Complaint volume
827 consumer-submitted complaints are matched to this model year. Treat the count as a research signal, then read the actual summaries for repeated symptoms.
Complaint records
2022 Tesla Model Y Complaints
827 consumer-submitted complaints on record for the 2022 Tesla Model Y, grouped by component category.
827 Total complaints
80 Crash reports
8 Fire reports
35 Injury reports
Complaint data reflects consumer-submitted reports. A complaint is not proof
of a defect, recall, or manufacturer fault. Enriched severity fields come
from official bulk records when the complaint can be matched by ODI number.
Buyer interpretation
How to use these complaints before buying
Complaint records are most useful when they turn into inspection points, seller questions, and comparison checks against nearby model years.
Pattern to inspect
The most common categories are forward collision avoidance, vehicle speed control,forward collision avoidance, unknown or other. Use those categories as a test-drive checklist instead of judging the vehicle from the total count alone.
Severity flags
Enriched records include 80 crash reports, 8 fire reports, 35 injury reports, and 3 fatality reports. These fields come from complaint records and should be read in context.
Mileage clue
Mileage is available on 73 complaints, with an average reported failure mileage of 16,603 miles. Compare that with the mileage on the listing.
Questions to ask the seller
- Have you had any problems related to forward collision avoidance, vehicle speed control,forward collision avoidance, unknown or other?
- Can I see recent maintenance and repair records?
- Has the vehicle ever been towed, involved in a crash, or repaired for the same issue twice?
- Can we also check the recall record for this 2022 Tesla Model Y?
Used-car checklist
Use these complaints before the test drive.
Build a buyer checklist to turn these issues into questions and inspection points.
2022 Tesla Model Y
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How severe are the 2022 Tesla Model Y complaints?
80 Crash
8 Fire
35 Injury
3 Fatality
53 Towed
25 Medical attention
What are the most common 2022 Tesla Model Y complaint categories?
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 224
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 67
UNKNOWN OR OTHER 48
SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 46
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 35
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 28
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE,LANE DEPARTURE 21
SERVICE BRAKES 19
SEAT BELTS 17
SUSPENSION 16
827 total complaints on record
Latest complaints
| Date | Component | Summary | Severity | Mileage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | Our 2022 Tesla Model Y Performance backed out of a driveway into the street and parked in the middle of the street with nobody inside the car, creating a traffic hazard. This happened after around an hour parked. The Smart Summon feature was enabled in the car. Possible cause was that Summon was accidentally activated by phone jostling in pants pocket. Car was looked at by Tesla and found to be in good working order and was considered safe to drive. No explanation of cause of the event was offered by Tesla. We turned off the smart summon feature in the car. Suggest adding an additional step in the Tesla app such as requiring a numerical code input to eliminate the possibility of accidentally summoning the car by random inputs to Tesla app when phone is in a pocket. We have time stamped surveillance video of the event. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| May 2025 | STEERING | The contact owns a 2022 Tesla Model Y. The contact stated that while washing the vehicle, the contact became aware that the entire inner sidewall of the tires were warped and damaged, and the TPMS warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer where it was diagnosed, and the contact was advised that a cause for failure could not be determined; however, the tires were replaced and the front-end aligned. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure persisted, and the contact became aware that the tires displayed inner sidewall damages. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 21,000. | Crash: No Fire: No | 21,000 |
| May 2025 | SERVICE BRAKES | The contact owns a 2022 Tesla Model Y. The contact stated that while idling, waiting for their garage to open, the vehicle began to move forward independently. The contact attempted to apply the brake pedal, but the brakes failed, and the vehicle accelerated forward at a higher speed. The vehicle crashed into an unoccupied vehicle parked in the garage, causing the other vehicle to crash into the garage wall and into the laundry room inside the home. The Tesla's air bag deployed. The contact confirmed that no self-driving or other feature was activated at the time of the failure. The vehicle was towed and deemed totaled. The contact sustained injury to their neck, knee, and hands. Medical attention was sought via ambulance. A police report was filed. The manufacturer was informed of the failure and opened a case. The failure mileage was 45,417. | Crash: Yes Fire: No Injuries: 1 Towed Medical attention | 45,417 |
