2023 TESLA MODEL Y Complaints
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2023 TESLA MODEL Y- San Jose , CA
I was on Reverse, when I pressed the accelerator, the car was moving FORWARD! i tried pressing the accelerator 2 separate times; both times it moved Forward. I had to do a hard restart to fix it. This happened last night, I have not had the vehicle inspected by anyone. There was no warning lamps/messages or other symptoms. I had my whole family in my car at the time of incident. This was very traumatic for all of us; as I was inches away from hitting the car in front of us. This morning when we turned the car on the screen Froze and then proceeded to restart on its own. Something is going on with my car.
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2023 TESLA MODEL Y- Lakeville, MN
I am experiencing sudden braking, without me using any of the braking system. Scared my wife and I. Our safety was at risk 3 times, when this sudden braking happened. Sent a message to Tesla but did not get an answer yet. The warning lights were activated when the sudden braking happened. my first sudden braking happened on January 17th 2024, and then 2 more the following two days of the same month. Now we are driving the car, but we are deactivating the automatic braking system anytime time we get in the car,
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2023 TESLA MODEL Y- Springfield, IL
I bought Model Y on December 1st and after two weeks the car suddenly stopped working with a message that electrical system failure unable to support all function and vehicle will stop, it only gave a minute or two before car getting stopped and not responding. The vehicle got towed and they diagnosed the front inverter getting too much current causing the fuse to blow. I got the car fixed and after 2 months same thing happened [XXX] with same message and car stopped working and only gave a minute to park. The car is in repair shop with Tesla. This raises a serious safety issue where the driver only has a minute or two to take the car off of the road and park at safe location. Imagine if you are on a busy highway and you only have a minute to pull it on the side. You might be stuck in the middle of the road and waiting for someone to hit your car. NHTSA needs to closely look at it and take up the issue with Tesla and also raise the question on the quality of car produced. I am sharing some user threads where people have experience similar issues [XXX] [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
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2023 TESLA MODEL Y- Marvin, NC
I brought the car home after purchasing and came back out to the car in the garage, a notice appeared on the screen and the car shut down locking me in. I had to call Tesla who instructed me to use the manual release on the door to get out. This occurred on the first day of ownership and had to be towed to Tesla for repair the next day. From my understanding looking online one of the parts that was replaced (pyrotechnic battery disconnect - please refer to attached repair invoice) was involved in a Tesla recall earlier in 2023. I view this as a safety concern and am fortunate such an event occurred while parked in my garage and not while driving.
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2023 TESLA MODEL Y- Ooltewah, TN
Ongoing issue of phantom braking while driving with cruise control. I have documented numerous instances with Tesla and they are refusing to acknowledge and resolve the problem
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2023 TESLA MODEL Y- Huntington Beach, CA
Auto Wipers either don't work when it's raining or will always come on randomly when it's dry. Manuel wipers work fine
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2023 TESLA MODEL Y- Princeton, NJ
Windshield is causing a very loud whistling sound on a high speed exceeds 80mph. After multiple visits to the dealership, the windshield, cowl screen panel and sealing around the windshield was replaced but has not addressed the issue. The windshield was inspected by the dealership technicians and did a full diagnose and they have said that even if they replaced the windshield again will not address the sound whistling concern. The technician has said that is most likely a manufacture defect. This is a safety concern, as I'm afraid to operate my motor vehicle on a high speed and could uplift the windshield due to air pressure.
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2023 TESLA MODEL Y- San Jose, CA
When FSD was activated, the MY had a number of incidents that the car was maneuvered in a way that was not safe: 1) It started going forward when the MY was stopped at a Red Light at the intersection when the light was still in red; 2) It started to move suddenly and turned right while waiting at an intersection; 3) It changed to the right lane suddenly while approaching an exit in a highway. These movements were corrected manually by overriding the FSD but they were quite scary.
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2023 TESLA MODEL Y- West Roxbury, MA
Vechile started skidding and didn't respond to steering wheel control, ultimately failed to a make a turn and fell off road into a ditch. Also emergency braking wasn't triggered to prevent vechile from falling off road and furthermore upon impact airbags weren't deployed. The driver sustained grevious injuries and was transported away by EMS.
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2023 TESLA MODEL Y- Hanover, MD
Tesla's auto-wipers do NOT detect rain on the windshield and are dangerous to drive with enabled. During heavy rain with the windshield covered and unable to see the auto wipers would not enable and clean the windshield. I was forced to "wake-up" the wipers with a manual swipe, but even then the auto-wipers failed to keep the windshield clear while only occasionally/intermittently cleaning the windshield. Tesla's auto-wipers are dangerously ineffective.
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