general problems of the 2022 Tesla Model 3 - part 2

This incident happened as a result of the Smart auto summon feature failed in Tesla. I paid so much for the technology to work but it failed multiple times which is acceptable as I know the fsd and auto summon is in beta program but they way this incident happened, it definitely has to do something with either their camer system, sensor or may be the hardware needs to be upgraded. Imagine if it had hit to some person. I activated the auto summon feature to call my Tesla in a parking lot. Regrettably, during the maneuver, my vehicle collided with a pole, damaging the car. It was a big pole. I have all the videos, and if needed, I can provide you with more details here ( videos and witnesses) . I have reached out to Tesla but looks like they are not even bothered about this incident and don't want to do anything and blame myself for this incident.

Trip to California and back from az. Had several instances of severe braking. If I did not press the accelerator immediately, the car would slow down under what seemed like nearly maximal braking. No reason was apparent for this behavior. Some braking instances were on long straight stretches of I-40 with no other cars visible. This issue was only occurring if I had the cruise control engaged. Under normal daily driving without cruise control this issue of emergency braking does not occur. Each time this happens, it is totally unexpected and is extremely disturbing. I have stopped using the cruise control function on the vehicle out of fear of it causing an accident.

Complete shutdown or blanking screen while driving causing god knows what is working and what not. Definitely driver won't know his/her speed, car systems status like blinker, auto pilot,. . . Etc until the system comes back to become available. 1st time this happened, Tesla sent me its service mobile service person who mentioned that he could not find anything wrong and if it happened again he will schedule the car for an in-house service center appointment for the main computer unit to be replaced. When the incident happened again Tesla scheduled the service appointment but after inspection the report came back that this is a recurring incident in many Teslas and require a firmware update! service report attached (job number 4 and 5).

My Tesla 3 performance year 22 software problem my car defaults to 25 mpr in a 55 mpr area. This happens on secondary roads in north carolina. This dangerous. I have taken my car to charlotte and raleigh service centers with no fix for this software problem. This been going for almost 2 years. I have been by the service center managers that one day this software problems will be fixed one day. I have informed Tesla that this software issue is very dangerous but they do not care. Please help since I have not any success with this very important matter. This software problems make the car drive and behave very different. [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

2022 Tesla 3. Consumer writes in regard to design defects on vehicle.

I was driving on us interstate I-44 in missouri at 74 miles per hour. I was using adaptive cruise control and not autopilot, when for no reason at all the car slammed on its brake and started slowing down at a fast rate. I had to push the accelerator to the floor to make it stop slowing down. If there would have been someone behind us we more than likely would have been in a serious accident.

Owner/I can not program tire monitor sensor by themself/myself due to no option to reset, I have to go to their service center, and they are rip off , it is unsafe to have tire monitor.

My brand new Model 3 stopped in the far left lane of the highway in camp pendleton this October 7th. There was 139 miles in range left (40% battery), and it clearly was not out of charge. It was towed to Tesla santa monica service center, and the battery slowly drained in the 5 days before it was looked at. Once the Tesla service center looked at the car for the first time on the night of October 11th, the battery had dropped to 5%, and the service center tried to give it back to me after a simple charge. They would not listen to me when I told them it was charged when it stopped on the highway, and something else was wrong. They closed the case and told me to pick up the car. I refused to pick up the car and left it in their service lot. I made a few social media videos on October 13th about this. Tesla saw the videos, and re-looked at my car and found the rear drive unit had to be replaced. If I had not made this video, Tesla never would have found the faulty rear drive unit, and I would have been forced to take back my lemon car. In summary, Tesla tried to give me back an unsafe car after accusing me of causing the breakdown by not charging it. But the rear drive inverter needed to be replaced.

I own a Tesla 2022 Model 3 long range purchased in 2022 new and have been experiencing persistent issues with the hvac units causing a persistent and prevalent smell of mold/must/vinegar that is causing myself and my passengers headaches and allergies. Tesla has failed to permanently repair and this is a widespread design issue with Tesla vehicles documented thoroughly online including Tesla’s own website, where condensation in the evaporator housing leads to mold and bacteria growth and odor in the cabin as a result. Despite multiple service appointments, Tesla has only provided temporary assistance by installing new filters and has recently offering to use a foam spray to clean the inside. I’ve already used over 15 filters in 3 years and have used numerous canisters of the foam cleaning spray and the problems have not subsided. They’ve refused to cover this under warranty even though this defect was reported initially in 2022 and the vehicle is still under warranty. The odor recurs every few weeks and presents air quality and health concerns as evidenced in our increased allergies and need to seek medical attention as a result and headaches from the mold build up. I’ve filed related complaints with the California bar and attorney general who have advised I file this report with your agency and as a result I am now following their instructions.

