Assist Problems of Tesla Model X

My 2022 Tesla Model X has two recurring safety-critical defects that remain unresolved despite multiple repair attempts. 1. Airbag / restraint system failure (rcm2 / OCS defect): the vehicle frequently misclassifies the front passenger seat. It shows a passenger when the seat is empty and activates passenger seatbelt warnings incorrectly. Recently the vehicle displayed: “front passenger safety restraint system issue: service required (rcm2_a064). ” Tesla attempted to repair an electrical harness in the seat, but the problem returned. A Tesla technician documented that the seat may still need a new occupancy sensor. Because this affects the occupant classification system and airbag deployment logic, it raises potential fmvss 208 compliance concerns. 2. Fsd / gps safety hazard (5 unsuccessful repair attempts): across five service visits, Tesla attempted to fix gps drift and unsafe fsd routing. The vehicle still attempts incorrect turns, performs premature lane changes, and misinterprets intersections. One recent incident involved fsd attempting a left turn one intersection early, nearly causing a collision. Tesla replaced the gps antenna, recalibrated cameras, and replaced the computer, but the unsafe behavior continues. These two defects—incorrect airbag/OCS behavior and hazardous automated-driving/navigation behavior—create a significant safety risk to occupants and other drivers. Both defects persist after repair attempts. I can provide service records, videos, and documentation upon request.

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Power steering assist stopped working while on the road. A couple days later, power steering stopped working completely.

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I was driving down the road and my car started shaking, I was about 5 or 6 miles from an exit so continued and within 1 mile a rod broke and fell on top of my tire causing me to catastrophically have to stop n swerve off the road in 5 o'clock traffic. I just purchased this car 3 months ago, no issues just happend all of sudden. There are reports of weak suspension parts for Tesla specifically the Model X and y. The suspension parts need to be recalled. I was very lucky to not have collided with another car and potentially causing a fatality.

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This is a major safety issue --- we got an error that steering assistance was "reduced" for about 12 hours. Then on [xxx] at around [xxx], we were pulling out of a parked area (after being parked for 2 hours) -- and proceeded to increase speed on [xxx] in newark, the car steering wheel abruptly locked itself - you couldn't even move the steering wheel. It just locked and shut down completely. We proceeded to do a rest (hitting two scroll buttons) to reset the system over 5-6 times. Each time it takes about 10 mins to complete. It was pure horror - sitting on the road with cars just passing by and honking at me behind. I had the hazard lights on, but it was a dangerous situation. I was completely stuck and immobile. After some time, the steering wheel "magically" started working again. We've dropped the Tesla off at springfield and they are charging us over $6,000 in damages for this. This is a safety issue (we bought the car in March of 2024) and it's only been 15 months since we've had this used car. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

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The primary issues are: the vehicle consistently chooses the wrong lane and drifts across yellow lines. The fsd visualization fails to correctly distinguish road markings, lanes, and turning arrows, causing them to move erratically on the display. The car attempts to merge into lanes that appear in the visualization but do not exist on the road. The vehicle attempts to merge into lanes that are ending, without recognizing the lane-ending markers. My service history for this single, unresolved issue is as follows: June 12, 2025 (invoice #3000s0013397552): I brought the vehicle in because autopilot was incorrectly detecting lanes. The service team diagnosed "severe hazing over forward facing cameras," cleaned them, and returned the car to me. The problem was not fixed. July 1, 2025 (invoice #3000s0013588350): I returned for the same issue, stating that the fsd was driving over yellow lines and not recognizing traffic patterns. The diagnosis was changed to a bad alignment; service notes indicate "multiple angles out of specification". A four-wheel alignment was performed, and I was assured the issue was resolved. July 10, 2025 (invoice #3000s0013675264): on my third visit for this issue, the service team verified that the autopilot visualization showed "random turn lane markings". However, I was told this behavior was "considered normal at this time" and would improve with future firmware updates. The "correction" was listed as "remote - education". July 28, 2025 (invoice #3000s0013834479): I returned for a fourth time, explaining that the problems persisted and were a safety concern. I noted that the car had recently tried to merge past a solid yellow line into the shoulder. The service team acknowledged the issue but concluded it is an "issue with v13 due its design" and that "no repairs are recommended for this concern". The assertion that this is a "known characteristic" is unacceptable. The fsd and autopilot features are now unusable and unpredictable.

