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2022 TESLA MODEL Y — FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING

1 fatalfirecrash1 injured · 1963955 · 2024-02-02

Vehicle

Make
TESLA
Model
MODEL Y
Year
2022
Manufacturer
Tesla, Inc.
Component
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
Speed
50 mph

Severity

Deaths
1
Injured
1
Fire
Yes
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
Yes
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

Hello, My name is [XXX] and I had 2022 Tesla Model Y performance. I had an accident on [XXX]. Car just took control itself, we hit the tree. It was in residential area, it happened so fast, that I could not to react to prevent it. After we hit the tree, car catch the fire, It was a nightmare for me, I had my best friend with me at the time of accident on the front passenger seat. Both of us were unconscious, by the time I got awake, car was in flames, my friend was still unconscious but than he got awake after I tried with the local neighbor to pull him out from the car. Unfortunately my friend passed away after accident in 5 hours. I had an autosteer assistance on my car subscription. Plus my car had a problem with the side cameras, time to time it was giving me errors - Door Pillar error message. Cops were trying to get information from the car, but according to Tesla representative my car was out of network from June 30, 2022. And i never got any notifications that my car is out of network. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11569556
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown