2022 Tesla Model Y Vehicle Speed Control Problems
Owners have filed 140 complaints with NHTSA about vehicle speed control problems on the 2022 Tesla Model Y, 16% of all complaints for this model year. Half of the reports with a mileage happened before 5,000 miles. The words owners use most often: “cruise control” (53% of reports).
- 140vehicle speed control complaints
- 5,000median miles at failure
- 14mention a crash
- 9mention an injury
- 0related recalls
- 86%of reports with a speed happened at 50+ mph
What owners describe
Phrases that appear unusually often in these complaints compared with complaints about other cars.
- Cruise control: mentioned in 74 of 140 complaints (53%)
- Phantom braking: mentioned in 34 of 140 complaints (24%)
- Auto pilot: mentioned in 11 of 140 complaints (8%)
- Full self: mentioned in 8 of 140 complaints (6%)
At what mileage do vehicle speed control problems happen?
Based on 7 complaints that reported the odometer reading.
How serious are the reports?
Of 140 complaints, 14 mention a crash, 1 a fire, 9 an injury.
Tesla Model Y vehicle speed control complaints by model year
| Model year | Vehicle Speed Control complaints | Share of that year | Median miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Model Y | 33 | 8% | 4,950 |
| 2025 Model Y | 10 | 9% | 7,213 |
| 2024 Model Y | 37 | 11% | 13,133 |
| 2023 Model Y | 167 | 14% | 5,000 |
| 2022 Model Y | 140 | 16% | 5,000 |
| 2021 Model Y | 161 | 15% | 524 |
| 2020 Model Y | 37 | 13% | 900 |
When owners reported it
Related recalls (0)
No safety recall lists vehicle speed control for the 2022 Tesla Model Y. A pattern of complaints does not always lead to a recall.
What owners report
Short excerpts of recent complaints, with personal details removed. Full reports are on NHTSA.gov.
When engaging fsd, you canât see the safety distance between you and the car in front of you for defensive driving. Even if you are supervising fsd at high speed on the freeway, the high speed and sudden possibility of fsd disengaging is dangerous. The fsd mode should allow for safe distance…
My chat constantly phantom brakes. This is a constant issue, I ve had the car since it was new and almost everytime im in adaptive cruise control it randomly brakes. Today with nothing in front of my on 3 separate occasions it applies the brakes and forces me to accelerate to maintain speed.
While operating a 2022 Tesla Model Y with Full Self-Driving (FSD Supervised) engaged, the vehicle failed to execute a right merge onto the CA-280 North freeway ramp in Redwood City, CA. Instead, FSD initiated an unexpected wrong-way maneuver down a downward off-ramp. As the vehicle headed toward a…
Frequently asked questions
Do all 2022 Tesla Model Ys have vehicle speed control problems?
No. NHTSA has 140 owner complaints about vehicle speed control for the 2022 Tesla Model Y (16% of the 870 complaints for this model year). Complaint data shows that the problem is reported, not how many of all cars sold are affected.
Was there a recall on the 2022 Tesla Model Y vehicle speed control?
No recall currently lists vehicle speed control for this vehicle.
At what mileage do vehicle speed control problems start?
The median reported mileage is 5,000 miles: half of the reports with a mileage came before that.
What do owners say about vehicle speed control problems on the 2022 Tesla Model Y?
The most frequent phrase is “cruise control”, in 74 of 140 complaints, followed by “phantom braking” (34).
Other 2022 Tesla Model Y problems
See all 2022 Tesla Model Y problems or vehicle speed control problems across all Model Y years.