2023 TESLA MODEL Y Complaints

Right headlight and turn signal stopped working within approximately 110 miles on the odometer. Tesla did not make it a priority to fix the light and turn signal which poses a safety hazard to the driver and other vehicles on the road.

False and faulty forward warning collision incident took place on July 5, 2023 at Alder Woods Drive. This happened for a legally parked card on the street, the system labeled the car moving car infront as opposed to a parked and stopped car on the side of the street near the curbside. As a result it issued a false and faulty warning.

This faulty and false forward collision warning incident took place on US Route 50 from Arlington to Fairfax direction, in slowed down traffic for a vehicle that is in front of me having plenty safe distance on September 27, 2023 at 2:27 PM. Notice that there is no hard breaking recorded by the car right after this incident.

I had three false forward collision warnings on October 3, 2023 - all the false and faulty warning incidents took place on slowed down traffic for the car travelling infront of me: 1. US Route 50, From Fairfax to Arlington direction, at 8:21 AM 2. US Interstate 66, From Fairfax to Arlington direction, at 8:25 AM 3. US Route 50, From Arlington to Fairfax direction, at 2:25 PM Tesla doesn't any resolution for the problems that I shared above, I reported them in the form of an email, as bug reports and as a service request

4 times on our 300-mile trip on I-90, where it is a 4-lane divided highway, our Tesla braked unexpectantly (phantom braking) at highway speeds in excess of 65 mph. There were no warning bells or chimes - just violent unexpected braking for no apparent reason. There were no obstructions in the lanes ahead of us and no apparent reason for the sudden braking. Fortunately, there were no cars immediately behind us. But it was extremely unsettling to have the car unexpectedly brake.

On Friday, 9/29/23 at 2:24 pm, I was driving on the toll road (freeway) through the Chicago area. I was using my car’s adaptive cruise control. There was no car or other obstacle in front of me, and weather was clear. Abruptly, my car slammed on the brakes, causing an immediate deceleration. If a car had been behind me, I would have been rear-ended at freeway speed. This abrupt deceleration caused my head to snap back, leading to muscle soreness for the past couple days. I called Tesla shortly after, and the guy said he was able to determine there was something wrong with cruise control. He said if I chose to continue using cruise control for the remainder of my trip (Chicago to Minneapolis), I should be extremely careful. I scheduled a service appointment with Tesla, which they just cancelled because they said their remote diagnostics showed no problem with my car. They said the cruise control system is in Beta and therefore it can cause unexpected and unnecessary braking. This is a known issue for Tesla, many owners have complained both to Tesla and to NHTSA. I could have been seriously injured or killed if I had been rear ended at Chicago freeway speeds (i.e., fast).

Phantom Braking occurs regularly when operating on Adaptive Cruise Control/Auto Steer (Beta). The car slows down to a crawl or comes to a complete stop unexpectedly at high speed on a freeway. Lucking there was no vehicle in the vicinity. There is no warning or notification on the car screen about this. Simply slows down for no reason. I have heard of several class action law suits concerning this as well as numerous users posting similar concerns online. I have not contacted the manufacturer in this regard since they are very difficult to reach.

I was driving my car, and the steering wheel locked while driving and pushed me into the oncoming lane. We were lucky there were no other cars coming the other direction. I had to reboot the car to get it to drive again. The steering locked up again while getting the car home and also in the driveway. Tesla towed the car and replaced the entire steering rack of the car. I then saw an article about this exact issue and wanted to add my car to the other complaints. My car is only six months old.

While driving on the highway, I had set the cruise control to max 65 mph. After some time it suddenly set the cruise control to max 35 mph and suddenly reduces the speed even though all front vehicles were running around 65 mph. It was incredibly dangerous and the vehicle behind me was about to hit.

I was driving at a very slow speed of 1 mile per hr as I entered into the Kohls complex in Pleasanton ca. Then as I was pulling the car to a parking spot, all of a sudden I felt the car accelerated on me. My foot was always on the break and I pressed the break but the car still accelerated at a speed I had no control and it went over the parking bump and hit 2 cars that was parked opposite. I felt out of control and scary because the car was not doing as intended, to stop when pressed the break. I then pressed the park button. Then I also reversed because the car was not stopping. There was totally 4 cars damaged including my car. 2 opposite and 1 parked side of me. I could feel the sudden acceleration in the car and out of control feeling. Luckily there were no people in other car so no one was hurt. I was also not hurt. - Not sure what malfunction happened , but the break in that instant of time was not acting as it should for few seconds. Yes, the car is available for inspection - My safety was at risk as the car was no behaving the way it should and I got scared as to what would happened next. Since there were no people in the other car, there was no risk. but if there were they probably would have got hurt. - I reported the issue to Tesla center. They said they will look but never heard back anything from them . - None of them has inspected the vehicle yet. - No warning signs were there. after it hit i could hear the beep