2021 TESLA MODEL S Lane Departure Warning Problems
5 NHTSA complaints on file
Lane Departure Warning Issues in the 2021 TESLA MODEL S
5 lane departure warning complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2021 TESLA MODEL S. Of these, 2 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.
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Complaints
2
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
0
Deaths
All Lane Departure Warning Complaints
On at least nine occasions the car has very suddenly and with no input from driver braked hard during passing another vehicle, when assuming the original lane after passing a vehicle, and, on one occasion when no other vehicle was close by. I have brought all incidents to Tesla's attention. They tell me the problem resides in the software of the car and that they "are working on it". This is a very serious problem, which has been going on for over a year in my case. A totally unacceptable and extremely dangerous situation! Occurred in December 21, 2020; Several times during the summer of 2021, other sporadic times, and most recently on September 6 and 8, 2022
While using wildly falsely marketed $10k "full self driving" add-on across multiple software revisions and after reporting each and every bug to company I have experienced potentially fatal phantom breaking while at highway speeds and could have been killed by rear ending on at least 4 occasions. Have experienced 20+ erroneous forward collision errors with automatic breaking or lane assist corrections for obstacles such as hills, mailboxes, trees, absolutely nothing at all, etc. When driving around mildly banking left turn corners with 45mph speed limits whenever approaching a left turn lane within median the car will violently lurch into the turn lane causing panic for passengers and nearly causing a collision within resuming concrete median. While using autopilot the car failed to stop, correct or warn when a vehicle entered my lane and caused an accident with several thousand in damages. Car does not properly break for turns on highways...
Autopilot cut off while driving on curved highway exit ramp, leading to driver's side of car grazing guard rail and rims of wheels grazing curb. Mostly paint damage. Repair estimate: $7,000.00 Car sustained minor damage, but I was told by collision center that other similar incidents had occurred, including one in which car had gone off the road into a ditch. I have confirmed this is a consistent software problem, cutting off on all highway exit ramps. Problem reported to local Tesla service, and they uploaded data from the car remotely. There were three dings as an alert, and a warning appeared on driver's display "autopilot guidance complete" and beneath it, in very small letters difficult to read, "Tap accelerator to continue." I consider this a software design flaw. Default on a curve should be to switch from autopilot guidance to lane keeping, not shut off altogether. Also, warning should...
On Nov 14 at 09:01 AM while driving on the freeway with clear weather and autopilot is on for at least 15 min and and i am fully attentive and no traffic the tesla auto pilot decided to turn left and hit the cement barrier of the freeway damaging my left rear wheel then it tried to correct it fault by turning right to the right lane abruptly luckily there was no traffic coming on my right side too otherwise it would have been fatal I have the incident recorded by the sentry mode cameras and exact time and sec and the logs of the car black box proves that the tesla auto pilot was engaged at that time when it hit the cement barrier I reported this to tesla so they would take responsibility of their risky autopilot software but they dont care and told me i can report...
Right and left door pillar cameras accumulate condensation, leaving door pillar cameras “blocked or blinded.” This affects collision avoidance. While the owners manual mentions that condensation can accumulate in these cameras, the stated remedy does not resolve the condensation. If you live in a wet or cold climate, these cameras are blocked or blinded most of the time.
Other 2021 TESLA MODEL S Problem Areas
Unknown Or Other
41 complaints
Steering
29 complaints
Forward Collision Avoidance Automatic Emergency Braking
26 complaints
Forward Collision Avoidance Adaptive Cruise Control
24 complaints
Electrical System
21 complaints
Suspension
16 complaints
Service Brakes
14 complaints
Vehicle Speed Control
13 complaints
Structurebody
9 complaints
Wheels
9 complaints
Forward Collision Avoidance Warnings
8 complaints
Tires
8 complaints
Lane Departure Assist
6 complaints
Seat Belts
6 complaints
Air Bags
5 complaints
Exterior Lighting
4 complaints
Back Over Prevention Warnings
2 complaints
Electrical Systemadasautonomousself Driving
2 complaints
Lane Departure Blind Spot Detection
2 complaints
Latcheslockslinkages
2 complaints
Power Train
2 complaints
Seats
2 complaints
Visibility
2 complaints
Electrical Systemadasvideo Monitorscreen
1 complaint
Engine
1 complaint
Exterior Lightingturn Signal
1 complaint
Exterior Lightingturn Signalswitch
1 complaint
Forward Collision Avoidance
1 complaint
Forward Collision Avoidancesoftwarepedestriancyclistobjectobstacle Recognition
1 complaint
Tiressidewall
1 complaint
Tirestreadbelt
1 complaint
Vehicle Speed Controlaccelerator Pedal
1 complaint
Visibilitydefrosterdefoggerhvac Systemheater Core
1 complaint
Visibilitywiper
1 complaint