NHTSA Complaint #11499839 — 2022 TESLA MODEL Y
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING issue reported to NHTSA
Complaint Details
| ODI Number | 11499839 |
| Vehicle | 2022 TESLA MODEL Y |
| Component | FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING |
| Date of Incident | |
| Date Filed | |
| Mileage | N/A miles |
| Crash | No |
| Fire | No |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Vehicle Towed | No |
| State | CA |
Consumer Description
Rented the vehicle from Hertz for a holiday road trip of 3100 miles. Experienced multiple instances of "phantom braking" where the cruise control would slam on the brakes with nothing in front of the car within the range of vision. The car would rapidly slow from the posted speed limit to under 45 MPH and then about 5-10 seconds later resume as if nothing had happened. This problem happened to me several times per driving day, and seemed to be more prevalent when cresting a rise in the highway. A couple of time times, this happened with a car behind me, and the sudden braking could have caused the vehicle behind to rear-end the Tesla. In heavy traffic it is easy to see how this phantom braking could cause a chain reaction accident. At this point, I think that Tesla needs to permanently disable their cruise control in all Model Y vehicles.
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