At around 9:10 p.m. on 7/26/2023, I was driving 2 guests on the I-5 highway from Seattle to the airport. The car’s automatic driving assistance system suddenly failed to work. Tip 1: The steering assistance effect has been reduced 2: Lane departure avoidance function is not available; At this time, the steering wheel suddenly couldn't turn, and I felt locked tightly, unable to change lanes, so I had to slowly reduce the speed, turn very, very hard to change lanes, from the innermost carpool lane to the outermost exit lane, slowly The driver controlled the steering wheel hard, and it was impossible to drive on the deceleration road when getting off the high speed. When encountering an intersection, I couldn't turn to the normal driving lane at one time. I drove about 15 miles like this, and put the passengers down at the airport. I slowly drove to the 76 near the airport. After parking the car at the gas station, I searched online to see if this happened to others? At the same time, press and hold the ball button on the steering wheel to restart the screen, and found that the situation did not improve, and the steering wheel was locked tightly. I got out of the car and found that the tire pressure of the four tires was all at 40psi, which was probably related to my hard twisting of the steering wheel. I restarted Tried a factory reset, and after it reset to factory settings, the situation didn't get any better, it was already 11:00 pm, I wanted to fill up the tires to 45psi first, and then called a rescue tow truck, at this time I found that the steering wheel was unlocked , it can be turned flexibly, and after filling up the gas, I went home and upgraded the system again. Thinking about this kind of thing that happened suddenly , I was still in palpitations and almost didn't dare to drive it out again. What's going on in this situation? Will this security risk happen often? How to handle it correctly?
2022 Tesla Model X driver assistance complaints
Page 2 of 2: complaints 11 to 28 of 28, newest first, as owners wrote them.
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.
As I was trying to make a turn into the parking lot of a convenient store, my Tesla Model X started accelerating suddenly and unintendedly without my foot being on the accelerator. I kept pressing on the brake to stop the car, but it would not stop. I had no control and while it accelerated for 15-20 yards eventually it hit two other cars that were parked there. This happened so quickly. We all were terrified and shocked as I could not stop it from accelerating. I kept yelling "it is not stopping" to the person seating on the passenger side. I am confident that I did NOT press the accelerator pedal. The car was not on autopilot. My initial speed was probably 5 miles/hour, but it accelerated so suddenly that four airbags deployed, and the car is not drivable. Insurance company is evaluating whether the car is repairable, but I am afraid of driving with this car again until the problem is found and fixed. This could have turned to a major tragedy.
Driving using Full Self Driving mode, I've had at least 3 instances where, when merging onto a limited access highway, the car does not merge into the through lane at the earliest possibility, but rather goes to the end of the on-ramp before moving into traffic. At this point, I've experienced the situation where I'm steering in front of a vehicle that is overtaking me in the through lane. Furthermore, the car does not activate any turn signals; a traffic violation in New York State. (Previous versions of FSD did not exhibit any of these characteristics.) Current vehicle software is 2022.45.15, FSD version v11.3.6. (I have been unable to contact Tesla by email about this matter.)
In April, 10 2023 approximately 6:10 PM I had an traffic accident. My vehicle was parked at paid parking spot next to the pedestrian road (street parking) and I was approached from the back of the car and I recognized the bus approached from my backside of the road. I have no idea somehow, the front driver side door suddenly opened when I approached to my car about 4-5 feet away from the trunk, even though I did not pressed any door open button in my Tesla smartphone app. As a result, the opened door had collided to the LA Metro bus backdoor. I would like to the federal safety agency will investigate this faulty safety issue. Thank you.
The latest update of the Full Self Driving software, version 11.3.3, significantly decreased the safety of the car and increased violations of the driving rules. 1. The car frequently turns on turn signals near intersections without making any turns. This misleads other drivers and may lead to an accident. The problem is extremely frequent in the specified version of software. 2. The car ignores electronic speed signs installed in high-risk segments of the freeways (e.g, I-5 in Seattle, WA). Then, it breaks late approaching stopped traffic. This creates a significant risk of an accident - especially, on the back, when the car breaks aggressively. 3. The car turns to the HOV line when on Autopilot even though the “Use HOV Line” setting is switched off is the settings (e.g., on SR-167 in Washington). This has never happened on the previous versions of software. 4. The car often reads speed signs for trucks as applicable to a passenger car (e.g. on I-5 at night or in rain). This was also reproducible on the previous versions of software.
Traveling south on I 5in CA on 2/27, weather and road were clear, speed 70 MPH, the car suddenly ceased to maintain it's set speed and decelerated rapidly. at 70 MPH with vehicles right behind me closely following, this is safety hazard. Same problem on return trip home northbound on CA 101 - destination Brentwood, CA. Third occurrence was on CA 246 - same problems but at 60 MPH.
Several times, while traveling north on the I15 express lanes in Rancho Bernardo, CA, with the full self driving beta software engaged, the Tesla unexpectedly brakes when going under the overpass located at the George Cook Expressway exit. I must keep my foot over the accelerator pedal so that I can override the braking, if necessary. It appears to happen about 50% of the time.
While on regular cruise control (not autopilot), our Model X will abruptly decelerate. This has happened before. Usually on highways I. Road trips.
