Warnings problems of the 2026 Tesla Model Y

On October 8, 2026, at approximately 3:52 pm, I was reversing my 2026 Tesla Model Y (VIN 7saygded6tf606672) in the parking lot of the Tesla store/service center in north hollywood, CA, while full self-driving (supervised) was engaged. The vehicle failed to detect a stationary iron pole in the parking space and continued reversing into it, resulting in a collision that scuffed the paint and left a small dent on the rear lower bumper trim. The fsd system gave no warning and did not brake before impact. I have dashcam footage confirming fsd was active at the time of the collision. When I reported the incident to Tesla service staff at the location, they stated the collision was the driver's fault and denied any responsibility of the fsd system. I am concerned that fsd's failure to detect a large stationary metal obstacle at low speed indicates a safety defect in the driver-assistance system.

On October 7, 2026, at approximately 1:00 pm, I was driving through a gated entrance. Full self-driving (supervised) was engaged when the vehicle made contact with the entrance gate arm/barrier, resulting in property damage. The apparent safety issue was that, while fsd (supervised) was controlling the vehicle’s movement, the system did not prevent the vehicle from contacting the barrier. Afterward, the vehicle did not display or save the collision as a detected safety event. No one was injured. The incident nevertheless created a safety risk because the vehicle contacted a fixed barrier while the driver-assistance system was engaged. The issue has not yet been inspected or confirmed by Tesla or an independent service center. The vehicle is available for inspection upon request. I request that Tesla preserve and review any available data from the relevant time period, including fsd engagement status, vehicle speed, steering, braking and acceleration inputs, camera data, diagnostic logs, event data, and software-version information.

I am reporting two nearly identical safety incidents involving Tesla full self-driving (supervised) on my Model Y. In both cases, the vehicle failed to detect a stationary concrete pillar and did not apply automatic braking, resulting in collisions. First incident – September 16, 2026 while using fsd (supervised) to reverse into my residential driveway, the system hesitated due to a parked vehicle on the left side. Instead of completing the reverse maneuver, the vehicle moved forward and struck a door pillar / gate post. I intervened and took over control only after the impact had already occurred. The vehicle sustained visible damage (scuff/dent on the side/rear area). Photos are available. Second incident – October 4, 2026 again using fsd (supervised) in a similar residential parking/driveway situation, I believed the vehicle was reversing and would correct its path. Without any warning or automatic braking, the vehicle continued and struck a concrete pillar. I had essentially no time to react before contact. I stopped the vehicle after the impact. Additional damage occurred. Photos of the vehicle position relative to the pillar and the resulting damage are available.

The vehicle made contact with other vehicles twice within a short period while full self-driving (supervised) was engaged, and it did not respond to my attempts to intervene. On xxx, at approximately 1:30 pm, in the stanford oval parking area in [xxx], I was using Tesla full self-driving (supervised) in my brand-new 2026 Tesla Model Y when the vehicle began a reversing maneuver between two parked vehicles. During the maneuver, the on-screen visualization continued to show space between my vehicle and the surrounding vehicles. The vehicle then made physical contact with another vehicle. I received no proximity or collision alert, and the display continued to show clearance after contact occurred. After contact, the vehicle continued attempting to reverse, stalled, and behaved erratically. I attempted to brake and disengage the system, but the vehicle kept glitching and moving backward. I could feel resistance while trying to control the vehicle. Shortly afterward, at [xxx], the vehicle showed substantially similar behavior and again made contact with another vehicle. My vehicle sustained damage to the rear bumper and lights. The other vehicle had pre-existing damage, and its driver told me she did not want to pursue anything or have her vehicle repaired. The vehicle is brand new and I had no prior accidents. I will be assessing myself for injuries. I reported the incident to Tesla. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

While exiting a parking lot, fsd didnt detact the parking curb and initiated a reverse maneuver. The vehicle reversed over a parking curb, resulting in the rear mud flap and the surrounding body/wheel trim scraping against the curb. Both areas sustained visible damage.

