2022 TESLA MODEL Y Complaints

While using cruise control at highway speed, the car suddenly slams on the breaks causing major panic. Oversteering onto incoming traffic and cars following are affected slamming on their breaks to avoid contact. Have contacted Tesla Service Center multiple times addressing the problem (Phantom breaking problem). What they keep on telling me is that there is no fix to the problem at this time. The cruise control intermittently turns off and on by itself with no warning or obstruction. No lamps warning or messages prior to failure. My Tesla 2022 Model Y (Performance) has been inspected at the Tesla Service Center many times, but to no avail problem still exists.

The lateral lower front right suspension link and its securing bolts failed, causing the control arm to drop and the vehicle to become uncontrollable. (The bolts actually fell out on the ground) This was the second repair involving the same suspension area, with prior work performed on March 27, 2025. The replaced components should be available for inspection upon request. The failure caused the vehicle to become uncontrollable while backing into a parking spot. Had this occurred at road speed, it could have resulted in a complete loss of control, posing a risk to the driver, passengers, pedestrians, and surrounding traffic. Tesla service confirmed the failure during the January 5, 2026 repair and replaced the affected suspension components under Invoice #[XXX]. Tesla service technicians inspected the vehicle during both repair visits (March 27, 2025 and January 5, 2026). There is no record of inspection by police or insurance representatives. No warning lamps, messages, or prior symptoms were present. The failure occurred suddenly while backing into a parking spot with no advance indication. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

I got into my car two days ago and the computer screen was black. I have tried everything to reset it, holding down both scroll wheels with the brake pressed for up to 2 minutes, unplugging the low voltage battery overnight and plugging it back in, and even doing the hard reset at the disconnect under the rear passenger seats and my computer will not turn on. I can't see any information about my speed or how much charge I have, I can't turn on climate controls and it's the middle of winter and I live in the mountains of Colorado. I can't even open my glove box without the screen. From everything I read, it sounds like an MCU failure, my vehicle has the newer MCU2. Tesla quoted about $800 for a tow and it sounds like the replacement costs could be $2500+

I am reporting a repeated safety defect that happens only in rainy conditions. My 2022 Tesla Model Y repeatedly shows critical safety warnings including “Automatic Emergency Braking unavailable”, traction and stability control disabled, and “Vehicle Hold unavailable”. This has occurred during normal driving in rain every rainy season for 3 years, despite 4 service visits and parts replacement including the inverter. It started when I was pregnant and is now ongoing with my newborn in the car. The system failures happen while driving in normal wet/slippery conditions and greatly increase the risk of a crash. This appears to be a systemic safety defect, not driver error, and Tesla has not fixed it after multiple service attempts. Events & Dates: •First occurrence: Feb/2024 •Service visits: 02/01/2024 1. Verified customer's concern via vehicle log data. Technician reviewed the vehicle's logs and found that the vehicles communication system was faulted. Technician was not able to duplicate the concern at this time. Performed diagnosis and found no issues present at this time. Verified vehicle's communication system is operating as designed at this time. No further repairs are recommended at this time. Recommending customer to continue to monitor situation at this time. 2. Updated vehicle to latest available firmware version per service bulletin. •Most recent occurrence: 01/01/2026 fyi today is the 4th time I’ve indicated this issue , and this is during my pregnancy again, I feel extremely stressed and helpless

During a snowstorm, the headlights caused blinding visibility issues due to the reflected light from the snow flakes. Normally, using low beams fixes this problem. I tried all combinations of headlights during the drive- auto high, high, auto low, manual low, just parking lights. All resulted in horrible visibility conditions that limited speed to around 20 MPH. The vehicle was inspected by Tesla service. Tesla reported the headlights operate as designed. There is a light bar above the headlight that remains on when driving and this illuminates the snow. This lightbar should turn off at night or at least have an option to turn off by the driver.

The headlights turned off while driving. Not being able to see where you're going is risky. The problem has occurred twice under the same conditions - light snow covering on the car. It has not been reproduced at dealer or service center. Components have not been inspected. The headlights operate properly when the snow is removed. No warning, messages or symptoms. Tesla Assist states that if there if driving in snow or low viz conditions, the headlights should be turned on manually, which is not intuitive or appropriate given the advanced nature of the car

1. Incident Description (FSD Failure) "While operating the vehicle using FSD (Supervised) on December 30, 2025, at approximately [Time], the vehicle failed to detect and completely ran through a red light/stop light at the intersection of [Street Name] and [Cross Street]. I had to take over the vehicle to avoid a potential collision. The system did not provide a warning or attempt to brake for the traffic signal." 2. Control Failure (Sliding/Steering) "Under low-speed conditions (approximately 13 mph), the vehicle suffered an uncontrolled loss of traction and directional stability. The Traction Control System (TCS) failed to intervene or stabilize the car. I was forced to perform a manual steering intervention to correct the slide and maintain my lane. This occurred at [Location/Address]." 3. Hardware/Exit Concern (Door) "The vehicle has a mechanical defect in the [Front/Rear] door. It requires excessive physical force (hard slamming) to latch properly. I am concerned that in an emergency, the door may fail to open or close correctly, posing a safety risk to passengers." 4. Summary of Risk "I no longer feel safe operating this vehicle. The combination of an autonomous driving system that ignores traffic signals and a stability system that fails at school-zone speeds makes this vehicle a life-threatening hazard to myself and others on the road."

Full Self Driving caused my Tesla to enter an intersection while the light was red. The FSD stopped at the red light on Monday Dec. 22. 2025 at 9:37 am. After a few moments is began to drive from the correct stop and enter the intersection while the traffic light was red. I had to manually take control to prevent it from continuing thru.

Incident Summary: Car Computer (HW3) suffered internal hardware failure on 12/17/25 following software update 2025.44.3. While the media screen and rearview camera functioned, the Autopilot Board (APB) was "MIA." Tesla Randolph (Invoice #3000S0015357298) confirmed the internal failure and replaced the unit. Safety Risk: Failure disabled safety-critical ADAS: Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) and Forward Collision Warning. Driving visualizations were severely compromised; the vehicle failed to detect pedestrians or lane markings while in motion, creating an immediate collision risk. The car’s active safety "intelligence" was essentially blind despite the camera feed being visible on the screen. Inspection & Contradictions: Tesla Service confirmed the "internal failure" (12/19-12/23). Note: The Service Manager verbally claimed "no codes," but the official invoice explicitly states technicians "found multiple alerts present." Part was retained by Tesla. Warning Symptoms: Failure followed a software reboot loop. Symptoms (MIA board/power cycle failure) match Recall 25V-002. Vehicle had only 36,289 miles. Reporting as potential HW3 defect expansion.

The contact owns a 2022 Tesla Model Y. The contact stated while his wife was driving 40-50 MPH in the evening with Self-Driving mode activated, the vehicle failed to decelerate while driving onto the exit lane and crashed into the rear of another vehicle. The contact was occupying the front passenger's seat during the incident. The front driver's side and passenger's side air bags deployed. There was no reported injury. The vehicle was towed to the residence. The vehicle was later towed to a Tesla autobody repair shop to be repaired. The vehicle was then towed to the autobody repair shop recommended by the insurance company. The vehicle was later totaled by the insurance company due to the cost of the air bags replacement. A police report was filed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 30,000.