I was using the adaptive cruise control and experienced phantom braking.

Phantom breaking while driving down interstate.

Recall 22v702 was issued for my 2022 Model 3 Tesla. It was said that the recall would be delivered ota starting in October. This software update has not been made available and when I called Tesla, they said that they do not know when it will be available. It is worth mentioning that I have sense received two software updates but neither have remedied this recall. As a mom of two young children, this is deeply concerning.

Vehicle stated it was in turtle mode and completely shut off in the middle of the road and was not able to drive. Park, reverse, neutral, and drive was not available.

On Wednesday, 8/24/2022 around 1:30pm, when I tried to park my Tesla Model 3 on a residential street, suddenly and without any warning the steering wheel lost control, accelerated, made a right and then a left turn, hit an electric box and landed on the neighbor's driveway. No one else was injured, only myself with severe back pain and I could not move. Several neighbors came out of their house and checked on me and called the homeowners association office and called 911, the homeowners experienced power outage. An ambulance came & took me to the irvine hoag hospital emergency center. The medical staff took x-ray for me and gave me tylenol pills and ice pack on my back. I was diagnosed with compression fracture of t12 vertebra, per doctor's exam: it will take two-to-six-month to heal my back. A police report #220815676 was filed on 8/31/2022. Ca resident since 1976 very healthy, enjoy working, and helping school and do community services. Do not take drag, no alcohol with over 46+ year's careful driving skill, and a safe driver with good driving record.

While making a u-turn on a quiet culdesac at approximately 5 mph, the 1 week old brand new Tesla, suddenly speeded up at the end of completing the u-turn (in last 5% of u-turn). It jumped the curb and hit a tree. All these happened in a fraction of a second and driver had no control when this happened. No automatic emergency breaks got activated. Autopilot or cruise control features were not activated when this incidence happened. Driver and passenger incurred minor injuries, but their safety was put at risk. If this had happened on a busy area, the outcome would have been lot worse. This is a brand new car (1 week), and something is definitely wrong to have this happened. Police report (2022-56272) has been filed with fayetteville arkansas police dept. The report will be available in few days. We are trying to get in touch with Tesla to report this, but are not able to reach them yet. The car is currently at a towing company and my insurance company (state farm) is going to move it to their storage facility to assess damage and determine if it is repairable. I am not aware how long will it stay there for someone (Tesla) to inspect the on-board computer which supposedly stores the records prior to the accident. If the insurance company determines this as a total loss, we are concerned that this investigation may not happen, especially since Tesla is not even reachable on the phone. We are concerned that if not properly investigated, it will be incorrectly considered as driver error and this may put general public at risk by people using this type of a car. I have uploaded pictures and claim documents I have so far.

Phantom braking!! this car is almost undriveable due to it “hitting the brakes so hard” so often… Tesla please!! fix this!! I want “dumb” cruise so it doesn’t ever hit the brakes… I am going to get rear ended someday!! the car hits the brakes so hard that it actually leaves black marks on pavement sometimes when there is literally nothing on the road and it’s completely clear!!.

Driving on i8 between san diego and phoenix with no obstacles or vehicles around with cruise control on, vehicle was brake hard for no apparent reason. This happened multiple times. Disabled it as we were concerned we would get rear ended.

I love my Tesla but I hate the computer. It is dangerous! more accurate to say I hate the unfriendly user interface. I am surprised NHTSA oked this computer interface. It needs a google quality voice activation feature. The current one is deaf to most words normally used to drive a car. E. G. , to turn the lights on while driving on a road where “lights on” is required. I must hit a button to see all controls. Then I must hit the “lights” button. Then I must hit the “lights on”. All this while having trouble reading the small print on the screen. The reading is difficult. All this while taking my eyes off the road to even see the screen. This is just one of very many examples. The actual use of the computer is very often more user unfriendly and unsafe than the “lights” button. Dangerous, dangerous. I almost killed another driver when my car was new because I was working the computer and I ran a red light. Fortunately my car stopped because I hit the breaks or because the car was, in fact, Smart??????? I am surprised NHTSA oked this computer interface. The computer is Smart but using the interface is dangerous.

