Adaptive Cruise Control problems of the 2019 Tesla Model S

Six problems related to adaptive cruise control have been reported for the 2019 Tesla Model S. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2019 Tesla Model S based on all problems reported for the 2019 Model S.

1 Adaptive Cruise Control problem

Failure Date: 09/17/2025

Tesla’s software updates have rendered systems useless the vehicle wants to hug and sometimes cross the left double yellow lines. It cannot hold a constant speed and since their implementation of “supervised” full self driving, have made my vehicle unsafe.

2 Adaptive Cruise Control problem

Failure Date: 04/01/2025

My Tesla supervised fsd is a safety hazard. Promised programming updates have not improved the erratic, unsafe “assistance. I try it after each update, but I’m afraid to rely on it other than 5-10mph bumper to bumper road conditions. I don’t have one specific occurrence to report and thank goodness no fatality!.

3 Adaptive Cruise Control problem

Failure Date: 01/18/2023

Driving on the hov lane, no traffic at all, and the Tesla applied the brakes x 2. It happened today at 4:03 pm.

4 Adaptive Cruise Control problem

Failure Date: 02/01/2022

This is my 6th trip with 2019 Tesla s from chicago to san francisco / 1st time so many “phantom braking” incidents / flat tire warning error / screen shut off 3 times …. .

5 Adaptive Cruise Control problem

Failure Date: 01/29/2022

Hundreds of times this car (as well as our other Tesla Model S) would brake hard for no reason, usually on the highway. Often there was no car nearby and no bridge ahead so we have to guess that it's due to the sky. The car will often go from 75 mph down to 25 mph in seconds, sometimes with tire squealing noise. When it happens now we instantly look into the rear view mirror for traffic that might hit us, and we hit the accelerator if necessary. If nobody is behind us, we let it play out to see how slow the car will get. 25 mph on an interstate, which is usually where this occurs, is unsafe. Recently my wife saw an approaching truck that would have hit her had the truck not been able to change lanes.

6 Adaptive Cruise Control problem

Failure Date: 01/22/2022

The car would apply the brakes for no reason while using cruise control.


Other Forward Collision Avoidance related problems of the 2019 Tesla Model S

Adaptive Cruise Control problems
6
Warnings problems
3
Automatic Emergency Braking problems
2


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