NHTSA Complaint #11450490 — 2021 TESLA MODEL Y FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS

Complaint Details

ODI Number	11450490
Vehicle	2021 TESLA MODEL Y
Component	FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
Date of Incident	February 1, 2022
Date Filed	February 4, 2022
Mileage	N/A miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	MA

Consumer Description

Frequent phantom braking when in cruise control. The vehicle unexpectedly brakes often while in cruise control when there is an oncoming vehicle in the oncoming traffic lane, despite the fact that both my vehicle and the oncoming vehicle are in their respective lanes (in other words there is no apparent danger of collision). The phantom braking also sometimes happens apparently at random, in other words when I can't see anything in the vehicle pathway that could be interpreted as dangerous. I am entering a date under "Additional Details" below, but this has happened repeatedly on many different dates.

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