Complaint 2205366
2021 TESLA MODEL 3 • VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL • incident Apr 18, 2026
- Complaint ID
- 2205366
- Make
- TESLA
- Model
- MODEL 3
- Model Year
- 2021
- Component
- VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- Incident Date
- Apr 18, 2026
- Date Received
- May 11, 2026
- Data As Of
- Jul 1, 2026
Complaint Summary
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Owner Narrative
When using cruise control, there has been 4 times that the car has engaged in âphantom brakingâ. We were driving on highways going the posted speed limit of 70 mph, when the car suddenly slammed on the brakes and decelerated to less than 30 mph â all four times we were thankfully not being closely followed by another vehicle or we wouldâve had a devastating crash. One time when we looked at the screen, it showed the outline of a person in the median but there was no person/ other obstacle at all. We have reported this to the Tesla service center and they said it is a known issue, and what we have to do is just click the scroll bar and report it so that the engineers can mark the timestamp and collect data so that some patches can be sent over the air/ uploaded at a future date. Nothing has been done to fix the issue and we feel dismissed about our concerns about our familyâs safety, and the safety of drivers around us.
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