Assist problems of the 2022 Tesla Model Y - part 2

45 problems related to assist have been reported for the 2022 Tesla Model Y. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2022 Tesla Model Y based on all problems reported for the 2022 Model Y.

36 Assist problem

Failure Date: 10/17/2022

Travelling 101 north from los angeles to solvang. I was driving with Tesla auto piloit set at 65mph. Middle of the highway, no vehicles around, no bridges or any shadows from anything. Tesla Model Y braked from 65mph to 20mph suddenly without warning. Serious safety issue, had a vehicle been following me I would have been rear ended.

37 Assist problem

Failure Date: 10/15/2022

I have full self driving I paid $12,000 for and immediately wanted a return upon receiving the car it doesn't work as described. Tesla declined to refund me for the fsd software months ago. I have brought the car into service 3 times now and Tesla each time says there is nothing wrong with the car despite 5,000 gigabits of my own dashcam footage showing the car driving me into oncoming traffic, swerving towards concrete barriers, not seeing 5 people in a cross walk when turning at 25 mph, randomly slamming on the breaks and much more. The touchscreen will freeze leaving the driver with no turn signals, no speedometer etc. I feel like the car is possessed trying to kill me, I am a full time uber driver. Tesla service manager tells me with a straight face "just don't use it. " "just don't make any left turns". The front facing camera keeps rattling so I pulled the Teslacam footage and the camera is so blurry you can barely see anything so I bring it in for service and they say nothing is wrong. This is beyond dangerous this is a dereliction of duty that will result in lost lives, NHTSA you must intervene I have already alerted my governor and state attorney, they have verified they have received my testimony. I make a choice every day to get in a car I know is trying to kill me or not be able to feed my family. Tesla service manager prince harassed me by calling 15+ times while I was at dinner with my 9 month pregnant wife and threatening me by telling me he's tracking my car to publix and to my home. Wouldn't take the car out of service mode until I drove 45 minutes back to return his phone; I should have thrown it off a bridge! because he left his phone in my car with a 1 hour timer counting down. This is a cover-up please launch a real investigation Tesla is stealing billions elon makes enron look like a hill next to a mountain this just ain't right! last time I checked 3 service trips without a solution qualifies the car as a lemon and needs to have recalls.

38 Assist problem

Failure Date: 09/20/2022

Last evening , when doing a lane change on highway 680 , I lost control of the car and the car began to swerve pretty badly. Thankfully I hit the brakes on time and everything was fine again. A blue car was trying to get in my lane and I quickly changed lanes to be safe and the severe swerving began. It was like I was in a roller coaster. Thankfully it was a 4-5 lane freeway and there were no cars around me. It felt like the autopilot tool control and the swerving began. How do I lodge a complaint so that Tesla can fix it? can I turn something off to avoid this in future because I am scared to drive the car again? I have a 2022 Tesla Model Y. Also is it possible to see some sort of video from 680 between 4-5 pm on Tuesday sept 20, 2022? I was returning to san jose from fremont, CA. Thank you, jyoti.

39 Assist problem

Failure Date: 09/11/2022

Phantom braking while using either cruise control or the autopilot feature in my brand new Tesla y performance. Over a several hour drive from utah to wyoming and back , on two lane highway going one direction and two lanes the other direction. Speeds around 65-85 mph. Sudden scary braking that I had to override with gas pedal. Occurred about 6-10 times. About 3-5 times during 8 hour ride from ut to wy and 3-5 times from wy to ut. I would quit using cruise or autopilot for awhile as it was very disconcerting. One time I felt dizzy because of sudden deceleration.

40 Assist problem

Failure Date: 08/07/2022

Tesla cameras are equipped with internal cameras intended to monitor driver attentiveness while using “autopilot” features. The internal monitoring can be bypassed by simply covering the camera. This reduces the attentiveness checks and can be a danger as drivers will use autopilot functionality without proper attention on the road.

