2022 Tesla Model Y: false forward collision warnings

Filed Oct 12, 2026 · Driver assistance · WA · crash

On XXX, I was involved in a collision in [XXX], while manually driving my 2022 Tesla Model Y (VIN: [XXX]). Neither Full Self-Driving (FSD) nor Autopilot was engaged. I was making a right turn at a red traffic signal while another vehicle was making a U-turn. My Tesla collided with the passenger-side door of the other vehicle. Before the collision, I did not receive any audible or visual Forward Collision Warning (FCW). I also did not observe the Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) system activating or attempting to slow the vehicle before impact. My approximate speed at the time of the collision is unknown. No injuries occurred. I am concerned that the vehicle's Forward Collision Warning and Automatic Emergency Braking systems did not respond to the collision risk. I understand these systems have operating limitations, particularly during turning maneuvers, but I would like this incident documented as a potential vehicle safety concern. I request that the federal safety agency review this incident to determine whether further investigation is warranted, including whether the vehicle detected the collision risk and whether the safety systems were functioning as designed. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

Filed Sep 16, 2026 · Driver assistance · NJ · crash

While driving on the highway with Full Self-Driving (Supervised) engaged, the vehicle approached an exit that had been closed with traffic cones and road-closure signage. The vehicle failed to properly respond to the closure, continued through and struck multiple traffic cones, and ultimately collided with the road-closure equipment, causing significant front-end damage. My primary safety concern is that multiple safety systems appeared to provide no effective intervention. I observed no Forward Collision Warning, no Automatic Emergency Braking, and no effective automatic braking or avoidance maneuver, even after the vehicle had already begun striking traffic cones. There were no warning messages or indications of a system malfunction before the collision. This was a serious safety incident involving FSD, Forward Collision Warning, Automatic Emergency Braking, and the vehicle's obstacle-detection/collision-avoidance systems. I am requesting that Tesla immediately preserve and review all available vehicle data, including FSD status, camera/perception data, detected objects, vehicle speed, steering, braking commands, Forward Collision Warning events, Automatic Emergency Braking activity, and driver inputs before and during the collision. The vehicle is available for inspection. I also have evidence of the damage and incident available upon request. I am requesting a formal investigation to determine why the vehicle continued through multiple physical traffic-control obstacles without an observed collision warning or effective automatic braking intervention.

Filed Aug 8, 2026 · Driver assistance · CA

The Autopilot/FSD computer (driver-assistance ECU) on my 2021 Model Y (HW3) began failing intermittently on August 2, 2026, days after installing a software update -FSD v14 "Lite" branch. The component is in the vehicle and available for inspection. While driving at highway speed in high ambient temperatures (112–125°F), the system repeatedly disengaged with "Cruise control unavailable" (alert DI_a175) and "System error — take over immediately" warnings, and later alert APP_w46u on FSD engagement. Failures included: FSD and Autosteer aborting within seconds of engagement or disappearing from the menu entirely; complete loss of driving visualizations (no lane lines or vehicle overlays); rear camera blacking out; loss of speed-limit recognition and automatic turn-signal cancel. Both FSD and Autosteer Beta failed identically, indicating the fault is in the shared Autopilot computer/camera pipeline, not one feature. Because the same camera/compute stack supports automatic emergency braking, forward-collision warning, and blind-spot warning, the status of those safety systems during the failures is UNKNOWN — I had to complete long desert highway stretches fully manually, with repeated unrequested hand-backs of control creating a sudden-takeover risk. The fault is thermal-load related and intermittent: it recurred at high ambient temperatures, sometimes recovered after a rest or power-off reset, but on August 4 one full power-off reset at 88°F ambient failed to restore the system (it later self-recovered), suggesting progressive hardware degradation rather than ambient heat alone. Not yet reproduced by a service center: a Tesla service appointment is scheduled for August 13, 2026, and a service request with fault codes was filed in-app while the faults were active so remote diagnostics could capture them. No inspection yet by the manufacturer, police, or insurance. Public owner reports describe similar Autopilot-computer thermal failures on HW3 vehicle