This is an issue with Tesla's full self driving (supervised). The categories above don't match this capability. Sunday, xxx, about 6:05 pm. Fsd (supervised) version 14. 3. 9. Leaving in-n-out burger, [xxx], fsd chose to exit westbound onto [xxx]. A vehicle coming from the east had gone around the queue on my right and was westbound on [xxx]. Fsd pulled forward so the nose entered that westbound lane in front of that car. I intervened with throttle and steering. No contact. Since I didn't honk there was no saved dashcam clip. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

Using fsd- supervised the car hit the garage door opening denting the car while backing up to park in my garage.

I had brought my Tesla Model Y to a stop. Given that the car has an auto-park feature, I did not put the car in park. My daughter got out of the car and opened the rear passenger door. I moved towards the Tesla screen to open the rear trunk for her. As I moved, my foot accidentally hit the accelerator running the car over her foot and causing a possible fracture. She was in agonizing pain and I had to call emergency services. This situation can be easily avoided by Tesla by immobilizing the car (placing it in park) when the car has been brought to a stop or has been brought to a very low speed and any door is opened. Right now, immobilizing the car happens only if the driver door is opened when the car has been brought to a stop or the speed is very low.

It is a safety complaint about the automated parking/fsd reverse maneuver. My brand-new Tesla Model Y (VIN: [[xxx]]), which I purchased xxx and which had only 819 miles on the odometer at time of the incident. Following the over-the-air software update to version 14. 3. 7, the vehicle's behavior changed. It began automatically selecting a reverse parking maneuver into my garage. Over the days following the update, the vehicle successfully completed this maneuver approximately 7–10 times without incident, which established a reasonable expectation that the system was handling it competently. On xxx at 03:34 pm, while executing this same reverse parking maneuver under my supervision, the vehicle struck my garage, causing damage to the rear bumper and quarter panel area. The prior version of software stopped when not able to correctly park in garage. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

While pulling into my driveway at 3–4 mph and only a few feet away from the garage door, I suffered a sudden medical emergency and became unconscious. As my body froze, my right foot accidentally floored the accelerator pedal. The vehicle did not override my foot input despite the immediate obstacle ahead. It accelerated through the garage door and the dining room wall, coming to a stop in the kitchen. As a result of this crash, I requiring a three-day hospitalization. I am filing this report because vehicle safety systems should have a setting or protocol to prevent low-speed pedal misapplications from completely overriding automatic emergency obstacle braking. These settings save lives and there are no reasons that Tesla doesn't implement it. I had problems uploading photos. Please contact me at [xxx] to provide photos. Thank you. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

Car is less than a year old and forward camera is reporting visibility problem. Safety features, forward collision and autonomous driving is severely degraded. Tesla will not repair under warranty which requires disassembly of the camera housing. Front camera housing has been redesigned by Tesla but they are not retrofitting this fix for existing Model Y and have not issues a safety recall. This camera housing defect presents a risk to my safely and the safety of others.

I was in fsd mode and my car began parallel parking. As the car was in reverse it automatically accelerated and crashed into the car behind me. I did not step on the accelerator pedal, nor the brake and my hands were not on the steering wheel. I in no way caused this accident. What is most surprising is that there was no warning response. Normally if I get too close to any object a color warning shows up on the screen, if I decide to make a change while driving the screen comes up with 4 options as to why I took control but in this case with the car hitting an object there was no response at all. Teslas standard answer is always that it's my fault. I know what happened and it was not my fault. I now have a repair estimate for $1,897. 98 which I must be responsible for.

On the day after taking delivery of my 2026 Tesla Model Y, fsd reversed into a visible stationary garage pillar while backing into my garage. The vehicle did not stop before impact and stopped only after contacting the pillar, resulting in more than $6,000 in vehicle damage. The following day, while fsd was attempting a left turn at an intersection, the vehicle nearly entered the opposing-traffic lane before making several hesitant steering corrections. I disengaged fsd and completed the turn manually to avoid a potential collision. Both incidents occurred within two days of delivery. Tesla has opened a service case, escalated the matter to its engineering team for review, and I have requested preservation of all available vehicle data. I am submitting this complaint because these incidents raise concerns about the safety of fsd behavior.

