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2026 TESLA MODEL Y — FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING

crash · 2251992 · 2026-09-29

Vehicle

Make
TESLA
Model
MODEL Y
Year
2026
Manufacturer
Tesla, Inc.
Component
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING

Severity

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

Narrative

The vehicle made contact with other vehicles twice within a short period while Full Self-Driving (Supervised) was engaged, and it did not respond to my attempts to intervene. On XXX, at approximately 1:30 PM, in the Stanford Oval parking area in [XXX], I was using Tesla Full Self-Driving (Supervised) in my brand-new 2026 Tesla Model Y when the vehicle began a reversing maneuver between two parked vehicles. During the maneuver, the on-screen visualization continued to show space between my vehicle and the surrounding vehicles. The vehicle then made physical contact with another vehicle. I received no proximity or collision alert, and the display continued to show clearance after contact occurred. After contact, the vehicle continued attempting to reverse, stalled, and behaved erratically. I attempted to brake and disengage the system, but the vehicle kept glitching and moving backward. I could feel resistance while trying to control the vehicle.Shortly afterward, at [XXX], the vehicle showed substantially similar behavior and again made contact with another vehicle. My vehicle sustained damage to the rear bumper and lights. The other vehicle had pre-existing damage, and its driver told me she did not want to pursue anything or have her vehicle repaired. The vehicle is brand new and I had no prior accidents. I will be assessing myself for injuries. I reported the incident to Tesla. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11767924
Machine
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