2020 TESLA MODEL Y Power Train Problems
5 NHTSA complaints on file
Power Train Issues in the 2020 TESLA MODEL Y
5 power train complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2020 TESLA MODEL Y. Of these, 0 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.
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All Power Train Complaints
While driving at highway speeds, the car unintentionally went into neutral. The setup: The driver was on the highway with cruise control on. Upon turning cruise control off to prepare for entering an exit ramp, the car also went neutral. We lost power and the regenerative braking that you expect in this car. The center console stated something like “Please shift into drive or reverse”. The cause is that Tesla uses an up movement on the right hand gear stalk to cancel auto pilot, cancel cruise control, and to put the car into neutral. If that up movement is too long, the car will inadvertently go into neutral regardless of car speed. We reported this to Tesla and they suggested all model 3s and Ys do this. Some light searching online showed this happening to others too. This feels dangerous at highway speeds. And the point at which you are...
Touchscreen repeatedly freezes. Won’t show gear selection, speed, or any other items. The touchscreen freezes then takes some time to crash to black screen before reboot. Has happened daily since Tesla update. Tesla refuses to provide a fix and continues to tell us to wait for an update. This is unsafe.
Without any warning, the display on my car froze up when my car came to a stop, and I could not accelerate. It seemed to say I was going 15 mph, when in fact I was stopped, and the display was completely unresponsive. Stepping on the accelerator did nothing. I could not use my turn signals, activate my 4-way flashers. No one was injured, since this happened on a quiet residential street, and I was able to wave to other motorists to go around me. After about 3 minutes, my car seemed to have reset, and I was able to drive it normally. I would gladly make my vehicle available for inspection upon request.
AUTOPILOT/CRUISE CONTROL DISENGAGE FUNCTION SHOULD NOT BE ON ACTIVATED BY SELECTING UP/REVERSE ON THE GEAR SELECTOR. CAR INADVERTENTLY WENT INTO R REVERSE WHEN DISENGAGE WAS COMMANDED. NARRATIVE: CAR WAS ON INTERSTATE AT HIGHWAY SPEED WITH NAVIGATE ON AUTOPILOT AND ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL ON. AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE EXPRESSWAY AND THE STATE POLICE BEGAN TO SHUT DOWN THE ROAD. THE CAR SUCCESSFULLY AND SAFELY AUTOMATICALLY STOPPED BEHIND TRAFFIC IN FRONT. POLICE BEGAN DIRECTING STOPPED TRAFFIC TO MOVE OFF ROADWAY. I SELECTED "UP" OR DISENGAGE ON THE GEAR SELECTOR AND THE CAR INSTEAD WENT INTO REVERSE. I STEPPED ON ACCELERATOR AND CAR MOVED BACKWARDS WITHOUT WARNING. DISENGAGE AUTOPILOT/ADAS NEEDS TO BE A SEPARATE FUNCTION AND DIFFERENT CONTROL MOTION FROM SELECTING R REVERSE LIKE ON MODEL 3. VERY DANGEROUS.
INCIDENT: CAR SHUTDOWN AND POWER FAILURE WITH LITTLE WARNING. TIME/DATE/PLACE OF INCIDENT: 9/7/2020, APPROXIMATELY 5:20PM IN LIVERMORE, CA. WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH EASTBOUND ON W JACK LONDON BLVD (PAST WOLF HOUSE DRIVE), THE CAR'S COMPUTER DISPLAYED AN "UNABLE TO DRIVE" MESSAGE (ERROR CODE DI_A137) AND INSTRUCTED US TO PULL OVER. SINCE WE WERE ON A 2-LANE ROAD WITH NO SHOULDER WE PROCEEDED TO THE NEAREST DRIVEWAY (TURNING LEFT TO A DRIVEWAY AT ~1105 W JACK LONDON BLVD). THE CAR VIBRATED VIOLENTLY THEN SHUTDOWN. THE ESTIMATED TIME BETWEEN THE INITIAL WARNING AND SHUTDOWN WAS ONLY ABOUT 5 TO 10 SECONDS. OTHER ERROR CODES/MESSAGES DISPLAYED WERE "POWER REDUCED" (DIR_A126) AND "VEHICLE SHUTTING DOWN" (DI_A063). WE CALLED TESLA ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE FROM THE VEHICLE AND WERE INSTRUCTED TO POWER CYCLE THE CAR BY HAVING ALL PASSENGERS AND DRIVER EXIT THE CAR, CLOSE ALL DOORS, THEN HAVE THE DRIVER ENTER...
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Forward Collision Avoidance Adaptive Cruise Control
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Unknown Or Other
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Forward Collision Avoidance Automatic Emergency Braking
44 complaints
Vehicle Speed Control
35 complaints
Service Brakes
34 complaints
Suspension
27 complaints
Steering
25 complaints
Electrical System
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Forward Collision Avoidance Warnings
19 complaints
Air Bags
17 complaints
Lane Departure Assist
16 complaints
Visibilitywiper
16 complaints
Structurebody
12 complaints
Lane Departure Warning
11 complaints
Seat Belts
11 complaints
Wheels
10 complaints
Exterior Lighting
8 complaints
Lane Departure Blind Spot Detection
7 complaints
Seats
5 complaints
Back Over Prevention Warnings
4 complaints
Fuelpropulsion System
4 complaints
Forward Collision Avoidance
2 complaints
Vehicle Speed Controlaccelerator Pedal
2 complaints
Visibilitydefrosterdefoggerhvac System
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Air Bagssensoroccupant Classificationfront Passenger
1 complaint
Back Over Prevention Camera System
1 complaint
Back Over Prevention Sensing System Camera
1 complaint
Electrical Systemadas
1 complaint
Engine
1 complaint
Exterior Lightingback Up Lightsswitch
1 complaint
Lane Departure Lane Keep Automatic Steering
1 complaint
Latcheslockslinkages
1 complaint
Otheri Am Not Sure
1 complaint
Structurebodytrunk Lid
1 complaint
Structureinterior Panelsdoor
1 complaint