2023 TESLA MODEL Y — Complaint #1952274
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NHTSA Complaint about STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID filed December 22, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1952274 (ODI reference 11561498) concerns a 2023 TESLA MODEL Y and was filed on December 22, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on December 8, 2023. The report was geocoded to New Mexico based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as structure:body:trunk lid, 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: 2, 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:trunk lid 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 while parked and the truck was opened, the truck closed on the child's head inadvertently. The contact stated that on another occasion while parked and the trunk was opened, the trunk closed inadvertently on her right middle, and ring fingers without sensing that an object was in the trunk's way. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1952274 |
| ODI Number | 11561498 |
| Date Filed | December 22, 2023 |
| Failure Date | December 8, 2023 |
| VIN | 7SAYGDEE4PF |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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