2024 TESLA CYBERTRUCK — Complaint #2142148
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NHTSA Complaint about STEERING:STEERING WHEEL /HANDLE BAR:YAW/ANGLE SENSOR filed October 22, 2025
NHTSA complaint #2142148 (ODI reference 11694986) concerns a 2024 TESLA CYBERTRUCK and was filed on October 22, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on November 27, 2024. The report was geocoded to California based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as steering:steering wheel /handle bar:yaw/angle sensor, 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: yes, fire: yes, injuries: 1, fatalities: 3. A complaint that flags a crash, fire, or fatality is escalated on NHTSA's internal review queue and factors more heavily into any Preliminary Evaluation decision on this make and model. 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 CYBERTRUCK cohort independently describe similar steering:steering wheel /handle bar:yaw/angle sensor 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 CYBERTRUCK shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
On [XXX], [XXX] sat in the left rear-seat of a Cybertruck that was involved in a solo-vehicle collision. [XXX]'s impact injuries were minor. The truck caught fire. The right rear door remained mechanically openable, but its ordinary operation depended on low-voltage electronic buttons located inside the cabin and on the exterior pillar. Those buttons failed after the crash. A man tried to rescue the occupants, but he could not open the doors because the buttons failed and the truck lacks exterior handles. The "armor" glass made it difficult for the rescuer to break open the windows. The mechanical backup releases for the rear doors are concealed beneath the map pocket liner at the bottom of the doors â not feasible to find or use in the smoke, heat and chaos of a post-crash fire. This obscure release left the rear seat occupants with no practical means of egress. [XXX] died of smoke inhalation and burn injuries because he was trapped inside the Cybertruck. Another occupant and the dr
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2142148 |
| ODI Number | 11694986 |
| Date Filed | October 22, 2025 |
| Failure Date | November 27, 2024 |
| VIN | 7G2CEHED2RA |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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