NHTSA Complaint #11450931 — 2020 TESLA MODEL 3

LANE DEPARTURE: BLIND SPOT DETECTION issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number	11450931
Vehicle	2020 TESLA MODEL 3
Component	LANE DEPARTURE: BLIND SPOT DETECTION
Date of Incident	February 6, 2022
Date Filed	February 8, 2022
Mileage	N/A miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	TX

Consumer Description

Tesla model 3 has side repeater cameras that work as blind spot monitor cameras and provide visuals for safe lane changes. However, my model 3 suffers from a manufacturing defect in the camera assembly which causes the visuals to wash out at night due to light bleed from the turn signal. This caused an unsafe condition where i almost ran into a car in my blindspot being unable to see them on the camera visual. I raised the issue with service and they do not consider it a manufacturing defect. The defect however has been confirmed by independent researchers like here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BUPsjguqdY

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