2024 TESLA MODEL 3 — Complaint #2056413
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NHTSA Complaint about BACK OVER PREVENTION: AUTOMATIC SYSTEM BRAKING filed January 16, 2025
NHTSA complaint #2056413 (ODI reference 11636311) concerns a 2024 TESLA MODEL 3 and was filed on January 16, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on January 16, 2025. The report was geocoded to North Carolina based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as back over prevention: automatic system braking, 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 back over prevention: automatic system braking 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 2024 TESLA MODEL 3 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
When backing out, software doesnât emergency brake or scream/beep/siren etc (no audible sound) when car is coming, just shows a red light on the screen. Every other manufacturer has this audible and emergency feature. My relative had hit their Tesla with another car since there was no beep or emergency braking with another car behind them. I have talked to many other people and they have said the same thing. Itâs just a tiny red line thatâs on the screen camera which makes no sense for a high tech car.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2056413 |
| ODI Number | 11636311 |
| Date Filed | January 16, 2025 |
| Failure Date | January 16, 2025 |
| VIN | 5YJ3E1ET2RF |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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