| May 2025 | FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | "Max Speed Offset" 6 months ago Tesla updated FSD to v 12 on HW3 vehicles. Although I think V 13 on HW 4 vehicles are also affected just not quite as much. Immediately driving through any 25 or 35 zones the cruise would actually set dangerously high. Complained to dealer. Claimed couldn't do anything as it was a software issues, would eventually get corrected. It did a little, happening less often, but still happened every time in small towns around me. When they changed it, the recommendation on the screen said go 40% over limit. I kept lowering my offset, no help. Lot of other people have been complaining on Tesla message boards. One person there said use 0% and that did work, but is annoying. I have included some pics. One showing the car set is self to 54 MPH when I drove into a 35 zone. The car read the 35 as it is on the screen. One with message about why they changed. They want the car to keep up with "flow of traffic". Behind the pop up window you can see their recommended 40% over. Two pics messaging from tesla. Despite setting appt to fix it they claim nothing they could do. When I asked why mine did it all the time in some areas, no response. Last pic, my spouse doesn't use FSD and the old system is still active for Autopilot and work perfectly. They could easily switch back. That area is still there, but greyed out in FSD screen. But they want their aggressive driver "keep up with traffic flow". | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| May 2025 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | Tesla loaner damaged by rodents Chew on Car Wires | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| May 2025 | STEERING | The car will continue losing power steering while driving making it very hard to steer. It has happened at all levels of speed. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| May 2025 | FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | Just days after taking delivery of our first Tesla (2022 Model Y, second-hand ), we experienced a dangerous incident. While Autopilot was engaged, the vehicle failed to slow down or properly navigate a curb near a roundabout. Despite our immediate manual intervention, the front wheel was damaged, resulting in loss of steering and a repair bill exceeding $7,000. After the incident, we were surprised and alarmed to learn that Tesla’s Autopilot is widely known to be unreliable and risky in urban settings. Yet, Tesla imposes no restrictions or clear warnings on its use in such areas, even where the vehicle’s software could easily identify elevated risks. Autopilot handles highways reasonably well, following lanes, making turns, and maintaining distance from other vehicles. This creates a misleading impression that it will perform just as effectively on city roads. However, city roads are far more complex, and the brief transition from Autopilot to human control is often insufficient to prevent accidents. Our experience painfully illustrates this. What concerns us most is that Tesla includes Autopilot as a standard feature but fails to adequately educate users about its limitations. There are no effective restrictions to prevent the system’s use in high-risk scenarios, nor are there built-in warnings when the system is engaged in unsuitable driving environments. This creates extremely dangerous situations for customers. Every life is valuable and deserves proper protection. In addition to the physical damage, the emotional toll after the incident has been significant. What feels especially unjust is Tesla’s response. The company has shown indifference, refusing to take responsibility or provide any compensation for an incident caused by clear system design flaws. We are submitting this report in the hope of preventing similar accidents and receiving the compensation we rightfully deserve. (The vehicle issue has been inspected and confirmed by the Tesla Service Center) | Crash: Yes Fire: No Towed | Unknown |
| May 2025 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | Tail gate hinges will easily bend when the tailgate is closed manually during failure to power close. Tesla refuses the repair and states that vehicle owner will need to take vehicle to collision center to replace hinge even though no collision is involved. Resolution is to replace hinges and align door which tesla refuses to do under warranty. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| May 2025 | SUSPENSION | During VA state safety inspection, inspector found “Rear upper rear control arm knuckle joints have play.” And rejected inspection stating serious safety issue. I checked online that tesla model Y 2022 has recall for this suspension issue but my VIN is not in it. 21V-912 / SB-21-31-004 Recall Why is my vehicle excluded from recall? It has the same issue as other Tesla. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| May 2025 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER | On April 14,2025 My 2022 Tesla Model Y caught on fire while charging. The fire Started from underneath the car near the trunk. The Fire burned the side of my house as well. The Fire Department Ruled it as an electrical fire due to the Battery. | Crash: No Fire: Yes Medical attention | Unknown |
| Apr 2025 | SEATS | Drivers seat is loose, hundreds of other posters online have complained about the same thing. Seat shifts forward and back on acceleration. They want over $2000 for a seat repair. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Apr 2025 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE,LANE DEPARTURE | Any of categories are matching with my issue. 3 1/2 years old, 64,000 miles Tesla model y, ECU, which controls Full self driving , and drive assist system, is fault right after warranty expires. The replacement cost is $2,800. Does it make sense that ECU fault on the owner? It is only 3 1/2 years old car. It is definitely defective part, but Tesla service is not replace for free. I am concerning if ECU fails while I am driving. