2021 Tesla Model 3 Complaint
Forward Collision Avoidance
Filed September 11, 2022 · Incident date September 11, 2022
- Vehicle
- 2021 Tesla Model 3
- Component(s)
- Forward Collision Avoidance
- Complaint filed
- September 11, 2022
- Date of incident
- September 11, 2022
- Reported VIN
- 5yj3e1ea5mf
Owner's description
On an empty freeway I5 southbound over a crest, the car emergency braked from highway speed with no obstacles or cars in front of it. The weather conditions were sunny, 98f, and some mirages were on the road surface. Autopilot was engaged and set to the speed limit. Emergency braking alert sounded and the car applied full power braking. Car is running software version 2022.24.6. prior versions of the software with radar support did not exhibit this phantom breaking behavior. The current version disabled radar and used "Tesla vision"
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