2022 TESLA MODEL Y — Complaint #2160086
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ADAS:AUTONOMOUS/SELF DRIVING filed December 23, 2025
NHTSA complaint #2160086 (ODI reference 11706852) concerns a 2022 TESLA MODEL Y and was filed on December 23, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on December 9, 2025. The vehicle had 30,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to California 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: yes, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. 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 MODEL Y 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 2022 TESLA MODEL Y shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2022 Tesla Model Y. The contact stated while his wife was driving 40-50 MPH in the evening with Self-Driving mode activated, the vehicle failed to decelerate while driving onto the exit lane and crashed into the rear of another vehicle. The contact was occupying the front passenger's seat during the incident. The front driver's side and passenger's side air bags deployed. There was no reported injury. The vehicle was towed to the residence. The vehicle was later towed to a Tesla autobody repair shop to be repaired. The vehicle was then towed to the autobody repair shop recommended by the insurance company. The vehicle was later totaled by the insurance company due to the cost of the air bags replacement. A police report was filed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 30,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2160086 |
| ODI Number | 11706852 |
| Date Filed | December 23, 2025 |
| Failure Date | December 9, 2025 |
| VIN | 7SAYGDEF6NF |
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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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