Forward Collision Avoidance Problems of Tesla Model X

Tesla Model X owners have reported 196 forward collision avoidance related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 4 most common forward collision avoidance problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's adaptive cruise control (115 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's automatic emergency braking (59 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.

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


Recently reported Forward Collision Avoidance problems of Tesla Model X

The Adaptive Cruise Control problem

My vehicle intermittently and without warning disables autopilot/cruise control while driving, most consistently during hard acceleration from a stop or low speed. The touchscreen displays "take over immediately" and autopilot becomes completely unavailable for the remainder of the drive.   Read details...

The Automatic Emergency Braking problem

In April 13th, 2026 while driving from the house through community, I suddenly stopped at the cross roads due to unexpected conditions. During this event, a coffee mug placed in the cup holder tipped over and spilled liquid onto the center console area—near the phone charging pad and critical   Read details...

The Warnings problem

While driving on fsd (full self driving) the vehicle was turning off the road into a parking lot and sped up and hit a vehicle while I was pressing the brake to the floor! I had to brace for impact when I hit the vehicle. I have requested the data and telemetry logs from Tesla.   Read details...

The Forward Collision Avoidance problem

The contact owns a 2020 Tesla Model X. The contact stated that upon activating Smart summon, the vehicle turned directly towards a vehicle parked to the left, resulting in a collision before that contact was able to cancel Smart summon, after which the vehicle came to a complete stop.   Read details...




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