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2021 TESLA MODEL 3 — Complaint #1847436

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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:BODY CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE filed October 13, 2022

NHTSA complaint #1847436 (ODI reference 11489213) concerns a 2021 TESLA MODEL 3 and was filed on October 13, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on July 6, 2022. The report was geocoded to Nevada based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:body control module:software, 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 3 cohort independently describe similar electrical system:body control module:software 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 3 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2021 TESLA MODEL 3
Component
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:BODY CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE
State
Nevada

Complaint Description

Seat sensor fail and was able to drive in the middle of the intersection to make a left turn. Since the sensor fail if vechicle is driven less the 5 mph the car will go in park- very scary when in the middle trying to turn left

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 1847436
ODI Number 11489213
Date Filed October 13, 2022
Failure Date July 6, 2022
VIN 5YJ3E1EA0MF

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