41 Assist problem

Failure Date: 07/28/2022

The "advanced autopilot" feature is extremely dangerous in certain conditions especially construction zones, if a bug is on the windshield, while it is raining or night time without street lamps. I purchased this car as a full time rideshare driver for nearly $100,000 after driving the car for less than 1 month the car has terrified myself, my passengers and my pregnant wife and luckily hasn't killed any innocent bystanders, yet. While in autopilot the car will frequently 'phantom brake' when there is literally no vehicles in front of it, quickly reducing speed from 70mph down to 40mph. This most recent time 7/28/2022 I had a garbage truck like vehicle behind me but thank god I have excellent reaction time and canceled the autopilot and smashed the accelerator just in time before causing a pileup on the expressway. The car constantly misreads speed limit and street signs and will confuse the sr46 little sign for a speed limit sign and slam on the brakes from 65mph down to 46mph. Just yesterday the car decided to go in the middle of the two lane highway and slam on the brakes in the middle of the highway, twice, which terrified my wife and I caught on my 3rd party dash cam. I have tried to reach out to 3 Tesla emails and even spacex but I receive no response, big surprise. Additionally I'm smarter than the average bear and use a 3rd party gps miles tracking app on my iphone called everlance which when I've cross referenced with my Tesla app about driving range its not even remotely close to their 303 mile range. I am proving a 33% discrepancy between their claim of mileage and what the car is actually achieving on the road. For example I charge at home to the recommended 90% charge of 269 miles, drive 99. 1 miles over about 4 hours and get back home with 80 miles range. 269 - 99. 1=169. 9 miles but with only 80 miles on the battery that's actually less than half what it should be. I paid $6,000 for fsd I never received and have requested a refund without a response.

42 Assist problem

Failure Date: 07/25/2022

Hello, my name is [xxx] and I had the 2022 Tesla Model Y performance. I had an accident on [xxx]. Car just took control itself, we hit the tree. It was in a residential area, it happened so fast that I could not react to prevent it. After we hit the tree, the car caught fire, it was a nightmare for me, I had my best friend with me at the time of the accident in the front passenger seat. Both of us were unconscious, by the time I got awake, the car was in flames, my friend was still unconscious but then he got awake after I tried with the local neighbor to pull him out from the car. Unfortunately my friend passed away after an accident in 5 hours. I had autosteer assistance on my car as a subscription. Plus my car had a problem with the side cameras, from time to time it was giving me errors - door pillar error message. Cops were trying to get information from the car, but according to Tesla representative my car was out of network from June 30, 2022. And I never got any notifications that my car is out of network. I have a case against me vs state of new jersey, the prosecutor's office charged me with vehicle manslaughter, at the time of accident I gave a statement to the police officer, in December 12, 2023 it was nationwide recall on Tesla cars, and this recall it was exactly for the same problem what I described to the police officer at the time of accident, so my problem is, I can't retrieve any information from Tesla regarding what happened at the time of accident, due to Tesla had my car out of network for 25 days prior. I can't prove my innocence because of that I'm facing serious charges right now. My complain is about my car being out of Tesla network for 25 days, without proper notification on the app or email, while my car was operated everyday on the daily basis. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

43 Assist problem

Failure Date: 07/25/2022

Hello, my name is shamil gassanov and I had 2022 Tesla Model Y performance. I had an accident on July 25, 2022. Car just took control itself, we hit the tree. It was in residential area, it happened so fast, that I could not to react to prevent it. After we hit the tree, car catch the fire, it was a nightmare for me, I had my best friend with me at the time of accident on the front passenger seat. Both of us were unconscious, by the time I got awake, car was in flames, my friend was still unconscious but than he got awake after I tried with the local neighbor to pull him out from the car. Unfortunately my friend passed away after accident in 5 hours. I had an autosteer assistance on my car subscription. Plus my car had a problem with the side cameras, time to time it was giving me errors - door pillar error message. Cops were trying to get information from the car, but according to Tesla representative my car was out of network from June 30, 2022. And I never got any notifications that my car is out of network.

44 Assist problem

Failure Date: 02/18/2022

The car is automatically braking when it sees an approaching vehicle in the oncoming lane (2 lane highway). It puts me at risk for being hit from behind due to unexpected braking. The car is also occasionally going into the left turn lane instead of staying straight when on auto drive mode and then quickly veering out of the lane.

45 Assist problem

Failure Date: 12/06/2021

Passenger side b-pillar camera has condensation inside the glass and does not allow for it to opperate.


Other Lane Departure related problems of the 2022 Tesla Model Y


Model Y Service Bulletins
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