Complaint 2217771
2022 TESLA MODEL 3 • FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING • incident Jun 18, 2026
Complaint Summary
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
Owner Narrative
I was driving my Tesla 3 back from LA yesterday. The car has "AI3" hardware not "AI4". The software is fully up to date. I do *not* subscribe to "Tesla FSD (Supervised)" but the car is equipped with "Autopilot". I was driving in "Autopilot" mode driving southeast on [XXX] between Eloy, Arizona and Marana, Arizona, on a clear freeway in bright daylight, at about [XXX] PT on [XXX]. The car suddenly slammed on the brakes for an emergency stop for no good reason. There was nothing in front of us. Fortunately it was clear behind me so no one slammed into us. We came to almost a complete stop. The "Autopilot" disengaged. I'm not sure why. I might have pressed the accelerator out of instinct to keep moving. During the incident a message in bright red briefly came up on the screen. I didn't get a chance to read it but I did catch the word "error" like some error in software was triggered. Once we got moving again and all was fine although my wife was in shock. I did not engage "Autopilot" again for the rest of the trip and I'm reticent to do so ever again. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
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