NHTSA Complaint #11463136 — 2018 TESLA MODEL X

SERVICE BRAKES issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number	11463136
Vehicle	2018 TESLA MODEL X
Component	SERVICE BRAKES
Date of Incident	March 20, 2022
Date Filed	May 2, 2022
Mileage	N/A miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	CA

Consumer Description

Our Tesla has had the “phantom braking” on 3 occasions. The first incident happened on southbound interstate 5 near firebaugh. right after we purchased the car. The car suddenly stopped from 70 MPH to about 25 MPH in the middle of the freeway. The second event on northbound 395 at 2:45pm 3/20/2022The car went from about 60 mph to about 25 with out warning. It happened once again at about 4:03PM the same day. All of these events occurred while the car was in adaptaive cruise control, it in self driving mode. I have one event on video, that showed skid marks ahead at the same time the braking occurred.

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