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2017 Tesla Model X brakes problems

17 complaints about brakes have been filed for the 2017 Tesla Model X, which is 4% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
17 4% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
2 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 2

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 2 deaths.

What owners wrote

This is a complaint about the tesla autopilot. Here is a freshly uploaded video: [link removed] the owner drives hands free on an undivided road whilst using both hands to eat a burger. This is not merely a case of stupidity it is a direct consequence of the marketing of autopilot by tesla. The very name autopilot is dangerously misleading, other makers call their systems "driver assist" or "lane-keeping assist" the widely publicised claim that tesla autopilot is 40% safer than a human driver is further…

August 2017 CrashDeath

When the car is parked then put in reverse, the car makes a loud cracking noise. I was told it was brakes that were cleaned up but still make a loud noise.

Reported at 30,000 miles, September 2020

Other problems reported for the 2017 Tesla Model X

Brakes problems in other years

  • 2026
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  • 2023
  • 2022
  • 2021
  • 2020
  • 2019
  • 2018
  • 2017
  • 2016
  • 2015

Brakes problems across all Tesla models