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Our Tesla Model X is failing recently with several issues as listed below: 1. 'autiopilot disabled' - autopilot was not available to use since 09/2024 after upgraded to 12. X fsd upgrade. Tesla service diagnosed in 11/2024 with some error connected to evaporator fan, advised me to replace the kit at an estimated $580 2. 'unable to start' - hv battery failed on 03/06/2025 with series of failures that was reported to NHTSA (voq#11651899). Tesla replaced the battery, and service delivered vehicle on 03/24/2025 3. 'hood unlatch' failure - while driving home from service center on the same day at 70 mph on I-95 freeway, the 'hood' popped up blocking the front view, and had to pull vehicle to shoulder to safety. There was no warning message on the screen at all. Took the vehicle to service immediately, and service team pointed that they forgot to turn on 'auto-latch' resulting hood failure. They offered the 'free' repair of hood. 4. 'ecu autopilot failure' - while taking the delivery of 'hood' fix on 04/22/2025, I noticed the 'autopilot' was still not working. Serviced diagnosed with 'failed autopilot ecu' at an estimated cost of $1791. 55. Currenlty the vehicle is with Tesla service team. My vehicle is with service team since 03/06/2025, and has been identified with series of issues/failures. It has caused severe safety failure putting our lives at risk with 'unlatched' hood while driving on a freeway. Also with hv battery failure its completely unreliable on when it might fail during driving. Now with failed autopilot ecu, we are unsure of the vehicles ability to navigate, drive function and safety concerns. Service team is unable to provide precise root causes or fixes, or restore it to a functioning vehicle. Every visit with service team there is a new issue with vehicle. Our family is greatly concern with the quality of the vehicle, persisting issues, safety concerns and overall reliability of the vehicle. Please find enclosed all service records.

Just got [xxx] yesterday morning. I have ~350 miles on this version now in ~24 hrs. First time I've ever completely turned off fsd and went back to autopilot only. This release is absolutely 100% dangerous and needs to be pulled and rolled back ASAP observations: 1: does not honor turn only lanes and drives straight through them. 2: constant lane switching no matter what setting it's on. 3: lane changes without using turn signal. Example, in right lane, it fully changes lane to left lane using turn signal, then decides to just go right back to the right lane again without using turn signal cutting off other vehicles. 4: speed issues, it can't decide on speeds. 45mph road. I do like 5mph over. With no other cars around, it will speed up to 55-60 (above max setting) then drop down to 40-43mph. It's all over the [xxx] place! even worse on freeway. So it actively exceeds speed limits, as much as enough to get my license automatically revoked under wisconsin law! 5: redesigned where set speed limit is displayed. No longer shows unless you actively change it. Then it disappears again. Need to constantly fiddle with set speed just to see how crazy it will decide to break the law, or how slow it will go and [xxx] other drivers. 6: rolling stops, had a number of rolling stops today and one where it blew straight through a stop sign. 7: route choices are absolutely alinidine. Seems to prioritize taking the least efficient routes. 8: drives like a bucking bronco with accel and decell. 9: ping pongs within the lane. False emergency braking events. Last release the double stop at stop signs had gotten better. This release they are full back again. It is once again stopping at both sides of the intersection. Vehicle departing lane warnings when driving manually, even when my turn signal is on so I can pull into a parking lot or my own driveway! with the above, there have been no other changes other than firmware update. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C.

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Autopilot full self driving is making dangerous mistakes and being disabled when you still have your hands on wheel and or looking at road it’s a safety system I paid for and it’s illegal for Tesla to disable it and not fix it.

