Multiple episodes of phantom braking when the car is in cruise control and autopilot. There can be a completely open road and it happens. Doesn’t seem to be any reason. We’ve been trying to pay attention if there are shadows, construction barrels, bridges, etc that it could be detecting, but it’s never the same. It is VERY dangerous and needs to be fixed
2022 Tesla Model Y brakes complaints
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Driving on a highway, after passing a semi I changed to the right lane. I had traffic aware cruise control on. With no one in front of me, the car suddenly braked. I had to step on the accelerator to avoid being rear-ended by the semi. This is 3rd "phantom braking" event in past 2 weeks.
I took delivery of a Tesla Y in February 2022. About a half dozen times since, I've been driving on the highway using cruise control/auto pilot and the car will randomly slam on it's brakes, so hard that loose objects in the car are flying to the front. There was no warning prior or any of these incidents. Thankfully I have not had cars directly behind me when this occurred...if there had been someone behind me they would have absolutely hit me. I have not yet contacted Tesla.
We are on a cross country trip on open highway and it randomly applies the breaks hard at times for no apparent reason.
Phantom braking — the car brakes for no reason in navigate on autopilot as well as adaptive cruise control. The phantom braking is particularly extreme on I80 through Nevada and US Rte 95 through Oregon, which is a two-lane road.
The car system been keep crash cause it screen frozen and while crash it will no speed display no ac no warning no back up camera and important after lifting gas pedal the car will not reduce speed as before and I almost crash the car. Been report the problem to Tesla since early July and the keep cancel my appointment said it need wait for updates but can’t provide the date. I requested get the loaner while they can’t solve the problem but they denied and cancel my service appointment . It dangerous to drive and very unpredictable when the system crash while driving. While driving expect the car will reduce Speed but it not and no speed will display will cause over speed limit. The the pre collision system will not work at all and the system crash every few minutes and screen will shut off it self. While system crash will need triple amount of force the press on brake pedal to stop the car when it on high speed it impossible to respond to stop at short distance.
My 2022 Tesla Y brakes suddenly when I am not expecting it to. This has happened many times on the freeway in traffic at high speed and often with large trucks behind me. I am concerned that I will get rear-ended by a much larger vehicle. This unexpected sudden braking has also occurred in city traffic. My car does not have full auto pilot- it has the standard driver assist that can't be removed from the car. I have tried to get help from my local Tesla Dealer but the service dept has been unwilling and uninterested in providing any service for this issue.
When I was on a road trip I had my 2022 Tesla Model Y in autopilot and with out warning it gave myself and my passengers whip lash because it brakes for no reason. On the course of my road-trip it happened more times than we could count. One horrific time was when a white Cadillac Escalade was tailgating me the Tesla threw on the brakes heavily and almost caused the car behind me to hit me. This is very dangerous and the other driver started threatening me and my family harm. I need Tesla to fix this issue with a great sense of urgency. This is extremely dangerous and in my case we were lucky to not sustain any physical harm or death but the chance was and is still great if they do not fix this issue with autopilot braking randomly not for just myself and my family but countless of other Tesla owners that are affected by this scary unsafe issue. Random braking occurred again on 07/05/22 while on a highway with no traffic. This time consumer's model y was on cruise control. Consumer stated he hardly uses autopilot feature because of his past experience. But continues to do this just on a basic cruise control.
While driving my Tesla Model Y sudden braking happened numerous times. During the last event a Large Semi-trailer Truck was extremely close to my rear bumper felt as if I was going to be rear ended and the Semi was beeping the horn thinking I was placing the brakes. This is very concerning to me. This is a safety concern due to system malfunction.
2022 Tesla was in auto-pilot mode, not FSD. Phantom breaking occured on July 6 in Sacramento on Business 80, two incidents about 20 minutes apart. First incident, vehicle suddently slowed from about 65 to 30. Second incident, vehicle suddently slowed from about 65 to 10 (almost stopped) where we almost rearended. The driver was extremely angry as evidenced when he changed lanes to pass us (can't blame him), as Tesla began to reaccelerate. I have heard of phantom breaking incidents, but twice in one short trip where the second had the potential for a serious accident would indicate to me that Tesla needs to take action. I hope you relay this to them.
