Forward Collision Avoidance Problems of Tesla Model Y

Tesla Model Y owners have reported 1,697 forward collision avoidance related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 6 most common forward collision avoidance problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's adaptive cruise control (1,039 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's automatic emergency braking (495 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 Y


Recently reported Forward Collision Avoidance problems of Tesla Model Y

The Adaptive Cruise Control problem

Tesla’s full self-driving (fsd) system has repeatedly demonstrated unsafe behavior in my 2021 Model Y (VIN [xxx] , ~60,184 miles). The issues involve adaptive cruise control, lane keeping assistance, and forward collision warning.   Read details...

The Automatic Emergency Braking problem

Vehicle autopilot settings with default settings, 1) traveling marked highway speed of 75 mph, vehicle detects something in either the lane to the right or left will slam on the brakes possibly causing a rear end collision, 2) traveling at marked highway speed of 75 mph, vehicle detects curve signs   Read details...

The Warnings problem

Tesla’s full self-driving (fsd) system has repeatedly demonstrated unsafe behavior in my 2021 Model Y (VIN [xxx] , ~60,184 miles). The issues involve adaptive cruise control, lane keeping assistance, and forward collision warning.   Read details...

The Forward Collision Avoidance problem

The contact owns a 2021 Tesla Model Y. The contact stated that while driving at 10 mph, the contact depressed the brake pedal; however, the vehicle accelerated and failed to brake without warning. Due to the failure, the contact hit another vehicle as the air bags deployed.   Read details...

The Automatic Emergency Steering problem

The contact owns a 2022 Tesla Model Y. The contact stated while driving 74 mph with the cruise control activated, the vehicle experienced phantom braking and decelerated to 20 mph before returning to normal operation. The contact stated that the failure recurred three times.   Read details...




Model Y Service Bulletins
Model Y Defect Investigations