2020 Tesla Model Y air bags problems
Owners reported air bags problems in 18 complaints for the 2020 Tesla Model Y, 4% of the complaints on file.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 18 4% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 9 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 8 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 9 crashes, 8 injuries.
What owners wrote
Tl* the contact owns a 2020 tesla model y. The contact stated that while his wife was driving into the driveway of their resident, the vehicle accelerated forward without warning and crashed into the garage. No air bags deployed. The contact mentioned the safety collision did not function. The contact sustained injuries from the seatbelt to the neck, chest, shoulders and upper back where he was taken to urgent care then taken to the hospital.
The contact owns a 2020 Tesla Model Y. The contact stated that while driving at 40 MPH in the right-hand lane, another vehicle was swerving towards her vehicle, and she instinctively veered to the side of the road. The contact hit a fire hydrant, drove on a sidewalk, and crashed into a building. The air bags failed to deploy. There were no warning lights illuminated.
Other problems reported for the 2020 Tesla Model Y
- Forward collision avoidance 140 complaints
- Lane departure 38 complaints
- Brakes 37 complaints
- Cruise control 37 complaints
- Suspension 32 complaints
- Electrical system 28 complaints
- Steering 27 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 18 complaints