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BACK OVER PREVENTION: WARNINGS

1,620 NHTSA complaints about back over prevention: warnings issues across 38 makes and 310 models.

Data updated August 2026. Counts render from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation standardized component field; severity flags cross-reference NHTSA ODI complaint flags for owner-reported crash, fire, and injury markers. This page is for informational purposes and does not replace NHTSA recall notices or a vehicle-specific inspection. Methodology · Corrections.

NHTSA ODI component intake brief

ODI category BACK OVER PREVENTION: WARNINGS

1,620 filings · 310 models · 38 makes · vintage August 2026

  • FILINGS MODERATE 1,620 ODI rows
  • MODELS 310 nameplates citing this part
  • MAKES 38 manufacturers in corpus
  • CRASH 14.4% 233 crash-flagged
  • RANK #120 of 696 categories
  • SEV FATAL 18 deaths · 69 injuries
BACK OVER PREVENTION: WARNINGS (this)BACK OVER PREVENTION: WARNIN…1,620EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL1,619POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSM…1,635LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCHLATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:…1,654
ODI filing volume neighbourhood: BACK OVER PREVENTION: WARNINGS vs nearest complaint-total peers

BACK OVER PREVENTION: WARNINGS sits MODERATE on ODI intake volume (#120 of 696 standardized categories) with a FATAL severity stamp (18 reported fatalities across 310 models). Open Tesla Model Y (category leader) →

BACK OVER PREVENTION: WARNINGS filing-volume reading

The standout signal for back over prevention: warnings is ODI intake volume: 1,620 filings (MODERATE band · #120 of 696 standardized categories) across 310 nameplates. Crash-flag share is 14.4%.

Moderate-volume categories still show a fingerprint in the model table below, cross-check each nameplate's recall and investigation history before inferring a defect pattern.

Next step: compare Tesla Model Y against EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL on filing totals before treating back over prevention: warnings volume as a purchase signal.

1,620
Complaints
310
Models Affected
233
Crashes
10
Fires
18
Deaths

Most Affected Vehicles

# Vehicle Complaints
1 Tesla Model Y
65
2 Ford Explorer
54
3 RAM 1500
39
4 Ford F-150
39
5 Audi A4
37
6 Jeep Grand Cherokee
34
7 Tesla Model 3
27
8 Honda Pilot
26
9 Honda Odyssey
26
10 Volkswagen ID.4
24
11 Honda Accord
23
12 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
23
13 Ford Escape
22
14 Tesla Model S
21
15 Honda CR-V
21
16 Ford Edge
21
17 Nissan Rogue
19
18 GMC Sierra 1500
19
19 Ford Flex
19
20 Subaru Outback
18
21 RAM 2500
18
22 Polestar Polestar 2
18
23 Honda Prologue
18
24 Chevrolet Traverse
17
25 Volkswagen Atlas
16
26 Tesla Model X
15
27 Toyota Camry
14
28 KIA Sorento
14
29 GMC Acadia
14
30 Chrysler Pacifica
14

Recent Complaints

2023 Hyundai Sonata Crash

Car was parked, full stop, doors shut, seatbelt on. Foot on brake. Car then seemed to lurch forward by itself forward hitting parking cement block. Put in reverse to back away and car stayed still...t

2025 RAM 1500

1. Nature of Safety Complaint I am submitting this complaint to report repeated and unresolved safety-related defects affecting my 2025 Ram 1500 manufactured by Stellantis (FCA US LLC). The vehicle

2023 Toyota Camry

I came out to my vehicle and attempted to start it as usual and the EPB would not disengage and I had to have it towed to the dealer. They had to manually disengage it and told me I needed a new switc

2016 Ford Edge

There has been safety recall for six months with no updates or fix. The fix is simple but they are not implementing it. It is causing issues for me.

2024 Volvo Xc60

All of the audio warnings in the car suddenly stop working without any associated warning. On certain occasions (once every couple of months, unpredictably) the car's audio completely stops working.

2021 Ford Explorer

The parking collision sensors started to act up. Its been replaced 3 or 4 times in the last year over the same problem and no one has tried to tell me how to fix the issue besides keep getting it repl

2024 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

The dealership has informed me that the Radio Control Module of the vehicle needs to be replaced. The infotainment center which contains the backup camera is no longer functioning.

2019 Audi A7

My 2019 Audi A7 was brought to Audi Dallas on January 20, 2026, for a manufacturer safety recall involving a software update (Recall 90TV / NHTSA 25V900). During or immediately following the recall re

2025 Tesla Model Y Crash Fatal

On February 11, 2026, the 2025 Tesla Model Y "Vision AutoPark" system initiated an uncommanded high-speed reverse acceleration into a stationary yellow concrete bollard in a parking lot. The vehicle's

2021 Polestar Polestar 2 Crash

Cameras stopped working when backing out and collision with pole when reversing out

2014 Ford Explorer

MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN HAVING AT ISSUE WITH THE REVERSE CAMERA SINCE THE BEGINING OF LAST YEAR. IT STARTED AS BEING DISTORTED TO FULLY NOT TURNING ON AT ALL WHEN IN REVERSE. I NOTICED THERE IS A RECALL F

2022 GMC Yukon

Unknown

2025 Nissan Sentra

The adhesive on 3 of the rear parking sensors failed and the brackets holding the sensors in place fell off into the inside of the bumper triggering the sensor to go off constantly when reversing and

2025 KIA K4 Crash

The 2025 Kia K4 sensors failed to go off resulting in the rear bumper to hit a barrell. The operator of the Kia K4 was reversing at 1mph

2025 Hyundai Venue

I was driving and all of a sudden out of the blue the gas pedal accelerated and I hit a curb doing damage to the tire and fender. the tire was pushed back. i asked the car dealer who i took it to che

2019 Toyota Camry

While driving, the vehicle experiences unintended braking and refusal to accelerate. ABS, traction control, pre-collision system, and secondary collision brake warnings illuminate. Toyota dealer diagn

2017 Nissan Armada

BCI MALFUNCTION LIGHT COMES ON AFTER DRIVING FOR ABOUT ONE MILE AND WILL STAY LIKE THAT TILL THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF. THE CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOT WORK DURING THIS TIME. ON OTHER ONLINE FORUM A LOT O

2025 Chevrolet Blazer EV

1. Vehicle has a horrible squeaking sound coming from the brake pedal area. First dealer diagnosed it as the master cylinder needing replacement. Noise did not go away and GM said that it is normal. T

2025 Volkswagen ID.4 Crash

On 6/20/25, while pulling into a parking space at very slow speed, the car suddenly, without my control, violently accellerated. This could have resulted in pesonal injury or death. The car was stop

2019 Toyota Camry

1. ABS TRACTION control on, PCS system activated, Secondary brake collision activated and will be available upon inspection. 2. happened mid street with cars in traffic and my daughter in the back s

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