Tesla updated my vehicle with fsd 12. 5. 2. 1 and it is dangerous and should be recalled. The software is too much for my vehicles processor, it frequently freezes for as long as 10 seconds. This loses my speedometer, my signal information, and happened while merging and nearly caused me an accident. The lane keep assist has retrograded significantly, it often goes outside of the painted lines and is in danger of hitting curbs. The processor feels like it struggles to keep up, and the auto steer is unsettled and jerky as it changes its mind. Previous software worked great, Tesla is pushing the software beyond the hardwares capabilities and it’s going to cause accidents. Please stop them.

Alerts: ui_a020 - steering assist reduced app_w264 - lane departure features unavailable this incident happened suddenly during a normal commute from work to home. It caused the steering of the vehicle to be very heavy and difficult to control which could have potentially led to an unwanted accident on the road. There root cause seems to be a failure in the steering rack component of the car. It is a very common and prevalent issue with Tesla vehicles, and complaints on various Tesla forums and reddit threads about this same issue. There also has been NHTSA investigations in the past regarding this. The failure caused the loss of safety functionality such as lane keeping assistance, lane departure assistance, autopilot and fsd. Tesla service center diagnosed the alerts as a steering rack hardware failure and is charging almost $5000 to replace the part. Given that this is such a prevalent issue among so many Tesla vehicles, it needs to be addressed by the manufacturer and should be a safety recall and not on the customer to pay out of pocket.

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Tesla has failed to update the software on the car as per the recall notice. Tesla is requesting me to pay 2500$ to upgrade the hardware so they can update the recall hardware. I had reached out to Tesla more than three different times and been waiting for more than 4 months for Tesla to provide the resolution for recall which Tesla has failed to provide as yet t no cost. This is a major safely concerns and due to this I am afraid to drive this car.

While driving CA-17, as is frequently the case, I had to disengage automatic steering several times to correct its poor lane keeping. Much to my surprise, the vehicle stopped maintaining speed, creating a dangerous situation with vehicles behind me as the uphill road caused the vehicle to rapidly decelerate the second I turned the wheel. After experimentation, I discovered that Tesla has completely removed cruise control capabilities from these vehicles unless you completely disable the fsd beta functionality, which makes this vehicle highly unsafe to drive in any environment where autosteer is inadequate, including CA-17. Further, this isn't just unsafe on weird highways. This poor decision on Tesla's part could very easily cause rear-end collisions on freeways. Nobody in their right minds would expect a vehicle to suddenly massively decelerate just because you correct its poor steering. This is just plain dangerous. This so-called "full self driving (supervised)" version needs to be recalled immediately, and Tesla must be forced to make cruise control fallback available regardless of the fsd state. Until they do, it is fundamentally unsafe to allow Tesla vehicles to remain on public highways and freeways with fsd (supervised) enabled.

I've reached out to Tesla service department on multiple occasions regarding the auto pilot software update and they have failed to provide an update as of today February 19th, 2024.

I received a notice from Tesla for recall no. 23v-838 for my 2017 Tesla Model X - p100d. The notice states that I should check if my software version is "2023. 44. 30" or a later release. Unfortunately, the 2017 Model X is on a different update schedule, as it has different computer and sensor systems than newer Model X's. My software version is from 2022. Accordingly, the recall was not remedied by Tesla for my vehicle and all other older Teslas with the prior sensor suite. I checked for any software updates but none was available. At the very least, the notice is deficient, as if they pushed a separate update for older model Teslas, it was not communicated therein. Thanks!.

Unintended acceleration while driving at a slower speed. The car suddenly sped up which was very alarming. I had to hit the brake to cause it to slow down. It happened once during a 4 mile trip. My spouse had reported a similar experience earlier in the evening. Also many functions like park assist, traction control etc seemed to be automatically disengaging.