Filed Jul 23, 2026 · Airbags, Brakes · CA · crash · 2 injuries

**Incident Report — Tesla Model Y Safety System Failure** The subject vehicle, a Tesla Model Y equipped with Full Self-Driving (FSD) technology and advanced safety features, was involved in a collision at an estimated impact speed of 40–45 MPH. The vehicle's onboard recording system captured the incident and clearly documents the impact dynamics, vehicle speed at impact, and the contributing actions of the other party involved. **Incident Details:** - **Impact Location:** Left front side of vehicle - **Impact Speed:** 40–45 MPH - **Damage Assessment:** Vehicle declared total loss by insurance - **Recorded Evidence:** Onboard system footage available **Safety System Failures:** Despite the severity of the impact and speed involved, the following safety systems failed to activate: - Emergency braking system did not engage - Forward Collision Warning Failed - Seatbelt pre-tensioning/locking mechanism did not activate - Airbag deployment systems failed (front, side, curtain, and knee airbags) **Concern:** The vehicle's advanced safety features—which are primary design components marketed for collision mitigation—did not function as designed or expected. Given the impact speed and severity, these safety systems should have either mitigated the collision or deployed to protect occupants. The failure of multiple redundant safety systems raises questions regarding the reliability and function of these critical systems at the time of impact. **Available Evidence:** - Onboard system footage (speed, impact angle, timing) - Insurance total loss assessment - Medical records (if applicable) - Vehicle service history

Filed Feb 20, 2026 · Driver assistance · 35,000 miles · CA

The contact owns a 2022 Tesla Model Y. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed and attempting to make a left turn, the Forward Collision Avoidance system activated while the accelerator pedal was depressed; however, no object or persons were in front of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to a service center to be diagnosed; however, the service center stated that the obstacle-aware acceleration system was activated, and that the vehicle performed as designed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 35,000.

Filed Dec 23, 2025 · Driver assistance, Electrical · NJ

Incident Summary: Car Computer (HW3) suffered internal hardware failure on 12/17/25 following software update 2025.44.3. While the media screen and rearview camera functioned, the Autopilot Board (APB) was "MIA." Tesla Randolph (Invoice #3000S0015357298) confirmed the internal failure and replaced the unit. Safety Risk: Failure disabled safety-critical ADAS: Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) and Forward Collision Warning. Driving visualizations were severely compromised; the vehicle failed to detect pedestrians or lane markings while in motion, creating an immediate collision risk. The car’s active safety "intelligence" was essentially blind despite the camera feed being visible on the screen. Inspection & Contradictions: Tesla Service confirmed the "internal failure" (12/19-12/23). Note: The Service Manager verbally claimed "no codes," but the official invoice explicitly states technicians "found multiple alerts present." Part was retained by Tesla. Warning Symptoms: Failure followed a software reboot loop. Symptoms (MIA board/power cycle failure) match Recall 25V‑002. Vehicle had only 36,289 miles. Reporting as potential HW3 defect expansion.

Filed Aug 6, 2024 · Driver assistance · CA

The front triple camera glass was found to be dirty on the interior part of the glass. I had alerts of camera blocked/blinded and also I had several instances of emergency corrective maneuvers including braking, lane assists and forward collision warnings. Tesla cleaned the interior of part of the glass.

Filed Mar 8, 2024 · Driver assistance · TX

Tesla is using camera-only detection for Forward Collision Warning system and this leads to numerous false positive alerts. I'm filing a complaint because this did occur today (March 7, 2024), but this has happened countless times in my 2 years of ownership. This particular incident was triggered by cars parked along a curved street in my neighbor, while I was traveling approximately 20 mph with no other vehicles driving around me. These occur from simply driving next to parked cars or slowly approaching vehicles at a traffic light. When these faulty alerts occur, a loud audible beeping is heard and red alerts are displayed on the screen. These faulty alerts are dangerous distractions, causing panic, fear, and uncertainty in the driver, causing them to take their attention off of the road while they assess what just occurred. This is a critical flaw in the functionality of Tesla vehicles that the company has refused to address.

