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2018 Tesla Model S cruise control problems

Owners reported cruise control problems in 28 complaints for the 2018 Tesla Model S, 10% of the complaints on file. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
28 10% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
7,000 miles 16 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
16 and 1
Injuries and deaths
10 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When cruise control problems show up

Cruise control complaints by mileage, 2018 Tesla Model S Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 7,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 16 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 0 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 0 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 0 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 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: 7,000 miles
Based on 16 complaints that include mileage. 100% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
View the numbers
MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles16
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles0
60k to 80k miles0
80k to 100k miles0
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 16 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 7,000 miles, and 100% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 16 crashes, 1 fire, 10 injuries.

What owners wrote

The car unintended accelerated when I pulled into garage and wait for garage door open. The sudden acceleration is totally out of control, even my foot firmly step on the break pedal. The accelerated car went through the garage door towards right, and hit and lift the other parked SUV inside the garage. The speed and force push the SUV towards the back of garage wall, and totally damaged the part of my garage.

Reported at 7,100 miles, May 2019 CrashInjury

I was at a parking lot and I was making my way into a slot when I first had to reverse them when I changed the gear the drive and released the breaks to move forward into the slot I suddenly accelerated and had to press on the breaks harder than ever because I thought at first I was releasing it too fast. But eventually I screeched into a full stop and avoided hitting the cars parked and worse going over the street onto incoming traffic. I noticed tire marks that my breaking had made at the lot.

Reported at 5,000 miles, May 2019

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Cruise control problems in other years

Cruise control problems across all Tesla models