I was operating my Tesla using full self-driving (supervised) from my home to a coffee shop. The vehicle completed the entire drive under fsd without any manual intervention. After arriving at the destination, fsd automatically entered the parking lot, selected an available parking space, and initiated the parking maneuver on its own. I did not manually select the parking space or start the parking maneuver. During the automatic parking maneuver, the vehicle failed to detect a fixed square concrete bollard located within the parking space and continued moving until the front bumper made contact with the bollard, causing damage to the vehicle. No collision warning, parking collision warning, or automatic emergency braking occurred before impact. The vehicle remained under fsd control until the collision. The incident occurred in daylight with good visibility. The obstacle was a permanent concrete bollard, not a temporary object or a low parking curb. Dashcam footage of the incident has been preserved and has been provided to Tesla insurance. I believe Tesla should review the vehicle telemetry and fsd logs to determine why the system failed to recognize the fixed obstacle during the automated parking maneuver.

I am submitting this complaint to report what I believe is a potential safety defect involving the Tesla autopark feature on my 2026 Tesla Model Y premium all-wheel drive. On 7/21/26 at approximately 7:40 a. M. , I activated autopark to park my vehicle in my driveway. A transit van was already parked nearby and remained stationary throughout the parking maneuver. While autopark was controlling the vehicle, my Tesla continued reversing and failed to stop before striking the parked transit van. The collision caused damage to the right rear passenger side of my vehicle. Based on what I observed, the vehicle did not recognize or respond appropriately to the presence of the stationary van. This raises serious concerns regarding the ability of the autopark system to detect nearby stationary vehicles and avoid collisions during low-speed automated parking. Although I understand that Tesla states the driver must supervise autopark, I am concerned that the system continued reversing into an obvious stationary obstacle rather than warning the driver or stopping before impact. I respectfully request that Tesla: preserve all vehicle diagnostic logs, camera data, and sensor data from approximately 7:40 a. M. On the date of the incident. Conduct a full engineering review of the autopark event. Determine why the vehicle failed to detect or avoid the parked transit van. Advise whether this incident resulted from a software issue, hardware issue, sensor limitation, or another system malfunction. Provide me with a written response and a case number confirming that this has been recorded as a formal vehicle safety complaint. I am prepared to provide photographs, dashcam footage (if available), the exact incident location, repair estimates, and any additional information required to assist with your investigation. Thank you.

7/17/26 about 8pm my Tesla Model Y backed into a wall under fsd (full self driving). The vehicle was placed into fsd to assist in backing the car from a narrow street into a garage space. Wall on one side and another SUV parked on the driver side. Driver was monitoring the vehicle maneuver forward and backward attempting to clear the wall so it can back into the space. The vehicle appeared to be close to the wall and I anticipated the vehicle to inch forward but instead the car went backwards into the wall and caused damage to my vehicle. The vehicle should have stopped and asked the driver to take over or alarms/chimes. The fsd system failed to recognize that the right rear would not clear the wall and still proceeded to reverse and cause damages.

The fsd (full self driving) failed when it backed into my garage. All passengers are safe, including my wife (pregnant), mother, and [xxx] child. I was following the supervised fsd requirement by supervising the fsd with hands on steering wheel and foot on brake the whole time. The fsd left very little amount of time for me to react. Tesla insurance judges it is my fault. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

This is reference my existing odi number 11742309. On June 4, 2026, while driving slowly into a parking space, the vehicle experienced a sudden and unintended acceleration. I applied the brake, but the vehicle did not respond as commanded, resulting in a collision. The vehicle was approximately 3 months old at the time of this incident.

Home link failure 1 homelink was set to close the garage at 90 feet. Garage was open and I was parking manually going in reverse. Home link closed the garage as rear of my car was entering. Since Tesla has a taller base and the wing like device projects beyond the car was damaged. 2 homelink does not work consistently and this has put my home at risk because sometimes the garage door does not close as it is supposed to. 3 I had a service call. The technician saw the problem and claimed to have fixed it. He also said that he will tell the service manager about the damage and will see if they could fix the damage. 4 problem with this inconsistent behavior has continued. I have escalated the complaint with Tesla. I have called four times. All visited a service center in east plano. No one has contacted me to discuss the problem.

While using full self-driving, Tesla hit a parked car when pulling out of a parking spot in a lot.

