2023 TESLA MODEL Y — Complaint #1909108
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NHTSA Complaint about BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: OTHER filed July 12, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1909108 (ODI reference 11531748) concerns a 2023 TESLA MODEL Y and was filed on July 12, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on June 19, 2023. The vehicle had 4,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Missouri based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as back over prevention: sensing system: other, 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 back over prevention: sensing system: other 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 2023 TESLA MODEL Y shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2023 Tesla Model Y. The contact stated that while reversing out of a parking space, the audible alarm and collision avoidance system did not activate as the vehicle drove closer to a nearby pole. The vehicle struck the pole causing minor damages to the rear pumper. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The manufacturer and local dealer were notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 4,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1909108 |
| ODI Number | 11531748 |
| Date Filed | July 12, 2023 |
| Failure Date | June 19, 2023 |
| VIN | 7SAYGDEE3PA |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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