2018 TESLA MODEL 3 — Complaint #2127293
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ADAS:AUTONOMOUS/SELF DRIVING filed September 5, 2025
NHTSA complaint #2127293 (ODI reference 11685213) concerns a 2018 TESLA MODEL 3 and was filed on September 5, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on August 13, 2025. The vehicle had 55,866 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to New Hampshire based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:adas:autonomous/self driving, 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 electrical system:adas:autonomous/self driving 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 2018 TESLA MODEL 3 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2018 Tesla Model 3. The contact stated that while driving 60 MPH with the Self Driving feature activated, the vehicle failed to slow down while approaching oncoming traffic. The vehicle accelerated and drove around the traffic. The contact depressed the brake pedal and touched the steering wheel to disable the Self Driving feature, but the vehicle failed to respond. The contact stated that once the vehicle passed through traffic, the brake pedal was depressed again, and the Self Driving feature was deactivated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 55,866.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2127293 |
| ODI Number | 11685213 |
| Date Filed | September 5, 2025 |
| Failure Date | August 13, 2025 |
| VIN | 5YJ3E1EA3JF |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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