Filed Mar 6, 2024 · Driver assistance · TX

Tesla is using camera-only detection for Forward Collision Warning system and this leads to numerous false positive alerts. I'm filing a complaint because this did occur today (March 5, 2024), but this has happened countless times in my 2 years of ownership. This particular incident was triggered by cars parked along a curved street, while traveling approximately 20 mph with no other vehicles around. These occur from simply driving next to parked cars or slowly approaching vehicles at a traffic light. When these faulty alerts occur, a loud audible beeping is heard and red alerts are displayed on the screen. These faulty alerts are dangerous distractions, causing panic, fear, and uncertainty in the driver, causing them to take their attention off of the road while they assess what just occurred. This is a critical flaw in the functionality of Tesla vehicles that the company has refused to address.

Filed Feb 22, 2024 · Driver assistance · TX

Tesla is using camera-only detection for Forward Collision Warning system and this leads to numerous false positive alerts. This has happened from simply driving next to parked cars or slowly approaching vehicles at a traffic light. When these faulty alerts occur, a loud audible beeping is heard and red alerts are displayed on the screen. These faulty alerts are dangerous distractions, causing panic, fear, and uncertainty in the driver, causing them to take their attention off of the road while they assess what just occurred. This is a critical flaw in the functionality of Tesla vehicles that the company has refused to address.

Filed Dec 19, 2023 · Driver assistance · 26,000 miles · MD · crash

The contact owns a 2022 Tesla Model Y. The contact stated that while her husband was driving at 60 MPH, a large plastic object was in the roadway causing the contact to crash into the object. The contact stated that there was no warning from the manufacturer's forward collision avoidance system or any other safety system, the cruise control was engaged at the time of the crash. The contact stated that her husband swerved to the left to avoid the object and the front passenger side bumper, passenger corner of the hood and headlight crashed into the plastic object and were fractured and crushed. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated and the air bags had not deployed. The contact stated that there were no injuries and that the police were on the scene and filed a report. The vehicle was drivable and the contact drove back to her residence with her husband. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 26,000.

Filed Jun 17, 2023 · Driver assistance, Electrical · FL

Yesterday I drove 1 shift on UberX in chill mode, very carefully and tried to save as much energy as possible. Here’s what happened. I left the house with 100% charged 274 miles range not 303 advertised I track everywhere I go with Everlance GPS. After a couple rides, I noticed the cars augmented reality for auto pilot wasn’t seeing the environment properly and like usual the safety features were disabled, but I am unable to record it responsibly while driving my passenger on UberX not Uber black. When I got to a red light with no passenger, I recorded on my iPhone the Tesla failing to see about 35 to 40 vehicles over the course of 45 seconds and also fails to see a black man walking slowly across the crosswalk just 2 feet in front of the car but it can see cars 100 feet away. Meaning there is an intentional Blindspot that would be in the collision warning zone that the car is purposely not seeing because the car is hacked. Directly after that I picked up a man from his house who also has a model Y and brought him to the airport. He’s an augmented reality engineer that looks familiar to me from Tesla. Turns out someone stole his brand new model Y from tampa Tesla, and brought it to a chop shop and went on a joyride, destroying the alignment, which he was given a large check for. He said Tesla was able to provide all the problems with his car with no issue. I told him all the problems with my car. Tesla has refused to even acknowledge after a dozen service appointment. Then I told him I have 100,000 GB of dash cam footage and secret recordings of the service manager telling me if I submit the footage to the FBI they would refuse service. Well, they already are refusing service. Also I drive a lot of federal agents and military personnel. When I got home, the car couldn’t account for 70 missing miles and it’s charging at one quarter speed. I reset the car three times. Now I’m trying to submit this on my computer, but the Internet cut out! BUSTED! Shut down Tesla!