Tesla Model Y Complaints

3,785 consumer complaints on file.

#11521691May 12, 2023
SERVICE BRAKES
Our car experienced unexpected and sudden braking on 3 occasions. #1: We were in cruise control (cc) and the car was going through a town and the brakes were applied suddenly (5/4/23). It accelerated again on its own. The other two incidents were on 5/8/23) #2: In CC, on a two lane highway. Tesla passed a semi in opposite direction (had plenty of clearance) and car braked suddenly. We were no where close to the semi. #3: Not in CC, on a 4 lane highway, we moved over into another lane to give a bicycle clear berth. Car braked suddenly. In #2 and #3 we had passed other semis and bicycles in tighter situations and braking did not occur. No accident occurred altho we had a car behind us in #2. Will be bringing car into Tesla on 5/20/23 to have them look at the car.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11521682May 12, 2023
SERVICE BRAKES, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
On April 28th i was driving to work as usual in my tesla model y , and i am on a local road driving around 40-45 miles speed. I was always maintaining enough stopping distance and on one of the local road, a driver before me stopped abruptly because of Garbage Trash Can came and hit her car. I braked immediately and expected Tesla will stop before only but seems tesla did not brake till last second and i ended up pulling to the right most side to avoid collision and i ended up hitting Pole to save hitting any humans to the best of my ability to save lives. My biggest concern is why tesla emergency brake did not apply for forward collision? what went wrong? As far as i remember i put the brakes and it did not stop. if this happened on highway on higher speeds, my life would have costed along with others. Can we get this investigated with Tesla? i reached out to them no one cares to respond. This article also says there is a recall in China vehicles? isn't there any issue in USA cars? https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-issues-recall-cars-china-2023-5?op=1 Any help in finding out the root cause can help more drivers and save lives !!! Tesla recorded my accident, but it does not tell why it failed to apply emergency brakes!!!
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11521680May 12, 2023
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, LANE DEPARTURE: ASSIST, LANE DEPARTURE: WARNING
Less than 2 minutes into my drive the car decided to disable lane keep assistance and warnings for no reason. As you can see in the photo linked below the vehicles in the oncoming lane are lagging and look kind of like a ghost car while the rest of the screen is totally fine. Well all I did was switch from the middle lane to the left lane like I do everyday with my indicator on, on my way to McDonalds. Absolutely no reason why this happened like I mentioned I had my indicator on nobody was around me and visibility is perfect. Here's the photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/CsD9JjOOO93/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11521677May 12, 2023
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING, LANE DEPARTURE: ASSIST
For the last 8 months I've been reporting this FATAL error where my Tesla in FSD with location set will slow down all the way to 0mph in a 70mph zone on the expressway for a stop sign and round about under the highway that is not visible by ANY of the cameras the car is supposedly using to 'read the environment' well that's a load of crap because its stopping for non existent stop signs and driving 57mph in a 70mph zone and misses several speed signs in the video. Biggest mistake Tesla ever made was not hiring me. Tesla has amateur's and liars that will do anything for an extra buck even if it means killing you and your family with a car that was put together by robots and slaves with your tax dollars. Zero ethics. When Elon says "May the 4th be with you" he really means "I hope you get killed by the dumptruck behind you while I slam the brakes on the highway". Modern day techno-hitler. Here's yet another video after 8 months: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cr08uwDvNqD/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11521674May 12, 2023
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
After the car couldn't drive me into oncoming traffic and put me out of my misery; I reset the car and then all the safety features were disabled again, the car couldn't see the solid white freshly painted lanes during the middle of the day with perfect visibility. As I approached the red light I demonstrated how the Tesla has no collision warning or assistance enabled although they are features advertised on the car that I paid for. Once again not a coincidence. Tesla has refused or is incapable of repairing this Frankenstein's monster covid Tesla it needs to be Totaled under lemon law. All the windows are from different countries FFS. Also the doors are sagging and scratching the base of the car but Tesla is also completely blind on that one too, go figure! They've also illegally tracked me home and to the grocery store but that's just what I can prove, I'm sure they've broken more privacy laws than just that. From a simple Google search you can discover how Tesla employees use the car footage to spy on you in your own home and pass around nude photos of you on internal company email and messenger apps. Here's a video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrzUvsLtHAe/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11521672May 12, 2023
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, LANE DEPARTURE: ASSIST, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL
Once again I caught on video my car trying to suicide me (a Jeffrey Epstein (not a typo I'm in fear for my life) witness) by turning off all safety features and attempting to drive me directly into oncoming traffic. Tesla has REFUSED to repair or replace my car. They have done EVERYTHING they can to prevent me from getting service for months. Reschedule after reschedule, 'we cant reproduce the problem' and 'the car is fixed' after recording them doing NOTHING on hidden camera for 3 days besides unplugging my dashcam after I told them on my IG that I was recording them and they agreed because its clearly posted on the door used to enter and unplug the camera. This is racketeering, tampering with a witness and attempted murder not to mention conspiracy to defraud the US Government with false advertisements to convince blind and corrupt politicians to give Elon ANOTHER round of government subsidies even though co2 isn't the problem, METHANE is! As you can see in the video the cars path is stuck in the ":Kill yourself with oncoming traffic" mode. Its a feature that is activated on my Tesla way more than I have video evidence like this to prove it. Here's the video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrzUMD4xilo/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11521662May 12, 2023
