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2021 TESLA MODEL Y — Complaint #1807140

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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC:SOFTWARE/PROGRAMMING filed April 13, 2022

NHTSA complaint #1807140 (ODI reference 11460673) concerns a 2021 TESLA MODEL Y and was filed on April 13, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on April 7, 2022. The vehicle had 8,480 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Nevada based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as service brakes, electric:software/programming, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same TESLA MODEL Y cohort independently describe similar service brakes, electric:software/programming failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2021 TESLA MODEL Y shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2021 TESLA MODEL Y
Component
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC:SOFTWARE/PROGRAMMING
State
Nevada
Mileage
8,480 mi

Complaint Description

The contact owns a 2021 Tesla Model Y. The contact stated while driving 80 MPH, the self-driving feature independently activated and the vehicle decelerated to 50 MPH inadvertently within several seconds. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact stated that the failure was intermittent. The vehicle was taken to the dealer to be diagnosed; however, the mechanic was unable to determine the cause of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 8,480.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 1807140
ODI Number 11460673
Date Filed April 13, 2022
Failure Date April 7, 2022
VIN 5YJYGDEE8MF

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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.