2022 Model X plaid is exhibiting “ Phantom Braking” while in autopilot mode using navigation. Vehicle abruptly brakes while driving on highway as navigation appears to become confused and thinks it is on a side street. Vehicle goes from high speeds of 70-80 mph, down to 30-40 mph. If was being followed closely, car behind Tesla would have collided with rear of vehicle. This has occurred 10+ times since purchased vehicle in February. Vehicle has just under 6000 mi. as of today. I have times/dates to include a video of one incident. I have brought it to Tesla for service on 2 separate occasions, to no avail. They say it needs the latest upgrade, which has not resolved issue.
"phantom braking" of the tesla optical-only (no radar or lidar) adaptive cruise control. northbound on hwy 101 around Gonzales CA there is a truck stop on the west side of the highway. proper signage and lane lines enable 101 traffic to maintain 65 mph. the insufficient optical-only system hit the brakes through the intersection and caused traffic behind me to brake suddenly as if there were an obstruction. i scheduled service but this is a system that should be tested much more rigorously before delivery. the sudden braking that the system employed caused a situation where driver input was required to avoid a collision. this is inherently dangerous and is avoidable by peers' ACC systems. has not been reproduced to my knowledge. no inspection of the system. yes, there is an audible alarm that the system is braking. too little, too late. one final thought: the ACC systems of vehicles in this class use radar and/or lidar to enable sampling of the entire electromagnetic spectrum that humans can monitor cost-effectively. for some reason tesla made the insane decison to go optical-only, robbing their system of at least 10 times the data. the detriment in available data that an optical-only system has to overcome is too great to solve with nifty software. tesla's decision endangers drivers of their cars and, most importantly, others on the road.
Travelling at highway speed with cruise control on, the brakes came on hard as if there was an upcoming collision, slowing the car by 25-30 mph. But there was no car or obstacle ahead of mine. I was able to immediately accelerate back to speed without further incident. And fortunately, the cars behind me were able to slow down without hitting me. This is the third (3rd) time this has happened. The previous was less than two weeks ago on city streets without cruise control and I don't remember the first which happened shortly after getting the car in March 2022. I noticed that others have had a similar experience, which led me to submit this report.
Sudden dangerous breaking for no reason with near rear end collisions. Happened several times while on a road trip while on highways and also when trying autopilot on highways.
Two times in last 3 weeks while our Tesla Model X Long Range attempted to emergency or "phantom stop" while cruising at 65 MPH. Both instances occurred when there was a car crossing the highway well in advance (approx 50-75 yards) of our vehicle position. First instance we were utilizing Auto Pilot, second instance was while using Adaptive Cruise Control.
When the car automatically started to "precondition" for supercharging while driving to the supercharger location, the binnacle lit up like a Christmas tree. Warnings included, autopilot unavailable, brakes faulty, navigation unavailable and low tire pressure. In addition, all camera related functions such as back up camera and blind spot warning froze. The behavior has repeated itself without warning shortly after I supercharge the car each and every time.
Malfunctioned components and systems: 1) Outdated feed from the backup camera. No signal from the side cameras. Reproduced multiple times. 2) False input from physical controls. Reproduced multiple times for the left wheel button on the yoke (scroll up and press) and the honk button on the yoke. 3) False signal from proximity sensors. 4) False signal from open door sensors. 5) Spontaneous activation of autonomous parking (when disabled in the settings). 6) Spontaneous activation of the service mode. The vehicle shows: "Do not drive. Improper use may cause damage or injury." 7) Brake fault. Reproduced multiple times. 8) Parking brake fault. Reproduced multiple times. 9) Steering assist fault. 10) High-voltage system fault. 11) Spontaneous computer restart. Available for inspection before 5/5/2022. Safety concerns: 1) The outdated feed from the backup camera almost led to an accident on 03/26/2022 at ~3:09 pm when another vehicle was shown at a distance, but it was actually right behind the vehicle. 2) False signal from proximity sensors on 04/17/2022 at 10:35 pm likely caused a false accident avoidance maneuver toward leaving the drivable surface at a high speed with no vehicles in proximity (video is available by request). 3) Spontaneously increased volume on 04/17/2022 at 12:00 pm distracted the driver and could damage the ears. It couldn't be counteracted by the driver's input due to the fast false input and the persistence of the problem (the volume increased and the playback resumed). 4) False input from physical controls may potentially lead to an uncontrollable vehicle. 5) Spontaneous activation of autonomous parking may potentially lead to an uncontrollable vehicle. The problem was reported to Tesla on 3/26/2022 (two days after the delivery of the vehicle). The vehicle was inspected and the problem was confirmed by Tesla Service on 4/5/2022. They recommended installing a software update that didn't resolve any of the reported issues. Tesla has issued a safety recall with the federal safety agency Recall No. 22V‑296 and M
Vehicle repeatedly applied the brakes while on cruise control. This sometimes seemed to be a response to other vehicles approaching in the oncoming traffic lane, but sometimes seemed totally unexpected. Once, the vehicle even sounded the collision alarm when no collision danger was present. If someone had been following me closely, the inexplicable braking could have caused an accident. A search of Tesla forums shows this is a common problem with these vehicles.
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.
VIN decoder
See the problems and recalls for an exact car
Buying a used 2022 Tesla Model X?
Check the exact car before you pay: accidents, salvage or flood titles, odometer readings and previous owners.
Check its history