NHTSA Complaint #11476456 — 2022 TESLA MODEL Y

FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number 11476456
Vehicle 2022 TESLA MODEL Y
Component FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL
Date of Incident
Date Filed
Mileage N/A miles
Crash No
Fire No
Injuries 0
Deaths 0
Vehicle Towed No
State FL

Consumer Description

The "advanced autopilot" feature is extremely dangerous in certain conditions especially construction zones, if a bug is on the windshield, while it is raining or night time without street lamps. I purchased this car as a full time rideshare driver for nearly $100,000 after driving the car for less than 1 month the car has terrified myself, my passengers and my pregnant wife and luckily hasn't killed any innocent bystanders, yet. While in autopilot the car will frequently 'phantom brake' when there is literally no vehicles in front of it, quickly reducing speed from 70mph down to 40mph. This most recent time 7/28/2022 I had a garbage truck like vehicle behind me but thank God I have excellent reaction time and canceled the autopilot and smashed the accelerator just in time before causing a pileup on the expressway. The car constantly misreads speed limit and street signs and will confuse the SR46 little sign for a speed limit sign and slam on the brakes from 65mph down to 46mph. Just yesterday the car decided to go in the middle of the two lane highway and slam on the brakes in the middle of the highway, twice, which terrified my wife and I caught on my 3rd party dash cam. I have tried to reach out to 3 Tesla emails and even SpaceX but I receive no response, big surprise. Additionally I'm smarter than the average bear and use a 3rd party GPS miles tracking app on my iPhone called Everlance which when I've cross referenced with my Tesla app about driving range its not even remotely close to their 303 mile range. I am proving a 33% discrepancy between their claim of mileage and what the car is actually achieving on the road. For example I charge at home to the recommended 90% charge of 269 miles, drive 99.1 miles over about 4 hours and get back home with 80 miles range. 269 - 99.1=169.9 miles but with only 80 miles on the battery that's actually less than half what it should be. I paid $6,000 for FSD I never received and have requested a refund without a response.

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