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
Since the day I got it the Tesla hasn't been able to identify emergency vehicles with their lights on. I started video taping after like the 20th time because my dashcam cant show you the screen also. I did this strictly to display that the Tesla failed to identify a State Trooper with his lights on for several hundred feet with 'Full Self Driving' enabled. Just to be clear the car is on the current software update and has ALWAYS been up to date. Tesla is once again lying about the cars capabilities and putting innocent Police officers and random civilians at risk of serious bodily injury or death. Heres the video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cri-mNIL2IZ/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11521659May 12, 2023
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I pay $9.99/month for 'premium connectivity' which is an acronym for "None of the features you paid for actually work unless you ALSO pay us $9.99/month for Spotify wrapped as Tesla radio that doesn't work half the days you drive it". How can you sell me a car with all these safety features, charge me to have access to them and then not give me service? I paid for features Tesla isn't capable of delivering on. False advertising on steroid, Tesla should be ashamed. Here's the video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrdBoK-vfI2/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11521657May 12, 2023
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL
The car radio keeps freezing on songs insulting me or wont play music at all. After resetting the car while driving for the 937,845,609,238,457,609,823,756,098,273,546,908,723,549,068th time the car started playing "Car Radio" a song about a guys car radio being stolen and the silence making him want to pull the steering wheel and kill himself in a car accident. Shortly after this the car radio played "Kill yourself on a Beach" on my daily trip to McDonalds because it's all I can afford while slowly going bankrupt driving this Tesla on Uber because of all the 'defects' and false advertising if you can even call it anything other than intentional punishment for whistleblowing at this point. Tampering with a witness is a 3rd degree Felony Federal Offense punishable by up to 5 years in Prison with a $5,000 fine. Photo attached. Here's the video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CriYCUMugxg/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11521652May 12, 2023
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
Since I received this awful vehicle it has never properly identified emergency vehicles. Sometimes it confuses neon/led signs with emergency lights and smashes on the brake for emergency vehicles that aren't there. Other times it slams on the brakes on the highway when behind an emergency vehicle and the reflective tape is lit up from my own headlights bouncing on the awfully hard and cheap suspension on this 'performance' vehicle. Lately I've captured video of the car completely failing to see a FIRE TRUCK right in front of it for at least 1 minute straight with the lights and sirens on. This is unacceptable. Tesla not only wants me and my family dead, they don't care about the lives of our brave firefighters, EMTs and police officers. Then don't care about YOU either. Shut it down this is beyond criminal! Here's the video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrdWg6wgo3H/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D not sure if I added the link for the report right before this about the car freezing while I'm driving. Here's that video too: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrN7GEPLYh_/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11521651May 12, 2023
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Almost everyday I have to restart the car while I'm driving because the car starts playing songs that are mean, discriminatory, or out right telling me to "Kill yourself on the beach" and "You can't sit here". While I'm driving I'm forced to restart the car to regain control of my instrument cluster which when resetting while driving you basically lose all features of the car minus steering gas and brake. The sentry mode isn't recording, the indicators aren't working, there is no speedometer or navigation, all safety features are disabled. It's the perfect time to commit a crime, no evidence except my iphone dashcam and anyone else around. I have to sometime do this with children in the car because the radio keeps cursing and I can't change the song. This car is a haunted death trap and I have entered pre-arbitration with Tesla but they have not responded. I have a lawfirm on standby that has offices in FL, CA and TX. They want my 10,000 gigabytes of EVIDENCE bad unlike NHTSA. That's because they are fascists and trying to cover this up. He also bought Twitter as part of this coverup. I talked about it in my podcast about 3 years ago that's still on YouTube. This is all premeditated torture and attempted murder. Here's the video (PS I intentionally don't monetize my IG so its evidence not acting: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrN7GEPLYh_/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11521648May 12, 2023
BACK OVER PREVENTION: WARNINGS, STEERING, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Summon feature has never worked properly and has always tried to crash itself into cars next to it or drive the wrong way down the parking lot with no one inside. I have several videos of the car trying to crash itself after driving less than 4ft out of a parking spot at Walmart. Couldn't even make it 100ft to the shopping cart deposit. You cant summon and record at the same time with your phone so when it failed I switched to record. Before that car was driving itself up the sidewalk towards the entrance of the building where people were entering and exiting, thank goodness for the concrete pilons. This car is worse than a piece of garbage its an intentional death trap and liability on wheels. I feel like they're trying to murder me for reporting them. I am in fear for my life. I am still censored online and just an hour ago I had a US Government vehicle just about rear end me at 30mph+ over the speed limit. I have