Tesla Model 3 owners have reported 1,754 forward collision avoidance related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 7 most common forward collision avoidance problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's adaptive cruise control (1,094 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's automatic emergency braking (522 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.
Most recently, on or about 09/05/2026, driving on the freeway at about 65 mph with the sun directly in the windshield, the car suddenly issued an urgent take-over-immediately alert and autosteer disengaged with no advance warning. Read details...
My Tesla was operating under fsd at 9pm on a dark country road. I was traveling at 45mph and vehicle randomly applied hard emergency braking and I had to take over. It appeared that the vehicle may have been responding to a dark oil stain or possibly a mailbox. Read details...
I was driving today in California, to topgolf. I had to cross a railway crossing around [xxx] I think, or [xxx] - one of those 2, between [xxx] and [xxx] pm. . I was using Tesla's fsd driving to go on a local road. Read details...
The contact owns a 2019 Tesla model-3. The contact stated that while utilizing the adas features including the adaptive cruise control, the vehicle unexpectedly applied the brakes. The contact then stated that on a separate occasion while the accelerator pedal was depressed, the phantom braking Read details...
The contact owns a 2021 Tesla Model 3. The contact stated while driving 70 mph with the cruise control activated, the vehicle applied the brakes independently. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. Read details...