I was traveling on the highway in Indiana between Bloomington and Indianapolis. I started to experience the car braking for no apparent reason. As I continued on my trip and reached a top speed of 75 mph, the car suddenly and without warning slammed on the brakes! It took me a minute to react and regain control of the car. I absolutely would have been rear-ended if anyone had been nearby or possibly caused a chain reaction accident. I am extremely lucky and now very remiss about purchasing this car. I luckily had a passenger who looked up what was happening. We turned off the emergency braking for the remainder of the trip but it is not something you can turn off permanently. You have to turn it off every single time you start a new trip. I wanted this incident reported so Tesla is forced to deal with this issue immediately.
The car was delivered to me today. It has 15 miles on the odometer. The brakes do not work. I almost crashed into a home. Extreme safety concern. The next device appointment is July 20th. I will wait for them to diagnose the issue. Very concern this auto manufacturer is delivering faulty brand new products to consumers.
Driving on an empty highway at 75mph. Brakes engaged And alarm sounded. Slowed to 55. We almost hit the dashboard. Then car stopped braking and drove fine. Happened twice in two trips
Driving with adaptive cruise on and car will brake suddenly
My car, while in autopilot, panic brakes for no reason. We took a trip cross country and this happened at least 20 times at highway speeds. I had to have my foot over the accelerator to be ready to overtake the panic braking when it happened. Add me to the owners experiencing this issue: https://www.autoblog.com/2022/06/03/tesla-brakes-complaints-the federal safety agency/
I have encountered several "phantom" braking events while driving my Tesla Y in auto-pilot mode, all on the freeway or highway. This most recent event occurred while returning from Las Vegas. In each case, something dark across the road triggered the event. In two cases it was dark asphalt strips that were perpendicular to the highway. in the other case, it was a dark shadow of a bridge across the highway. I assume the car's auto-pilot system thought these things were solid objects and therefore braked. I captured each phantom braking event on the car's built-in camera and am enclosing the screen captures.
I was pulling out of the garage and I heard disturbing sound coming from the bottom it sounds like something is breaking. I thought I drove over something like water bottle but a lot louder. So I stopped halfway through the garage and looked under, nothing visible looked around each tire nothing, checked the monitor screen no warning, nothing, so I thought maybe the sound is not coming from the car and I decided to continue, pulling out and made it to the drive way and still a lot of noise sounds like big crack sound. I parked and checked the tires nothing. Looked under the front bumper, it looks like something is a little out of shape but it wasn’t clear. Then I realized I can’t drive like this so I started to drive forward the noise was very loud, barely made it to the original parking spot then I got out of the vehicle, checked again and a lot of stuffs hanging near front wheels, looks like something is wrong with the suspension, the car has only 2000 miles on it. The worst part is that there is not a single warning sign on that big screen which supposed to show If something is not in order. If it wasn’t for the unpleasant noise, my 7 month pregnant wife would have been driving in the middle of a freeway in less than 5 minutes. I am still shaking from how close we were to be a real danger to ourselves and to other drivers on the roads. We got lucky that it happened right before we get to the roads. I want a full safety and defects inspections on the 2022 model Y
Phantom Braking. I was on Auto Pilot on the freeway traveling at 75 mph. All of a sudden the car did an automatic hard brake and the car started to veer toward the center divider. The car only had 64 miles and was brand new. This was the first time I had used autopilot and had been on the freeway. There was a truck on my right and it was a 2 lane freeway. Nobody has inspected the car.
We rented this vehicle for 2 days, in which we experienced phantom braking thrice. It was seemingly the forward collision detection. The first time was after a car had fully crossed the highway at a reasonable distance ahead of us. The second time was when it detected cyclists along the shoulder, with no danger of collision. The third time was as we approached a sharp turn in the highway, where a semi-truck was parked/stationary on the shoulder mid-turn. In each of these instances there was no need to slow the vehicle, but the car suddenly braked almost to a complete stop. Cars around and behind us were surprised and we were forced to swerve. It is unclear if the brake lights engage during these sudden phantom braking incidents.
While driving on the freeway at around 4pm my tesla broke hard on the freeway without me asking it to. The hard braking incident occurred while using autopilot on the freeway.