Tesla issues encountered with Model X 2016: 1). Bought a demo car with a new car warranty, the car is supposed to be checked and verified that it meets safety guidelines, and certain standards, a). The car had a yellowish tinge had to get it buffed and detailed to look true pearl white cost $400 b). My tires were so bad the tire shop told me they are unsafe to drive so had to get them replaced the morning after I bought the car from Tesla-ohio branch and got back to chicago I informed Tesla about all nothing was done cost approximately $2000 c). After I purchased the car before I could drive to ohio to pick it up Tesla employee backed up the car into a pole I was told it will be fixed it was not cost $4k d). Wheels were all scratched up had to get them refinished cost approximately $900 2). Warrant is not honored always. Over the years camera and sensor very unsafe and every time Tesla says can’t reproduce even after providing proof of videos, one point finally got tired paid out of pocket to replace front 2 sensors they never bothered to take it apart and verify it’s working safely and properly, after paying out of pocket at least the lane change worked 98% of time cost around $500-600 3). Auto pilot is misleadingly unsafe, cameras and sensors have either reached end of life or simply not working but definitely unsafe because sometimes the car drives like a drunk person on streets, confused if lanes merging I had incidents where it would have caused an accident had I not taken over and there was no warning 4). Advertised range is deceptive and misleading, claim is my car to get 255 miles in reality I get around 120-130 which is more like half the range makes it hard to go out of town, an 8 hr trip becomes a 13-15 hr trip.

The full self driving system failed to operate correctly. This caused my car to hit another car. I have asked Tesla for the data they use to tell what the driver was doing when the system was on but the Tesla staff who respond to my requests plead ignorance of what data I am referring to. I am not ready to spend the money it would cost to hire a lawyer to force Tesla to hand over the data from their system. I have video from the Tesla camera showing what happens. I will try to upload it. Here is a quick run through of what happened: I entered the freeway and got into the left lane. Once I was safely in the left lane and up to speed I turned on the fsd keeping my hands on the steering wheel. After a few moments the car veered to the right, I tugged against the pull of the fsd and got it back in the lane when all of a sudden it turned my wheel hard right into a minivan. It happened so fast that the wheel turned even with my hands on it. I have been trying to talk to someone at Tesla but it is difficult to break through the front lines as they deflect contacts away from anyone who might be able to answer my questions about getting the fsd incident data. The video is . Mp4 so it is not allowing me to upload. Please let me know how to send you the video.

On oct. 26 at approximately 5:45 p. M. On hwy 26 near sandy, or the autopilot system failed by abruptly turning the car into the upcoming turn lain (marked with solid white line) and towards oncoming traffic. I had to immediately take significant corrective action to move the car back into the lain I was traveling. I firmly believe that the car could have cross into the lane going the opposite direction. I definitely was very unsettled by this event. This type of spontaneous autopilot error has occurred numerous times in the past to me (have driven a Model X Tesla since 2016) and I now very seldom use the feature while driving. I have taking no further action regarding this event or others because while under warranty Tesla always come up with rationale that they couldn't find a problem because of loss of connectivity, could not detect a problem, etc. I thought that through the years with their hype and over-the-air updates things would get better but they have not! thank you for your time. John.

While driving on an 80 mph speed limit, 2-lane interstate in a rural area, the vehicle's "traffic aware" cruise control was enabled. The driver attempted to pass a semi-truck on left while the road was curving to the left. The vehicle's emergency lane keep assist appeared to engage causing the vehicle to swerve toward the semi-truck. The driver corrected back to the left, when doing so the power steering system failed causing the driver to apply significant force to the steering to avoid a collision. For the next 12 miles of driving the power steering never engaged and turning required significant force. While charging at a supercharger the error on the dashboard stating that power steering was not available persisted. Upon departure the error message went away and the power steering worked again. The manufacturer was contacted as the vehicle was under warranty. It was determined that no repair was needed after the power steering once again began to work, but the failure created a significant risk to the five vehicle occupants at the time of failure.

Full self driving suddenly speeds up while waiting at red lights.

