2022 TESLA MODEL Y Seats Problems
16 NHTSA complaints on file
Seats Issues in the 2022 TESLA MODEL Y
16 seats complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2022 TESLA MODEL Y. Of these, 0 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 1 resulted in injury.
16
Complaints
0
Crashes
0
Fires
1
Injuries
0
Deaths
All Seats Complaints
One day I was exiting the vehicle, and as I swung my leg out to get out of the car the outboard panel broke. Nothing caught on it, it just broke as my weight shifted. As the technician came out to inspect it for repair, it was claimed that this was a common repair. The seat controls are on this panel, so when this happens, this means wires are loose, while the seat automatically moves for use. This changes how the seat positions itself, and the panel interferes with the door closing properly, the seat position.
Every few months, my car receives a warning stating "Front passenger safety restraint system fault". This error noted that there are issues related to checking the front passenger seatbelt/airbag status, and that they may not work as expected. Tesla has tried to repair this 4 times on my car already, but the error keeps coming back after a few months. This is now the 5th time this is happening in my car over the 3 years I've owned it. The date/mileage listed is when this issue first started occuring.
Drivers seat is loose, hundreds of other posters online have complained about the same thing. Seat shifts forward and back on acceleration. They want over $2000 for a seat repair.
Have had a service error come up multiple times front passenger safety restraint system fault -
We bought a 2022 Tesla Y performance in August 2023. Love the car but customer service in the service center is and has been beyond horrible and frustrating. We had a back seat (driver side) panel that was not snapped in properly. In November 2023 we took it to a service center so they could fix it. They said they needed to order the part and they would send someone to come to our house to fix it. On 2 different occasions someone came to our house to fix it. The first service tech replaced the bottom piece but it wasn’t snapping in securely so he said they need to order the middle piece. The 2nd service tech came to the house and said they did not send him with the correct part and he will schedule an appt for us to come to the service center. We scheduled an...
Driver seats heat up on its own. Windows go up and down on its own. Front collision sensor beeps with no cars nearby. Wipers issues. Back up camera issues.
Driver seat constantly moving forward and will not move or stay backwards. Every 20-30 seconds the seat will move/adjust on its own and we cannot move the seat back. The seat moving on its own and not allowing us to move it back to normal or regular driving position leaves us in an unsafe position putting our chest right up to the steering wheel because it keeps pushing the seat forward. There were no accidents that resulted from this thankfully, no message or warning lights or lamps. Just happened randomly out of no where and will not go back to normal driving position.
I feel Tesla is building cars with non-standard parts and structural issues. 1.I bought a new car and started hearing brakes noises from 6000 miles where as previous car brakes rotors were good till 70k miles. 2.Within 9000 miles, driver side door, A pillar, B pillar, rear seats, display panel has to be either insulated or replaced. I am not sure how this effects car value or vehicle integrity going forward.
Car randomly slams on the brakes while cruise control is active. Happen most frequently mid-day while the sun is out. Most frequent when coming over and overpass or small hill on the interstate. ~5 time in a day and of travel. Brake are apply and vehicle slows from 80 to sometime as slow as 60 in a couple seconds. No visible hazards or vehicle on the road at the time. Very scary and dangerous. Contacted Tesla about it and they said a software update would fix it, still happening since I purchase last June and reported in July.
After having strapped our kids to their car seats, my daughter had her feet resting on the rails of the driver seat in front of her and her feet were trapped and squished really hard when the driver seat started to automatically adjust between my driver profile and my husband's profile. I am 5'3" and he is 6'3" so his profile has the seat further back than mine. My daughter started to scream and cry immediately as we tried to quickly reset the driver profile to mine so she could free both of her feet. She had slight bruising and soreness after the incident. This is reproducible and the only way to prevent was to delete my husband's driver profile to avoid having his phone trigger the self adjusting mechanism when he opens the driver door. The vehicle has not been inspected for this issue by Tesla or any one...
1. Whoever designed the seats never sat more than 2 hours straight in them and is most likely below 150 lbs with the body shape of a petite person. Damaged coccyx and lower backs since inception of idea. Insanity will ensue after long periods of travel (+2hrs) in rear seating and extended third row seating for adults and children. You get more seating comfort from a Nissan than a Tesla. 2. Windshield wiper sensitivity lowers when using manually then activating Auto. Sometimes sensitivity goes down with autopilot. Auto wiper sensitivity not constant. 3. If you have more than 4 people in your family, do not buy a model S3Y 4. Bad panels which also affect steering column, with squeaking, why is that not a lemon? 5. Long range below 32F falls to half its mileage per full charge. Proper trip charging should be at 10% to 15% more than the...
My model Y 2nd row seats are not latching. I keep getting warning ⚠️ alerts. My vehicle been in Tesla service center posesiones since July,2022. Currently still with Tesla Service for repair.
