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2023 TESLA MODEL Y — UNKNOWN OR OTHER

crash · 2161243 · 2025-12-29

Vehicle

Make
TESLA
Model
MODEL Y
Year
2023
Manufacturer
Tesla, Inc.
Component
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Speed
10 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
Yes

Narrative

I was operating my 2023 Tesla Model Y Long Range AWD with Full Self-Driving (FSD) engaged at low speed in a residential neighborhood. The vehicle took an incorrect turn into a neighboring driveway instead of continuing on the roadway. I attempted to correct the vehicle’s path. At that point, the vehicle unexpectedly accelerated. I experienced a sudden loss of control and was unable to stop the vehicle before it struck my garage door and entered the garage, causing structural damage to the garage wall. Notably, automatic emergency braking did not activate, and no effective front collision warning intervened, despite an imminent collision with a fixed structure. Tesla’s post-incident vehicle report states that accelerator pedal input was detected, which I believe occurred as a panic response while attempting to regain control after the vehicle took the incorrect turn. However, I am concerned that the vehicle’s software behavior, lack of braking intervention, and failure of safety systems contributed to the incident. This incident raises safety concerns regarding unintended acceleration behavior, FSD path selection errors at low speed, and failure of emergency braking or collision avoidance systems when approaching fixed objects such as garage doors or walls.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11707568
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown