Two problems related to automatic emergency braking have been reported for the 2014 Tesla Model S. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2014 Tesla Model S based on all problems reported for the 2014 Model S.
When using autopilot / tac cruise control the vehicle sometimes applies the brakes for no reason.
The autopilot will apply the brakes in what is basically a panic stop any time you are decending from a hill and there is an overpass crossing the roadway. It happens to me on a particular stretch of the freeway almost every single time, and has happened multiple times. Each and every time it occurs it is as the vehicle is decending from a rise and there is an overpass ahead. For some reason the vehicle detects the overpass as an obstruction and slams the brakes. This has happened at least half a dozen times. Fortunately there was never a car following me very closely. I make it a point when I use the auto pilot to be ready to take over at a moment's notice whenever there is an overpass ahead. The vehicle did this with the old (original mcs) and the new one Tesla just installed.
| Adaptive Cruise Control problems | |
| Automatic Emergency Braking problems |