My Tesla provided an in car warning message on June 28 stating that the “front passenger safety restraint system fault” exists. I immediately created a service request (the same day) and included pictures of the fault message. On July 6th, the Tesla service team stated that the appointment required a service center visit (which is not an option when making the appointment originally) and scheduled the appointment for July 25. On July 25, I took the car into the service center. A day later, Tesla confirmed an issue with the OCS module that required a new front passenger seat be installed. Tesla could not provide a date the new seat would be available and let me drive off with the vehicle. I made a follow up appointment on August 16th. On the day of the appointment, the Tesla service team confirmed that the replacement seat was not yet available and...
Tesla Model Y passenger airbags are armed automatically based on the weight in the seat. The manual states the airbag should be on with a person weighing above 100 lbs. The airbag does not turn on consistently for my wife who weighs about 120 lbs. About 80% of the time the airbag remains off. Even when the airbag is on, sometimes it will turn off from a deceleration approaching a stop sign. Took the car in for a service at the Tesla service center and they say airbag staying off is "normal" for a 120 lbs person. They advised we tilt the seat cushion down in the back to help activate the weight sensor. The passenger weight sensor or the program logic of the car is not reliable to turn on the airbag for my wife consistantly.
The second row seat is broken. At first, it wouldn’t latch but now It cannot be moved or adjusted. There is an alarm that states that the second row seats are not secured. I have been unable to get it repaired. A quick google search shows hundreds of cases exactly like mine.
I got hit very hard by a seat. Here is what happened: I was sitting in the right-side-2nd-row seat while trying to figure out how to adjust the left-side-2nd-row seat position in order to accommodate a child seat and look for a missing item. I had not brought in the child seat yet, I was still playing around with the controls to see if I understood how the seats could adjust and move. I couldn't figure out how to fold the seat down. The button at the top of the left-seat did not fold the seat. I thought that the 2nd-row-middle seat back rest might be blocking the folding, so I was able to release the middle-back-rest and folded that down. I crawled over to the left seat and searched around the side and found the button that could be pressed. With only a slight push, the seat released and...
Other 2022 TESLA MODEL Y Problem Areas
Forward Collision Avoidance Adaptive Cruise Control
330 complaints
Forward Collision Avoidance Automatic Emergency Braking
266 complaints
Vehicle Speed Control
132 complaints
Service Brakes
123 complaints
Unknown Or Other
105 complaints
Electrical System
81 complaints
Forward Collision Avoidance Warnings
67 complaints
Lane Departure Assist
47 complaints
Steering
45 complaints
Visibilitywiper
26 complaints
Seat Belts
24 complaints
Suspension
22 complaints
Structurebody
17 complaints
Air Bags
15 complaints
Power Train
14 complaints
Electrical Systemadasautonomousself Driving
13 complaints
Exterior Lighting
13 complaints
Lane Departure Warning
13 complaints
Engine
11 complaints
Lane Departure Blind Spot Detection
11 complaints
Wheels
10 complaints
Fuelpropulsion System
8 complaints
Back Over Prevention Warnings
6 complaints
Visibility
5 complaints
Back Over Prevention
4 complaints
Electrical Systemadasautonomousself Drivingsoftware
4 complaints
Electrical System12v24v48v Battery
3 complaints
Forward Collision Avoidance
3 complaints
Latcheslockslinkages
3 complaints
Latcheslockslinkagesdoorslatch
3 complaints
Structurebodydoorhandleexterior
3 complaints
Tires
3 complaints
Visibilitydefrosterdefoggerhvac System
3 complaints
Back Over Prevention Rearview System Braking
2 complaints
Electrical Systemadas
2 complaints
Equipment
2 complaints
Tirespressure Monitoring And Regulating Systems
2 complaints
Vehicle Speed Controlaccelerator Pedal
2 complaints
Air Bagssensoroccupant Classificationfront Passenger
1 complaint
Back Over Prevention Sensing System Camera
1 complaint
Electrical Systemadasparking Assistsoftware
1 complaint
Electrical Systeminstrument Panelspeedometerodometer
1 complaint
Electrical Systemwiringinteriorunder Dash
1 complaint
Electronic Stability Control Esc
1 complaint
Equipmentaccessoryfloor Mat
1 complaint
Exterior Lightingheadlights
1 complaint
Forward Collision Avoidance Automatic Emergency Steering
1 complaint
Lane Departure
1 complaint
Lane Departure Lane Keep Automatic Steering
1 complaint
Latcheslockslinkageshoodlatch
1 complaint
Structurebodybumpers
1 complaint
Structurebodyhood
1 complaint
Structurebodyhoodhinge And Attachments
1 complaint
Vehicle Speed Controlcruise Control
1 complaint
Visibilityrearview Mirrorsdevicesexterior
1 complaint
Wheelsrim
1 complaint