parked cars were hit.

The windshield has a huge crack that just appeared out of nowhere. We took it to the shop and they said it wasn’t from a rock. There is no chip in the glass. Apparently a stress fracture. The crack is getting bigger every day and becoming a distraction while driving. Tesla said we are 10,000 miles over our warranty even though the vehicle is only 2 years old. It seems like they used cheap glass as this is common in the Tesla forums and chats.

The defogger doesn’t work and often makes it worse to the point we can’t see. We have almost crashed because of this twice now. Very dangerous.

Rear lift gate misaligned and having issue closing the trunk after 2 years of owning. Im concern since I have to push down on the trunk to latch, that it may unlatch while driving and lift gate will open. If the trunk doesnt latch, vehicle will not shift to drive. I took the vehicle to a Tesla service center where they told me that my left hinge of the liftgate needs to be replace and to take it to a body shop. How can a metal hinge be a problem on a 2 years vehicle. I believe that the material are poorly made if this happens in just 2 year old vehicle, I wonder if this vehicle can hold for another 3.

The contact owns a 2022 Tesla Model Y. The contact stated that his wife had used the Tesla Summon function in the mobile app to electronically summon the vehicle while she was entering the residential parking lot. The contact stated that while the vehicle was driving towards his wife, the rear passenger's side door crashed into the front bumper of a parked vehicle, causing minor scratches to the vehicle. There was no property damage. The vehicle came to a stop upon making contact with the other vehicle's front bumper. The contact stated that the vehicle was traveling at approximately 5-8 MPH at the time of impact. The airbags did not deploy. The vehicle was not required to be towed. There was no warning light illuminated. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was not severely damaged. There was no injury sustained. The local dealer was contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 49,682.