While my vehicle was operating in full self-driving (fsd) mode, it encountered an accident upon attempting to park in my garage. The collision resulted in substantial damage to the driver’s side rear end and the garage wall. Notably, there was no manual intervention during the entire journey from my son’s school and the parking attempt. The fsd system failed to detect the proximity of the garage and did not initiate braking or provide any warning before impacting the wall. In this instance, the fsd system exhibited multiple failures. I have subsequently reported the incident to Tesla.

On xxx at approximately 8:30 pm, the vehicle was operating under full self-driving (supervised) mode when it failed to detect or react to a stationary pole, resulting in a front-end collision. 1 system failed: the full self-driving software, Tesla vision camera system, and automatic emergency braking (aeb) failed to detect the obstacle or apply brakes. The vehicle is available for inspection upon request. 2 safety risk: the autonomous driving software drove the vehicle directly into a fixed object without warning, creating a severe collision risk for occupants and nearby pedestrians. 3 confirmed by dealer: yes. The vehicle was taken to the Tesla service center in [xxx] on xxx, where technicians officially captured and logged the diagnostic vehicle data for this specific incident under my active service file. 4 inspected: the physical hardware and system logs have been initially inspected and captured by Tesla service technicians. 5 prior warnings: there were zero warning lamps, chime alerts, or visual indicators on the center console display prior to the impact. The system treated the obstacle as navigable space information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

I was in a parking lot and activated autopilot while the car was next to a stationary pillar near a parking space. Immediately after activation, the vehicle failed to detect the pillar and drove directly into it. The impact happened so quickly that there was no practical opportunity for human intervention to avoid the collision. There may or may not have been a warning, but even if a warning was displayed, it occurred too late to allow the driver to react before the impact. The system did not provide effective parking collision warning or apply automatic emergency braking. This incident caused damage to the driver-side door and mirror. My safety and the safety of others were at risk because the system failed to prevent a collision with a fixed obstacle. No inspection has yet been performed by Tesla service.

I was provided a Tesla Model Y juniper demo vehicle for a test drive on August 3, 2026 and the incident took place in it around 6:00 pm (±45 min). Full self-driving (fsd) was engaged. I had placed an order for a new Model Y on August 2 and took delivery on August 10 (different VIN). During the demo, fsd initially performed well: it autoparked into an apartment parking spot and exited once correctly. However, the second time, the system made a dangerous maneuver. It activated the left indicator and accelerated rapidly as if entering a roadway, but instead turned left directly into a pole. The pole struck the rear door. I braked, but the system’s sudden move left no time to react. A reasonable human would have exited slowly and cautiously, but fsd acted abruptly and unsafely. My pregnant wife was in the passenger seat, and both of us were frightened. This incident raised serious concerns about fsd’s ability to handle low-speed, high-precision situations. The car should have detected the pole and stopped, yet it did not. If a child or pedestrian had been nearby, the consequences could have been severe. This also makes me question whether fsd could make dangerous high-speed maneuvers. At the Tesla showroom, we were told fsd drives “better than a human,” which misled us as new customers. This was the first car I purchased, and I was unfamiliar with fsd’s limits. Only after the incident did I realize how risky it can be. In my new Tesla, although offered a free fsd trial, I have chosen not to use it. Tesla’s claims administrator, fleet response, has since sent me a repair bill of $7,611. I was never asked to sign any waiver, never shown liability terms, and was told demo drives are insured. This incident shows serious safety concerns and misleading sales practices regarding fsd at Tesla.

Vehicle make/model/year: 2026 Tesla Model Y (launch series) incident date: [xxx] incident location: [xxx] system/component involved: automated driving systems / autopilot / steering what happened: while driving my new 2026 Tesla Model Y on autopilot, the vehicle suddenly turned off the main road near [xxx] , and steered toward the curb. I immediately pressed the brake, but due to the vehicle’s speed, it still hit the curb, causing damage to the front right tire, wheel well liner, and triggering multiple system error messages. Shortly after, I witnessed another Tesla model 3, also using autopilot, make the exact same wrong turn at the same location and crash into the curb. No injuries occurred, but this appears to be a mapping or autopilot software issue that can cause vehicles to leave the roadway unexpectedly, creating a serious safety hazard. Tesla is preparing the incident data, but this report is being filed to alert NHTSA of a potential autopilot safety defect in this area. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).