2023 TESLA MODEL Y Fuelpropulsion System Problems

8 NHTSA complaints on file

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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

#11697204 | Crash
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.
#11627802 |
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).
#11565652 |
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...
#11551691 |
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...
#11546858 | Crash
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!
#11535745 |
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.
#11522189 |
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.
#11512924 |
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
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