2023 TESLA MODEL Y Fuelpropulsion System Problems
8 NHTSA complaints on file
Fuelpropulsion System Issues in the 2023 TESLA MODEL Y
8 fuelpropulsion system complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2023 TESLA MODEL Y. Of these, 2 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 2 resulted in injury.
8
Complaints
2
Crashes
0
Fires
2
Injuries
0
Deaths
All Fuelpropulsion System Complaints
Pulled into hospital parking garage. Stopped to pull parking ticket. When the parking gate was raised, Tesla immediately took off at very high uncontrolled speed. Basically a runaway vehicle. There was no accerlation on my part. Brakes did not work. Hit parked car in the garage about 300 feet from the parking gate. I was taken to hospital with broken wrist. Car has been totaled.
While Driving, the system prompt electrical system failure. pull to the road side. within 20 or so seconds, the car lost power. About 10 minutes or so later, the whole car (emergency light, door, trunk etc lost power too. Consider the car lost driving power in seconds, then lost emergency light can be highly dangerous to all parties. Before the failure, the car shows "front motor is disabled, power is reduced, OK to drive" This OK to drive turns out not OK to drive, misleading. Now the car is fixed (yet to pickup), reason Front drive unit and pyro fuse were replaced (new car, but with refurnished part).
I hit a rock at approximately 35 mph that got projected under my car and caused a bad leak in the battery coolant system. Received a low coolant warning about one minute after the incident. The alert indicated that the car was safe to drive but to schedule service asap. Tesla instructed me to drive to the local SC that is 15 min away when though enough coolant had leaked to render the user display black. I had no turn signals, no speedometer, nothing except the ability to move the car. Tesla alerted me the next day that the damaged occurred at a poorly protected point where the coolant lines connect to the HV battery and that the battery with less than 20K miles needs to be replaced. As a result, they discharged the energy from the battery to avoid a “thermal event”. In doing some research, I discovered a...
My husband and I were driving from Cincinnati Ohio to Harrisburg, PA on Monday, Oct 16, 2023 on the highway (turnpike). At least four times the car tried to kill us by starting to slam to a stop ON THE HIGHWAY when using cruise control. Fortunately each time there were no cars immediately behind us or we would have had a major accident. We stopped and called Tesla in Mechanicsburg who consulted with someone on another line. We had both hands on the steering wheel and were doing everything correctly. They concluded that it was either the car sensing we were driving near mountains, or around curves. it happened once with a mild curve but the other times the road was straight. There was a small drizzle of rain (they said it could be rain) or they also said it could be sun. At this point I said "this is...
The Tesla Model Y autoaccelerated even with me pressing the brakes. The car was on regenerative breaking and instead of stopping it accelerated lunging into the walkway and almost killing a person. The car hit another car, 2 bike racks and a tree as well as concrete slabs beofr coming to a stop. There have been reports of unintended auto acceleration from Tesla cars. The car components has not been inspected by police, manufacturer or insurance representatives. There were warninngs, especially with the car reporting that sensors were not properly calibrated. I reported this to Tesla agents and they told me not to worry about it. I am injured with a left wrist sprain as well as Neck and back injuries. I need Tesla to take ownership and pay dearly!
Steering wheel locked up one morning and immediately reported it to Tesla and they corrected it, but it seems like they just did a flush of the system. Not sure if there is still some fundamental flow. Charging port also kept on not responding either which basically makes the vehicle unable to move if it can't be charged.
The new model y froze in the middle of an interstate Highway indicating it was shutting itself down and not driveable. It took only 30seconds from 60 miles per hour to completely inoperable and stopped itself in traffic. Currently the mileage of this car is only 12 miles and I drove only 7 miles about 20 minutes after the we picked up the car. Tesla service told me it was a rear motor inverter issue. There are many incidents of similar occurrences people report online. Luckily we were saved by some quick thinking driver who called 911, while we were anxiously trying to contact tesla service. The police parked his cruiser to shield us from the fast moving traffic.
This is the second instance of this issue happening, first at 1800 miles ODO, and second at 4690. Both instances, when driving, the vehicle suddenly and violently shuddered to a stop. The first instance happened as I pulled out from a stop sign to take an unprotected left onto a street. In the middle of the intersection, the car shuddered to a stop violently and a lot of warnings and alerts came up on screen. Cars moving both directions had to suddenly stop to not hit my car dead in the intersection. The gear stalk inputs to put the car in drive or reverse and allow function of the vehicle did not work. I pushed the park button on the right stalk and then moved it into drive, which it allowed. I was then able to limp the car out of the intersection (with power vastly reduced and speed reduced)...
Other 2023 TESLA MODEL Y Problem Areas
Forward Collision Avoidance Adaptive Cruise Control
279 complaints
Forward Collision Avoidance Automatic Emergency Braking
218 complaints
Steering
171 complaints
Vehicle Speed Control
152 complaints
Service Brakes
140 complaints
Unknown Or Other
126 complaints
Forward Collision Avoidance Warnings
87 complaints
Electrical System
81 complaints
Suspension
72 complaints
Visibilitywiper
56 complaints
Lane Departure Assist
43 complaints
Air Bags
34 complaints
Wheels
32 complaints
Seat Belts
30 complaints
Back Over Prevention Warnings
24 complaints
Power Train
23 complaints
Structurebody
21 complaints
Lane Departure Blind Spot Detection
19 complaints
Engine
17 complaints
Exterior Lighting
17 complaints
Lane Departure Warning
16 complaints
Back Over Prevention Rearview System Braking
13 complaints
Seats
13 complaints
Electrical Systemadasautonomousself Driving
10 complaints
Tires
7 complaints
Chest Clip Buckle Harness
4 complaints
Electrical Systemadasautonomousself Drivingsoftware
3 complaints
Vehicle Speed Controlaccelerator Pedal
3 complaints
Back Over Prevention Sensing System Camera
2 complaints
Carry Handle Shell Base
2 complaints
Service Brakes Electricsoftwareprogramming
2 complaints
Structurebodyhatchbackliftgate
2 complaints
Air Bagssensoroccupant Classificationfront Passenger
1 complaint
Back Over Prevention
1 complaint
Back Over Prevention Sensing System Other
1 complaint
Back Over Preventiondisplay Function
1 complaint
Electrical Systemadas
1 complaint
Electrical Systemadasparking Assistsoftware
1 complaint
Exterior Lightingheadlights
1 complaint
Forward Collision Avoidance Adaptive Cruise Controlsoftware
1 complaint
Insert Padding
1 complaint
Lane Departure Lane Keep Steering Assist
1 complaint
Latcheslockslinkages
1 complaint
Latcheslockslinkagesdoorslatch
1 complaint
Latcheslockslinkageshoodlatch
1 complaint
Latcheslockslinkagestrunk Lidlatch
1 complaint
Latcheslockslinkagestrunk Lidlock
1 complaint
Service Brakes Hydraulic
1 complaint
Steeringelectric Power Assist System
1 complaint
Structurebodydoor
1 complaint
Structurebodyhatchbackliftgatesupport Devicestrut
1 complaint
Structurebodytrunk Lid
1 complaint
Suspensionfrontcontrol Arm
1 complaint
Tirespressure Monitoring And Regulating Systems
1 complaint
Visibilitydefrosterdefoggerhvac System
1 complaint
Visibilityglass Siderear
1 complaint
Wheelshubcapcover
1 complaint