NHTSA Complaint #11526669 — 2018 TESLA MODEL 3

POWER TRAIN issue reported to NHTSA

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Crash

Complaint Details

ODI Number	11526669
Vehicle	2018 TESLA MODEL 3
Component	POWER TRAIN
Date of Incident	June 6, 2023
Date Filed	June 12, 2023
Mileage	N/A miles
Crash	Yes
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	CA

Consumer Description

The Rear Camera feed was delayed by almost 1 sec resulting in the crash and hitting the shelf while backing the vehicle. The software version which was installed 2023.12 Tesla more and more relying on cameras for ADAS but the Software patches result in lot of random behaviors in the car... Tough being on stable release the Software still buggy and continue to surface random software related bugs In my case the feed from froze for more than a second .. Resulting in the Crash..

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