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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
Filing-volume 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.
Most Affected Vehicles
| # | Vehicle | Complaints |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tesla Model Y | |
| 2 | Ford Explorer | |
| 3 | RAM 1500 | |
| 4 | Ford F-150 | |
| 5 | Audi A4 | |
| 6 | Jeep Grand Cherokee | |
| 7 | Tesla Model 3 | |
| 8 | Honda Pilot | |
| 9 | Honda Odyssey | |
| 10 | Volkswagen ID.4 | |
| 11 | Honda Accord | |
| 12 | Chevrolet Silverado 1500 | |
| 13 | Ford Escape | |
| 14 | Tesla Model S | |
| 15 | Honda CR-V | |
| 16 | Ford Edge | |
| 17 | Nissan Rogue | |
| 18 | GMC Sierra 1500 | |
| 19 | Ford Flex | |
| 20 | Subaru Outback | |
| 21 | RAM 2500 | |
| 22 | Polestar Polestar 2 | |
| 23 | Honda Prologue | |
| 24 | Chevrolet Traverse | |
| 25 | Volkswagen Atlas | |
| 26 | Tesla Model X | |
| 27 | Toyota Camry | |
| 28 | KIA Sorento | |
| 29 | GMC Acadia | |
| 30 | Chrysler Pacifica |
Recent Complaints
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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
Cameras stopped working when backing out and collision with pole when reversing out
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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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