We were driving down the freeway in daytime sunny weather on “autopilot” (I was actively monitoring the vehicle of course) when the car slammed on the brakes for no reason. It was aggressive and fortunately I disconnected the driver assist “autopilot” and immediately pressed on the accelerator (not an intuitive action) to avoid causing an accident. There was no reason for the car to behave this way. Furthermore, Tesla updated the software recently on my vehicle. I purchased the vehicle with radar, whereby it would use the radar as an input in coordination with other information for the adaptive cruise control and auto steer. (collectively called the “autopilot” by Tesla. This recent software update took the radar out of the equation and made my car function differently (less robust) by now only using the cameras and not the radar. The cameras on my model year are not, to my understanding, of the same capability as the cameras that Tesla is using with their newest models. Despite the cameras being older, Tesla modified the vehicle via over the air software update to only utilize the cameras, again, despite the car being designed to utilize the radar as an input to the semi autonomous driving. I take great issue with Tesla retroactively reducing the capability of my semi autonomous driving and not providing a warning or a clear choice. The phantom braking I experienced was after this software update that removed the radar. It’s one thing if a driver needs to be prepared to brake, but quite another if the car brakes extremely aggressively and the driver has to rush to press the accelerator, all while startled. I work as an airline pilot and this seeming total disregard for safety, removal of radar input that the car has on board already, and lack of transparency to the driver would never be accepted in aviation. I urge the NHTSA to look into the aggressive uncommanded braking. Thank you, stefan.

While driving at speed approximately 4:20pm est April 9th, 2022 on i95 near the georgia/south carolina border the onboard computer froze and became unresponsive, including the speedometer, the radio, navigation system, etc. . I became aware of the issue because the car started to slowly slow down but the display continued to show 70 mph. I forced the computer out of autopilot but the car continued to show it was in autopilot. Shortly after the display behind the steering wheel went blank then rebooted, followed by the center console. Thankfully I was paying attention and did not panic, had I panicked I could very easily been in an accident as I did not know what was going on with the car. I reached out to Tesla multiple times following the incident and the agents and agents were non-caring and treated it as no big deal, and acted as if I should not be concerned about it. I could not even get assistance from them on getting service for the car. They kept pointing me to the mobile app on the phone which would not function properly and after typing the incident into as I wrote above 3 times I gave up.

While driving my 2022 Model X in full self driving beta the vehicle suddenly took a sharp right into another vehicle causing damage to both no one was severely injured. At the time of the incident I was traveling at 40mph which was the designated speed for that area. I had a passenger in the vehicle that can verify the incident.

Since installing the latest update (2021. 24. 48), my vehicle is suddenly experiencing: * frequent bogus forward collision warnings (several per day) * instrument cluster outages (black screen) * sudden autopilot shutdowns caused by center display communication failures (mcu) other people with significantly different configurations (e. G. With the emmc repair done, with autopilot hardware version 1, etc. ) have experienced similar failures. This seems to be a very serious software regression that needs to be addressed immediately.

We received the full self-driving beta software from Tesla this week. How NHTSA has permitted Tesla to enable this software for use on public streets is mind-blowing. It is that dangerous! do the public a favor and go drive a Tesla with fsd enabled. You can read my full comments on our blog: https://nerdvittles. Com/the-10000-hoax-meet-teslas-full-self-driving-vehicle/.

During hard rainfall the software of the vehicle issues an error: the windshield wipers, headlights, taillights and turn signal all stop working. Lane assist and parking assist fail as well. Sometimes the vehicle shifts into park when you stop. After stopping the vehicle, the doors won't open so you cannot exit the car. It does not matter if the car is moving or stationary when the software fails. You have to reboot the car and hope it resolves, usually it doesn't, or most often just wait to time the software glitch for the moment when the functions are temporarily enabled, specifically when trying to exit the car. We have taken this vehicle to Tesla for this issue multiple times and they have not solved it. This vehicle is a safety hazard, and a legal issue since the headlights and taillights go out, leaving you to drive without them in the dark.

Having many issues that seem to follow the reported symptoms of failing emmc memory, however Tesla told me that it is not the issue and that the emmc just needs "refreshed" for $95. 59. It sounds like a way for Tesla to delay the inevitable replacement or avoid replacing the module. Also, I think it should be illegal for an automaker to leave a feature such as autopilot in "beta" form indefinitely in a production vehicle. I suspect the feature (that was quite expensive) will never be actually finished since development is probably no longer happening on older vehicles.