2022 TESLA MODEL Y Complaints

The driver reported while slowly turning right into a parking stall, the vehicle accelerated and collided into a building despite efforts to stop the vehicle. The driver stated she was applying the brakes as the vehicle accelerated.

The contact owns a 2022 Tesla Model Y. The contact stated while driving approximately 73 MPH, the vehicle experienced “Phantom Braking” while the cruise control was activated and the vehicle slowed to 20 MPH. The vehicle was not taken to a local dealer. The manufacturer was informed of the failure. The contact was informed that the remedy for NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V063000 (Electrical System, Forward Collision-Avoidance) was not yet available. The failure mileage was 3,338.

I got the car a couple of days ago. In a 50 mile two-way road, I experienced over 10 phantom braking problems. 2 of the brakings were a bit hard.

Today I was driving to work using the adaptive cruise control and the car applied brakes for no valid reason, this sudden deceleration could have caused an accident.

I am experiencing regular "phantom braking" by the Autopilot adaptive cruise control. This creates sudden and dangerous hard braking at highway speeds between 55 and 65 mph with abrupt deceleration to the low 40's and has nearly resulted in rear end collisions with trailing vehicles. I received a notice that my vehicle was being built with camera "Tesla Vision" sensors only and does not have the radar sensors of previous Model Y vehicles. Several over the air software updates since my delivery Jan 3 have failed to improve reliability of this system.

On multiple occasions the Tesla Model Y has performed what is deemed "phantom braking" while on the highway, causing my car to frantically slam on the brakes while using cruise control. This happened several times and I am not afraid to use cruise control. It only occurs when I have cruise control or 'autopilot' engaged, and out of nowhere the car will respond like it sees something in the road and either cut cruise control out, which engage regenerative braking, or will just apply the brakes at a rapid rate. Fortunately the majority of the time this occurred at night time without any cars directly behind me, but it has made me worried to use cruise control. The last time this happened was around December 31st and I have not been comfortable using cruise control since then.

The contact owns a 2022 Tesla Model Y. The contact stated while driving 65 MPH with the cruise control engaged, while another vehicle was approaching on the left, the vehicle started to decelerate independently. The contact stated that an unknown warning light was illuminated. The contact was able to continue driving but experienced the failure to the extent of manually braking and stopping the vehicle. The contact scheduled an appointment for the dealer to inspect the vehicle. The contact became aware that the Tesla App detected no failure and canceled the appointment. The contact stated that the Tesla App had canceled appointments on four different occasions. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure by the Tesla App. The failure mileage was approximately 300.

Coming from a 2017 Tesla Model S and a 2018 Tesla Model 3 to a 2022 Model Y the experience has been jarring. Tesla's driver assistance system, termed "Autopilot" has become almost unusable due to multiple, frequent, incidences of phantom-braking: 1. On a two-way road, when there are trucks in the oncoming lane, my 2022 Tesla Model Y Vision-only (Tesla removed radar) the car will slam its brakes 2. On a divided, limited-access highway, my 2022 Tesla Model Y will randomly slam its brakes. There are all safety issues because it can brake without any warning or logical indication why it should be braking, and cars behind me can very easily crash into me. Tesla did NOT have this issue, or at least not this prevalent, with my 2017 Model S and 2018 Model 3 that included both radar and vision for their driver assistance system.

While traveling on I81, at dusk, on 2/16/2022, the car automatically, with no apparent reason, momentarily applied the brakes, causing the car to veer sharply to the left - this occurred twice on a 20 mile trip - once while passing a semi, once while driving under an overpass - autopilot was with ‘distance speed control’ on - car is new with less than 300 miles (purchased on 2/11) - Because to this, I consider the car to be unsafe to drive with autopilot ‘on’

I was driving on freeway 101 north in LA and was merging into freeway 405 north. My auto pilot was engage and my car suddenly Decided to apply the breaks and reduce the speed from 65 miles per hour to around 45. This was done while there were no visible vehicles in sight and in front of me. The auto pilot is quite unreliable.