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2025 TESLA MODEL Y — Complaint #2126015

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NHTSA Complaint about EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:CARRIER/RACK filed September 1, 2025

NHTSA complaint #2126015 (ODI reference 11684325) concerns a 2025 TESLA MODEL Y and was filed on September 1, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on August 31, 2025. The report was geocoded to Illinois based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as equipment:mechanical:carrier/rack, 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 equipment:mechanical:carrier/rack 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 2025 TESLA MODEL Y shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2025 TESLA MODEL Y
Component
EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:CARRIER/RACK
State
Illinois

Complaint Description

Bike rack fell off of car on northbound interstate 294 less than 1/2 mile from the 127th street exit. I believe I set it up correctly. Pin was in and the knob was tightened. No accidents as traffic narrowly avoided the unit and bikes. IDOT showed up quickly to remove. I believe the safety pin is inadequate to hold the unit on. Pictures attached.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 2126015
ODI Number 11684325
Date Filed September 1, 2025
Failure Date August 31, 2025
VIN 7SAYGDED4SF

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