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2022 Tesla Model Y brakes problems

Owners reported brakes problems in 132 complaints for the 2022 Tesla Model Y, 8% of the complaints on file. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
132 8% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
15 and 1
Injuries and deaths
12 and 1

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 15 crashes, 1 fire, 12 injuries, 1 death.

What owners wrote

I was driving my Tesla Model Y on 02-26-2022 with my wife in the passenger seat. We were on our way to pick up our son and his two friends from the movie theater in Lincoln Square North, Bellevue Square, Washington. As we entered the Lincoln Square parking garage approximately around 6 30pm and turned into the narrow passage leading down to the several floors of parking lots at approximately 5 miles an hour, the Tesla on its own, and to my alarm and surprise suddenly picked up tremendous speed and went careening…

February 2023 CrashInjury

The contact owns a 2022 Tesla Model Y. The contact stated that while his wife was parking the vehicle, the brake pedal was depressed but the vehicle failed to stop as needed. The contact stated that the vehicle collided with a wall and was stopped by a curb. The air bags did not deploy. The vehicle was diagnosed by the manufacturer and the contact was informed that the accelerator had been depressed inadvertently; however, the contact was adamant that it was brake pedal that was depressed at the time of the…

Reported at 10,444 miles, October 2023

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