I’ve only had my car for 2 days and have had 6-7 phantom braking issues. First day I was driving home from kc, mo after picking up my new car. 4 random stops with the brakes. Some as we approach a (under) bridge, some the top of a hill. Is it falsely detecting radiant heat as an object? second day same thing, but on new software update (6-25-22). Shorter trip, so fewer incidents. I recall one where no cars were in from of us and there was some asphalt patches on concrete highway. This triggered emergency brakes again.

Three times in 15 minutes during my road trip, while driving in autopilot my car braked for no reason with no obstruction. Fortunately, no one was hurt or injured but it could have caused major issues if there was more traffic.

I was hit by a woman driving a Tesla with autopilot turned on. The system did not detect the red light, and she hit the right front quarter panel of my vehicle, totally my vehicle. The autopilot system malfunctioned and should have detected both the red light and the collision which was likely to occur. To my knowledge, the vehicle is in the control of either the driver's insurance company or the police.

Brand new Model 3 Tesla stopped running on a highway, I 15. The car was purchased less than two weeks ago and has under 500 miles on it. Serious danger to me and to others. No warnings. Just suddenly the speed started dropping quickly on the highway. The car would not start after this. This all happened very suddenly. There was no notification of a problem. Cops were called then the vehicle was towed. Lucky to be alive!!!.

Vehicle suddenly braked randomly while using cruise control. This happened many times driving from colorado springs to albuquerque on i25. No identifiable cause or roadside hazard. It would brake slow down in a dangerous rapid manner. Cars behind had to avoid hitting us. It became so bad I had to stop using cruise control for the majority of the trip. It is unsafe and scary.

May 29,2022, while I was parking in front of la fittness in escondido, CA, I was in zero speed, adjusting my parking to make sure I was in right spot, suddenly car accelerated with unbelievable speed and struck the car located in the parking lane on the other side of my car which in turn struck another car and that car struck another car in front. I suspect the sudden unintended acceleration was due to a defect in the electronic system, thankfully no body got injured and the other cars involved in the accident were parked and unoccupied. I reported this problem on may 31, was promised Tesla will investigate the problems and report back to my within 3 to 4 weeks, after many follow up emails and phone calls, I have not received any response from Tesla, two cars was totaled and I am having nightmares since accident with no car, since we got solar to buy electric cars, nothing is available to buy right now.

While I was driving the car unintended acceleration and jumped . Cause an accident.

While driving at high speed on a freeway the car started braking without driver touching the brake pedal. Adaptive cruise control and lane departure were on. Fortunately no one was following close or it could have cause a serious accident. This happened twice on one day.

Tesla alpha numeric data & instrument function icons are fearfully too small on giant screen. Returning Saturday nite on unlit merritt parkway in CT suddenly began to rain. My eyes glued on dark winding highway, unable to look away to Tesla screen. My wife in front of screen could not find dimly lit 3/8” windshield wiper icon too small, dimly lit, arrayed along bottom with five other tiny icons. Was forced to exit hiway barely able to see road. At full stop searched bottom to find & press icon. Luckily not hit or crashed. Tesla is only computer screen does not provide user to customize font or icon size! one cannot reach any responsible person by phone, email or Tesla service app to appeal this needed software upgrade. Many driver complaints online Tesla chat rooms pleading for improvement. Tesla instrument control icons worst visual presentation of any car. A significant safety hazard for driver in all conditions but magnified terribly at nite in rain storm. Please report & seek correction.

Pedestrian warning system not available under 15 mph during forward. Service representative claimed sound only operating in reverse direction. I disagreed because a pedestrian walk in front of the Tesla when pulling in to the street parking driving forward. Since the design of the system removed the option not to engage this safety feature, this should be fix, and to be meet or go beyond the standard of the industry around world.

The contact owns a 2022 Tesla Model 3. The contact stated while driving approximately 5 mph in reverse, the back over prevention camera lost connectivity and became inoperable. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact related the failure to NHTSA campaign number: 22v296000 (back over prevention, equipment) for which the VIN was included. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 3,724.

