2022 TESLA MODEL Y — Complaint #1908219
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NHTSA Complaint about STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS filed July 9, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1908219 (ODI reference 11531131) concerns a 2022 TESLA MODEL Y and was filed on July 9, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on July 8, 2023. The report was geocoded to Washington based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as structure:body:hood:hinge and attachments, 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 structure:body:hood:hinge and attachments 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 2022 TESLA MODEL Y shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
I was driving on the highway and the frunk came off breaking the front shield. The frunk was still showing as closed on the computer, but the screws came off releasing the frunk. Luckily I was able to react appropriately and move the car to the shoulder of the highway but the incident couldâve caused death. Visibility was zero as the front shield was obstructed by the open frunk
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1908219 |
| ODI Number | 11531131 |
| Date Filed | July 9, 2023 |
| Failure Date | July 8, 2023 |
| VIN | 7SAYGDEE1NF |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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