NHTSA Complaint #11457412 — 2021 TESLA MODEL S

FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number	11457412
Vehicle	2021 TESLA MODEL S
Component	FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
Date of Incident	March 17, 2022
Date Filed	March 19, 2022
Mileage	N/A miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	VA

Consumer Description

On March 18th and March 19th we have experienced 4 episodes of unexpected emergency phantom braking while using auto pilot. Once on the 18th and 3 times on the 19th. Only once was there another car in our vicinity and that car was next to us within their lane passing us at the time. All 4 times the cars collision warning chimed and hard emergency braking was applied by the car for no reason. If there had been cars following us we would have been rear ended. To date these are the only times this has happened. Tesla says they have no current fix. There was no indication of any problems with the auto pilot/collision warning prior to this.

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