I am not sure if this is the correct avenue to address this concern; however, I feel it is a valid concern. I purchased my Model 3 Tesla in March of 2022. After having it about a week I conducted a supercharge for the first time after charging it at home. While I was supercharging I noticed an immediate head rush and the sensation of my skin feeling prickly. I then began to experience vertigo. I assumed it was a result of the high levels of electricity being pumped into the car. I didn't think much of it and subsequent supercharging yielded a similar yet less intense full-body-brain sensation. A few days after my initial supercharge I began experiencing major headaches; debilitating headaches. To the point to where I scheduled a CT scan. The result was a diagnoses of "cluster headaches. " though I find it odd that these intense headaches did not start until I began driving a Tesla. My concern is that the Tesla emits high levels of emf's/rf's and that, because this is a field that is relatively unstudied, has not been truly vetted by Tesla or the NHTSA. There is little evidence to support that emf's are harmful to the brain simply because the technology itself is in its infancy. However, a large and powerful battery in a Tesla could be cause for concern in relation to the levels of radiation it emits to passengers. I would hope there have been sufficient testing put in place to assuage any negative effects of this type of radiation on Tesla owners/passengers. My hope in writing this is to raise the alarm that there could be a potential oversight of the damage these batteries can have on the population operating them; lest we become too fixated on the excitement of an electric vehicle and overlook the very real detriment it has to its consumes.

My Model 3 rear glass has stress fractures. This can be a safety issue being it can block rear visibility. There is no warning when this can happen. Most likely due from sitting out in the sun then while driving the stress on the structural rear glass causes it to crack.

2022 Tesla Model 3 long range. As already known the Tesla Model 3 has the issue of "phantom braking". Now that I have a $65,000 for 3 days I am very angry and concerned about the phantom braking. Here are some details. Within 10 minutes of initiating autopilot or cruise control the vehicle brakes without any reason when driving highway or freeway speeds (I did not try it on city roads). For the most part the vehicle unexpectedly decelerates 2-5 mph. Although, it is just a little bit it makes for a very unpleasant ride. However, it happens repeatedly. And this happens all the time when autopilot or cruise control is activated. I counted 5 occasions of phantom braking within less than 3 minutes. The last of those 5 was an unexpected and heart stopping deceleration from 84mph down to 52 mph in less than 2 seconds. This can really give you a heart attack because it is very unexpected. You cannot even drive 10 miles without this happening. There wasn't even a car in front of me for at least 1 mile. So no reason whatsoever for this braking "maneuver". Since I have read about this issue I only (if even) try cruise control or autopilot when there is no vehicle behind me within 1 mile to avoid someone rear ending me. But still. . . . . It is a serious safety issue. One, because of following traffic rear ending the vehicle and second it is really heart stopping when for no reason, out of the blue your vehicle decelerates very hard. Thank you.

My car when it’s on cruise control will all of a sudden have phantom breaking issues causing it to decelerate very quickly almost causing many crashes with cars behind me. This issue needs to be addressed quickly before someone is injured or even killed.

Drive unit inverter failed. Yes my safety and the safety of my passenger and drivers behind me was at risk problem was confirmed by Tesla repair center. They diagnosed this as the problem. No accident happened so no police, insurance reps, etc. Warning lamps came up after the car stalled. Or at least that's when I noticed them. While I was driving the car started jerking and came to a complete stop in traffic. No warning, just stopped. It wouldn't start or roll or anything and I was blocking traffic until I could get Tesla roadside service to tell me on the phone how to put it into transport mode to push it to the side. This took 2 hours. My safety was definitely at risk. If I had been travelling at a high speed, it could have been fatal. The dealer/service center said it's the failure of the rear drive unit inverter and it was a us made part by Tesla. Warnings showed up on the screen but after the call stalled. It is currently at the dealership being replaced but now I am afraid to drive it as I have lost confidence in the company. I really hope you put pressure on Tesla to correct this problem. It is terrifying.

Multiple phantom braking incidences nearly rear ended have reported to Tesla on several occasions. First time reported Tesla replied back that the problem has be remotely solved. Not at all. Have experienced phantom braking many time since. Manufacturer has repeatedly replied with “our engineers are working on it”. No warning lamps, messages or other symptoms of the problem prior to the failure. Been happening for several months.