it on dashcam. Then they just followed me thru traffic for the next ten minutes. This is rackateering and fascism. Everyone said Hitler was a great guy and ignored all the people he was killing for personal gain. How is this any different than Tesla and the US Government in bed together passing each other tax incentives and sales contracts like its sugar free candy while silencing and trying to kill and smear whistleblowers like me. I am beyond repulsed that the NHTSA has allowed this vehicle to still be on the road driving Uber and Lyft customers around. But that's what they want, a witness like me earning less than minimum wage while his car tries to kill him and any crack head can just get in my car and shoot me in the back of the head so I can't testify. What's stopping Blackrock or Ark financial from jumping on the dark web and hiring a crackhead hitman? Wouldn't be the first time a crackhead got in my Uber and kept dropping his gun. That's right, nothing. Here's the video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrYIm1Xu97e/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11521479May 11, 2023
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
Several consistent and repeating phantom braking instances on morning commute on 1-10 and hwy 90 between Tucson AZ and Sierra Vista Az daily.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11521426May 10, 2023
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
This incident, which is a false forward collision warning, took place on May 10, 2023 at 8:56am ET on Route 50 at Arlington, VA: 1. I was travelling on Rt. 50 at the left lane 2. Due to morning traffic jam, I, and all the other cars, were moving way below the maximum speed limit 3. On my right, there was another car traveling below the speed line with left signal on 4. Other car didn't make make any lane changes, but its left turn signal kept blinking 5. While I was passing this car, I received a false warning from my Tesla Model Y performance model vehicle 6. Other car, didn't change lanes, it stayed in its own lane
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11521374May 10, 2023
SERVICE BRAKES
Car randomly braking at highway speeds making it dangerous for vehicles traveling behind us. Will randomly brake on a clear day - no hazardous weather or road constructions. Car will have no warning prior to aggressive braking causing confusion and anxiety to the driver and passenger(s). We thought braking was because of rolling hills but it seems to also do it on flat roads.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11521099May 9, 2023
STEERING
I was trying to make my way into a parking lot yesterday and my car was in a complete stop and I was making sure that the spot is a right one since I was in downtown Norfolk with its parking issue. I noticed a sudden acceleration of my vehicle and I obviously became terrified and just waiting for what will happen next. Fortunately, the parking lot of empty with no passenger or vehicle to run into. I pressed the brake and the car came into a complete stop. I can only imagine what could have happened if the parking lot was not empty. I parked my car and went for my appointment. After my appointment and I drove the same car home with no issues, I am curious to understand what has happened so I started researching online whether this is a one of issue or there are others who have had similar experience. I found that there are cases describing something similar to what I had experience but the investigation blamed it on user misuse or misapplication of acceleration. I STRONGLY believe that there is more to this issue than what your previous investigation has unravelled and my concern is more about the public safety danger that this represents. What could have happened if there are people at the parking? What if this had happened in a public square? I am one of the cases that did not result in an accident but I do have responsibility to report this and ensure that this case is properly investigated. Looking forward to your update on this matter.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11520924May 8, 2023
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING, LANE DEPARTURE: ASSIST
On two separate trips on 5/5 and 5/7, multiple times the adaptive cruise control initiated a hard braking response for no reason. There were no cars, objects, animal, etc in front of me. Some of these incidents occurred when the road turned or there were rolling hills. However there were at lease two occasions where the road was straight and level. One of these times the hard braking incident almost caused a rear end collision with the person behind me. Additionally the lane keep assistance violently tried to over correct when the car couldn't determine where the road was during a slight turn.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11520871May 8, 2023
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL
While using Tesla's "traffic aware cruise control", the car rapidly slowed 3 times unexpectedly and harshly. Once going 35 mph following another car on a 2 lane road, then 2 times today while going 60 mph on a 2 lane highway. There was never any reason to slow down, and it would have caused an accident if another car had followed closely. This feature appears to be seriously malfunctioning under ideal operating conditions: during the day, not going into the sun, no glare, without rain.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11520864May 7, 2023
SERVICE BRAKES, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
Driving at 80mph with cruise control on in daylight, car suddenly for no reason braked hard, this occured 2 times hard and several other times enough to alert us while driving and take Cruise Control off by touching brake pedal Car went immidiately from 80mph to 60mph throwing us forward in our seats.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11520787May 6, 2023
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING, BACK OVER PREVENTION: WARNINGS, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
The Model Y with AutoPilot Plus and Autopark enabled lurched forward and crashed into a wall during parking. Just as important a concern is that the car never made a beep, chirp or any other indication or warning that it ever even realized it was driving into an obstacle. We are certain the collision would not have happened had Tesla not removed ultrasonic sensors from the car because the driver has driven many teslas and even owned a tesla before but all had USS sensors in them.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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