2023 Tesla Model Y defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2023 Tesla Model Y. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Lower Lateral Link detachment
  Preliminary Evaluation PE26006 · opened Jul 29, 2026 · still open

  The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) has received 156 complaints alleging a suspension failure in model year (MY) 2018-2020 Model 3 and MY 2021-2023 Model Y vehicles. The suspension failure involves the detachment of the front lower lateral link, which potentially causes a loss of vehicle directional control. In m…

• FSD Collisions in Reduced Roadway Visibility Conditions
  Engineering Analysis EA26002 · opened Mar 18, 2026 · still open

  The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) is opening this Engineering Analysis to evaluate Tesla’s Full Self Driving Beta and Full Self Driving (Supervised) (collectively, FSD) degradation detection system. The focus of this investigation will be to assess the system’s ability, when encountering reduced roadway visibil…

• Traffic safety violations while Full Self Driving ("FSD") is engaged
  Preliminary Evaluation PE25012 · opened Oct 7, 2025 · still open

  The Office of Defects Investigation (“ODI”) is opening this Preliminary Evaluation (PE) to assess the scope, frequency, and potential safety consequences of FSD executing driving maneuvers that constitute traffic safety violations. This investigation concerns versions of FSD that Tesla has labeled as "FSD (Supervised)" a…

• Compliance with Standing General Order 2021-01 Reporting Requirements
  Audit Query AQ25002 · opened Aug 20, 2025 · still open

  The Office of Defects Investigation (“ODI”) has identified numerous incident reports submitted by Tesla, Inc. (“Tesla”) in response to Standing General Order 2021-01 (the “SGO”), in which the reported crashes occurred several months or more before the dates of the reports. The majority of these reports involved crashes…

• Actually Smart Summon sessions resulting in low-speed impacts.
  Preliminary Evaluation PE24033 · opened Jan 6, 2025 · closed Apr 3, 2026

  On January 6, 2025, the Office of Defects Investigations (ODI) opened Preliminary Evaluation 24003 (PE24033) to investigate Actually Smart Summon (Summon) sessions resulting in crashes during active sessions. According to Tesla, Summon is a short-distance SAE Level 2 system, controlled by the user from a cell phone wit…

• FSD Collisions in Reduced Roadway Visibility Conditions
  Preliminary Evaluation PE24031 · opened Oct 17, 2024 · closed Mar 18, 2026

  On October 17, 2024, NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened a Preliminary Evaluation (PE24031) of Tesla’s Full Self Driving Beta and Full Self Driving (Supervised) (collectively, FSD) to assess: the ability of the FSD system to detect and respond appropriately to reduced roadway visibility conditions; whe…

• Recall 23V838 Remedy Effectiveness
  Recall Query RQ24009 · opened Apr 25, 2024 · still open

  The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) is opening a Recall Query to assess the remedy adequacy of Recall 23V838. On December 12, 2023, Tesla filed a Defect Information Report (Recall 23V838) applicable to all Tesla models produced and equipped with any version of its Autopilot system, which Tesla described as an SAE…

• Loss of steering control
  Engineering Analysis EA24001 · opened Feb 1, 2024 · closed Jun 25, 2026 · led to recall 25V092

  On July 28, 2023, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened a Preliminary Evaluation (PE23014) to investigate instances of loss of electronic power-assisted steering in MY 2023 Tesla Model 3 and MY 2023 Tesla Model Y vehicles manufactured by Tesla, Inc. The complaints allege a sudden and unexpected inability to …

• Loss of steering control
  Preliminary Evaluation PE23014 · opened Jul 28, 2023 · closed Feb 5, 2024

  On July 28, 2023, The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened a Preliminary Evaluation (PE23-014) after receiving 12 Vehicle Owner Questionnaires (VOQs) reporting loss of steering control in model years (MY) 2023 Tesla Model 3 and Y vehicles. During PE23-014, ODI interviewed complainants, sent an Information Reque…

• Sudden Unintended Acceleration
  Defect Petition DP23002 · opened Jun 29, 2023 · still open

  The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) received a petition requesting that ODI reevaluate its decision to deny DP20-001 on the basis that intermittent high electrical current demands on the vehicles' 12VDC systems may have caused some or all of the incidents examined by ODI in DP20-001. The petitioner bases this inf…

• Defect Petition Interlock Request
  Defect Petition DP23001 · opened Apr 7, 2023 · closed Mar 18, 2026

  On March 21, 2023, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) received a petition requesting a “recall of all Tesla cars” produced from 2013 to the date on which the petition was filed due to what Petitioner considers to be the increased likelihood of pedal misapplication. Attached to the Petition is a paper authored by…

• Steering Wheel Detachment
  Preliminary Evaluation PE23003 · opened Mar 4, 2023 · closed Apr 24, 2026

  On March 4, 2023, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened PE23003 to investigate two reports of steering loss on model year (MY) 2023 Tesla Model Y vehicles due to the detachment of the steering wheel from the steering column while the vehicle was in motion. ODI confirmed from Tesla that in both cases, the veh…

• Autopilot System Driver Controls
  Engineering Analysis EA22002 · opened Jun 8, 2022 · closed Apr 25, 2024 · led to recall 23V838

  The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) upgraded PE21020 to EA22002 on June 8, 2022, to extend work and deepen the PE21020 crash analysis, to supplement that analysis with additional data, and to perform vehicle evaluations to understand how Tesla’s Autopilot system may exacerbate human factors or behavioral safety r…

• Unexpected Brake Activation
  Preliminary Evaluation PE22002 · opened Feb 16, 2022 · closed Jun 29, 2026

  On February 16, 2022, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened a Preliminary Evaluation (PE22002) to investigate reports of unexpected deceleration while driving with the adaptive cruise control system engaged in Model Year (MY) 2021 – 2022 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles manufactured by Tesla. The subject systems…