2022 Tesla Model Y acceleration & cruise control problems

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What owners say

1. Filed Sep 18, 2026CADriver Assistance & Safety TechAcceleration & Cruise Control

   When engaging fsd, you can’t see the safety distance between you and the car in front of you for defensive driving. Even if you are supervising fsd at high speed on the freeway, the high speed and sudden possibility of fsd disengaging is dangerous. The fsd mode should allow for safe distance between you and vehicle in front to be set manually and if it can’t be set manually, it shouldn’t be allowed to following too closely to the front vehicle. It’s unfair and absolutely…

   NHTSA complaint #11765163 · source
2. Filed Sep 5, 2026FLDriver Assistance & Safety TechAcceleration & Cruise Control

   My chat constantly phantom brakes. This is a constant issue, I ve had the car since it was new and almost everytime im in adaptive cruise control it randomly brakes. Today with nothing in front of my on 3 separate occasions it applies the brakes and forces me to accelerate to maintain speed.

   NHTSA complaint #11762300 · source
3. Filed Aug 28, 2026CACrash2 injuredTowedDriver Assistance & Safety TechAcceleration & Cruise ControlSteering

   While operating a 2022 Tesla Model Y with Full Self-Driving (FSD Supervised) engaged, the vehicle failed to execute a right merge onto the CA-280 North freeway ramp in Redwood City, CA. Instead, FSD initiated an unexpected wrong-way maneuver down a downward off-ramp. As the vehicle headed toward a sharp left curve, it failed to decelerate sufficiently for the turn. The vehicle maintained speed on the downward incline and then accelerated slightly, traveling at around 30 mph…

   NHTSA complaint #11760430 · source
4. Filed Jun 23, 2026CACrash1 injuredTowedBrakesAcceleration & Cruise ControlTransmission & Drivetrain

   The contact’s wife owned a 2022 Tesla Y. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked, his wife shifted the gear shifter into drive(D), and the vehicle independently accelerated. The Autonomous feature was not engaged. The brake pedal was depressed; however, the vehicle failed to respond as needed, and the front center of the vehicle crashed into a pile of cinder blocks, drove through a gate, and crashed into a dumpster, where it came to a stop. As a result of the…

   NHTSA complaint #11745984 · source
5. Filed Jun 23, 2026CACrashTowedDriver Assistance & Safety TechAcceleration & Cruise Control

   I am writing to formally raise a serious concern regarding the functionality of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) system. On May 11th, while the vehicle was operating under FSD, I experienced an unexpected disengagement of the system, which then reengaged on its own without any input from me. This erratic behavior caused the vehicle to hit the garage door and resulted in a crash.

   NHTSA complaint #11745951 · source
6. Filed Feb 19, 2026CAAcceleration & Cruise Control

   On January 9th my wife got into an accident in our 2022 Tesla Model Y vehicle. She reported that as she was backing out of a prking spot in a strip mall, the vrhicle suddenly accelerated backward involuntarely which resulted in colliding with a vehicle which was approaching from the rear side. My wife reported the speed was so violent that she felt dizziness. When she took the car bto the Tesla shop for repair by the insurance, the Tesla repair people discounted her…

   NHTSA complaint #11719082 · source
7. Filed Jan 10, 2026IDAcceleration & Cruise Control

   In 9/2025 I noticed that the vehicle software was defaulting to a speed limit of 55 mph. I noticed that when in any form of autopilot and FSD it would accelerate to that speed. This happens in any situation before the car encounters a sign or an area that it's internal map corrects it, which is not common outside of major routes in Idaho. This includes paved marked roads, graded roads, single track dirt roads, my driveway and garage. Sometimes the car controls it's speed…

   NHTSA complaint #11710071 · source
8. Filed Jan 10, 2026NVDriver Assistance & Safety TechAcceleration & Cruise ControlVisibility & Wipers

   While using cruise control at highway speed, the car suddenly slams on the breaks causing major panic. Oversteering onto incoming traffic and cars following are affected slamming on their breaks to avoid contact. Have contacted Tesla Service Center multiple times addressing the problem (Phantom breaking problem). What they keep on telling me is that there is no fix to the problem at this time. The cruise control intermittently turns off and on by itself with no warning or…

   NHTSA complaint #11710067 · source
9. Filed Jan 2, 2026CAAcceleration & Cruise ControlSteeringSuspension

   I am reporting a repeated safety defect that happens only in rainy conditions. My 2022 Tesla Model Y repeatedly shows critical safety warnings including “Automatic Emergency Braking unavailable”, traction and stability control disabled, and “Vehicle Hold unavailable”. This has occurred during normal driving in rain every rainy season for 3 years, despite 4 service visits and parts replacement including the inverter. It started when I was pregnant and is now ongoing with my…

   NHTSA complaint #11708262 · source
10. Filed Dec 17, 2025ILCrash2 injuredTowedDriver Assistance & Safety TechAcceleration & Cruise ControlSteering

    On [XXX], while using Full Self-Driving (FSD) to drive to a hospital in Oak Park, Illinois, the vehicle experienced sudden unintended acceleration during the disengagement of FSD. As the vehicle approached the hospital area, I initiated disengagement of FSD to manually enter the parking area. During—or immediately after—the disengagement, the vehicle suddenly accelerated at full power without warning, causing an immediate loss of control and a collision with a nearby fixed…

    NHTSA complaint #11705556 · source
11. Filed Dec 13, 2025MIElectrical SystemEngineAcceleration & Cruise Control

    The car stopped in a busy freeway saying electric issue and doesn’t give sufficient time to drive to shoulder. This is the 2nd time this happened within 2 weeks. First time, tesla said high voltage controller had an internal issue with voltage sensing. the hv controller was replaced along with pyrotechnic fuse. Tesla assured this shouldn’t repeat and it repeated again. This has kept us in a catastrophic situation. I request immediate attention to this error and matter.

    NHTSA complaint #11704905 · source
12. Filed Aug 23, 2025NVElectrical SystemAcceleration & Cruise ControlSteering

    After installing the most recent Tesla software update, my vehicle immediately displayed multiple alerts: traction control disabled, stability control disabled, and reduced steering assist. Cameras were disabled, navigation was disabled and my vehicle location was wrong. The vehicle lost core safety systems that are critical to safe driving The car functioned normally before the update. Immediately afterward, these safety systems were disabled. Tesla Service has since…

    NHTSA complaint #11682563 · source

Source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Office of Defects Investigation public data. Complaints are submitted by owners and are not verified by NHTSA or by us; a complaint does not prove a defect exists. View this vehicle on NHTSA.gov Methodology