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2016 Tesla Model S forward collision avoidance problems

50 complaints about forward collision avoidance have been filed for the 2016 Tesla Model S, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
50 5% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
71,000 miles 13 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
10 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When forward collision avoidance problems show up

Forward collision avoidance complaints by mileage, 2016 Tesla Model S Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 71,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 0 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 6 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 71,000 miles
Based on 13 complaints that include mileage. 23% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles2
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles0
60k to 80k miles6
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 13 forward collision avoidance complaints that report mileage, the median is about 71,000 miles, and 23% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 10 crashes, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

I purchased the tesla model s on 10/17 with 'autopilot' hardware and features I've consistently used autopilot on the highway during the first month I've had the vehicle. The autopilot feature uses cameras and sensors to maintain speed and lane and avoid collisions. This car also features anti-collision features that are supposed to engage even when autopilot is not engaged, to detect both an object in front of the car and brake, as well as detect objects on either side that the car may be headed to collide with…

Reported at 2,000 miles, October 2016 CrashInjury

Main control unit (mcu)has shut down several times. The screen has gone black and navigation functions and maps disappeared. Inconvenience more than anything there. I have lost the backup camera and defrost functions. The car has remained pretty much drivable though I don't think I had turn signals (or at least the indication on dash). The car has been both stationary and moving when these things happened.

Reported at 120,000 miles, September 2020

Other problems reported for the 2016 Tesla Model S

Forward collision avoidance problems in other years

Forward collision avoidance problems across all Tesla models