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2026 ZOOX ZOOX ROBOTAXI — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ADAS:AUTONOMOUS/SELF DRIVING

1 injured · 2241315 · 2026-08-30

Vehicle

Make
ZOOX
Model
ZOOX ROBOTAXI
Year
2026
Manufacturer
Zoox, Inc.
Component
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ADAS:AUTONOMOUS/SELF DRIVING

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
1
Fire
No
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

On XXX, at 12:36 AM, a child and an adult were passengers in an autonomous Zoox vehicle operating on the [XXX]. The trip was a promotional autonomous ride from [XXX] to the [XXX] drop-off location at [XXX].Upon reaching the destination, the vehicle suffered a critical software routing failure. Instead of executing the drop-off protocol, the automated vehicle entered an infinite loop, driving in continuous circles around the property over and over again. My son has a disability and became highly distressed and panicked was crying and very scared while contained inside.While the vehicle was actively malfunctioning, I called to Zoox Customer Support from inside the cabin. The remote human agent explicitly stated over the phone: "Yes, we can see exactly what is going on with the ride." Despite this live confirmation that the vehicle was trapped in a routing glitch and me and my son were in severe distress, the remote monitoring team failed to immediately override the system, shut down the loop, or pull the vehicle over to allow a safe exit.The vehicle ultimately logged a total trip distance of 6.15 miles and a 30-minute duration (Drop-off delayed until 1:06 AM) for a standard, direct route that should have been approximately 2.3 miles and under 10 minutes. Following the incident, an automated $25.00 Starbucks gift card was issued by the operator at 5:37 AM as a standard automated response to the trip failure.a gift card doesn’t take away the trauma my son went through This safe

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11760791
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown