# 2023 VINFAST VF 8 — EXTERIOR LIGHTING
> NHTSA complaint `2030133` · 2024-10-05 · VinFast Auto, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** VINFAST
- **Model:** VF 8
- **Year:** 2023
- **Manufacturer:** VinFast Auto, LLC
- **Component:** EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- **Speed:** 20 mph
## Narrative
When regenerative braking is active brake lights do not turn on causing vehicles behind you to come extremely close. The vehicle has extremely strong regenerative breaking. That should activate the brake lights.
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*Source: [NHTSA ODI](https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*