"Phantom braking" has been an issue in which it randomly brakes while using cruise control. We have been on flat, wide open roads with no cars or visible obstacles in front of us. We are concern as we have an infant and it jerks everyone forward when it happens. We are on high alert especially when someone is behind us because it might cause an accident. This must be immediately corrected by Tesla.
Experienced sudden braking at 79mph on interstate Highway while using Auto Pilot
We were driving on interstate. We had cruise control engaged but had accelerated to pass a vehicle. The car rapidly braked with no warning, to at least 10 miles lower than our cruise control speed. There were no warnings associated with this rapid braking and there were no risk factors around us at all. This is fortunate, as if someone had been close behind us an accident could have very easily happened. -- This has happened once before, while driving on interstate. Very startling and inexplicable. -- Both times have hit the accelerator to get back to a speed appropriate to flow of traffic.
In late February we were driving up California State Highway 5 at approximately 70-75 miles per hour. There were no cars within half a mile, and we had turned on adaptive cruise control. Suddenly, there was a strong brake applied for no apparent reason, which was very disturbing for the entire family. We have never turned on adaptive cruise control since. This appears to be an instance of "phantom breaking" according to our online research.
On a recent road trip we used cruise control for the first time and had multiple incidents of phantom braking. These were sudden application of brakes completely at random and repeated for no apparent reason.. We haven't used cruise control since due to the possible danger of getting rear ended. Apparently this has been reported for a year or more and currently is being nvestigated. We have had no word from Tesla warning us about this issue.
Autopilot Phantom Braking while using cruise control, adaptive speed control. Occurred 9 times on a single drive. Often with no other cars, or anything in sight - in Death Valley to be specific. Instant breaking would occur, sometimes drastic, at times might have brought car to a complete stop if I'd not taken over control. We are now very reluctant to even use cruise control. This occurs with either adaptive speed control or Enhanced Auto-pilot. FSD is not enabled.
Car set at 75 MPH cruise control, brakes unnecessary with no obstructions or danger, and reduces speed to 45 MPH while having adaptive cruise control active. Tesla response = this is a Beta feature. Read your manual. This is incredibly dangerous and a rear end collision waiting to happen. I feel like this is reckless and to just blame it on being Beta is borderline criminal.
On April 15, 2022, I experienced two incidents of sudden braking while in cruise control on a round-trip four-hour drive in my Tesla model Y. I was driving at between 60 and 65 miles an hour on a four-lane road. Between the incidents, I reached my destination and the car was parked for several hours. In each case, there was no car in front of me in my lane, and in one case, as I remember, there were no cars in front of me anywhere near. The car slowed suddenly by 10 to 15 miles an hour, as if I had taken my foot off the accelerator. I applied pressure to the accelerator to return to cruising speed. In each case, the road was dry and the sky was largely cloudless. There was no warning. I bought the car new in January 2022. I have not had the car inspected since the incident. I did investigate on the Internet and learned that there have been many other such incidents with the Tesla Y and 3 models. I understand that the NTSB has an open investigation on the subject. The problem is very serious. Fortunately, there was no one traveling close behind me, or the sudden slowdown might have caused the following car to crash into me.
When operating my vehicle in adaptive cruise control or autopilot, my model Y has continuously had incidents where it randomly slams on the brakes as if it’s attempting to avoid an obstacle. To my frustration, there is nothing in the road and I am slammed back in my seat. What I fear the most is that a vehicle following behind me could potentially rear end me due to this braking issue. I just took a 450 mile road trip, and this incident happened a dozen times along the way. I read online and this appears to be a trend with Tesla and I want to make sure this “phantom braking” issue is reported.
This car indiscriminately applies the brakes in a very aggressive manner on all manner of roads including multiple lane divided highways. It will regularly slow from 75 mph to under 50 mph while driving on interstate highways for no reason whatsoever. I have come close to being rear ended at least 5 times and on a recent trip to Arizona and back. One incident nearly caused a multiple car accident. This is an unacceptable fault and is very very dangerous. Tesla needs to be forced to address this problem immediately. My car does this all the time. If you want to come drive it just say the word.
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