Forward Collision Avoidance Related Problems of the 2021 Tesla Model S

Table 1 shows five common forward collision avoidance related problems of the 2021 Tesla Model S. The number one most common problem is related to the adaptive cruise control (24 problems). The second most common problem is related to the automatic emergency braking (19 problems).

Table 1. Forward Collision Avoidance related problems of Tesla Model S


Recently reported Forward Collision Avoidance problems of the 2021 Tesla Model S

The Adaptive Cruise Control problem

I was in full self driving mode and was travelling north bound 110 freeway transitioning to 405 freeway northbound. In the right lane. Transition curved left. Looked at my speed for a split second and as I looked up we were a split second from hitting freeway barrier head-on.   Read details...

The Automatic Emergency Braking problem

I noticed it happened before but I couldn't quite figure out what happened! I was driving down the local road and got ready to go under a overpass and next thing u know my ev just slammed on brakes like I was about to hit someone! seatbelt choked me and made me gag! but when I came through this   Read details...

The Warnings problem

There was a trash can on the edge of the road and my vehicle was in autopilot/fsd mode and for some reason it swerved over too close to the edge of the road. I intervened in time to avoid hitting the trash can head-on but it still struck the passenger side mirror and scraped across the passenger   Read details...


Forward Collision Avoidance related problems in other Tesla Model S model year vehicles:



Model S Service Bulletins
Model S Defect Investigations