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Mar 2025 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | While driving at approximately 25 mph on a local street in Seattle, WA, my Tesla suddenly engaged the brakes without any apparent reason. The vehicle was not in Autopilot or Full Self-Driving mode, and my foot was actively pressing the accelerator pedal at the time. The braking was abrupt and forceful, causing a sudden deceleration. The weather was clear with good lighting. There were no obstacles, vehicles, or road hazards in my path that could have triggered the braking. The unexpected stop was shocking and could have led to a rear-end collision, as there were vehicles behind me. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Mar 2025 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | Phantom braking event on highway. Going about 65 miles an hour. It slammed on the brakes. Car is on latest software. I have the video clip whet it shows me trying to get the car under control. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Mar 2025 | VISIBILITY | When I try to defrost my windows, it does not work. They are so foggy when I’m going down the road I am concerned that I will wreck. I was told my vin was not included in the recall. I think it needs to be. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Mar 2025 | SERVICE BRAKES | The contact owns a 2022 Tesla Model Y. The contact stated that while at a stop, the brake pedal was depressed when suddenly the steering wheel seized to function, and the vehicle started to move forward independently, causing the driver to veer to the right to avoid crashing into a home garage. The contact attempted to get back into the street however, the vehicle kept moving forward independently as the contact kept depressing on the brake pedal crashing the front center of the vehicle into a sign pole. The vehicle continued to accelerate independently causing the contact to crash into a second sign pole on the front passenger side where the vehicle came to a stop. The vehicle was damaged by the fender upon the first impact and was damaged on the front passenger side upon the second impact however, the vehicle was not destroyed. The air bags did not deploy. The contact and his wife suffered from whiplash however, medical attention was not required. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed from the place of the accident to the contact's home. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The dealer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 10,100. | Crash: Yes Fire: No Towed | 10,100 |
| Mar 2025 | FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | Vehicle was stopped at a red light. On its own it began driving- accelerating forward from a complete stop - ramming the car in front - then into an active intersection. Thankfully the steering was responsive but not the brake until a few seconds after incident began. Miraculously no one was injured. We have Tesla’s dashcam video of incident but unable to upload onto this platform (it only takes photos). | Crash: Yes Fire: No Towed | Unknown |
| Mar 2025 | AIR BAGS | I have an intermittent warning message "Front passenger safety restraint fault" which started about 1.5 years ago. Tesla added a "filter" which sorta resolved the problem, but as i mentioned its an intermittent problem. I submit another service reqyest for the same issue January 2024 at 51k miles but they denied my warranty claim because it is past their 50k basic warranty. I resubmitted a service request around September 2024 to look at the issue but they said they will look into my request for warranty but never got back to me. Fast forward to 2025 I submit another service request because the warning message keepings popping up more frequently and I read that Tesla SRS warranty is up until 60,000 miles which as of January 2024 I was still within. Now they are denying my claims because I didnt request a service within warranty period. I wasn't aware of the SRS warranty and Tesla employee saying i am outside the warranty and deny my warranty claim which was either incorrect, a lie or both. I have tried explaining to them multiple times but every time they say its outside of warranty now. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Mar 2025 | FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | I was driving the car on supervised self drive and going home around 9 pm. When I reached my house I tapped the break to disengage the FSD and take over so that I can pull into our driveway. After coming to a stop the car all of a sudden just took off on its own at almost 60 mph on a residential street. I was repeatedly pressing on the brake to try to control the car. But it seemed like the car had a mind of its own and was not responding to me at all. approximately 8 seconds (based on Tesla dashcam recordings) later after travelling a distance of approximately 700 feet the car hit 2 parked cars on the street, which eventually activated the brake and brought the car to a stop at the front yard of a house across the street from where the parked cars were hit. | Crash: Yes Fire: No Injuries: 1 Towed | Unknown |
| Feb 2025 | VISIBILITY | The defogger doesn’t work and often makes it worse to the point we can’t see. We have almost crashed because of this twice now. Very dangerous. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Feb 2025 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | The windshield has a huge crack that just appeared out of nowhere. We took it to the shop and they said it wasn’t from a rock. There is no chip in the glass. Apparently a stress fracture. The crack is getting bigger every day and becoming a distraction while driving. Tesla said we are 10,000 miles over our warranty even though the vehicle is only 2 years old. It seems like they used cheap glass as this is common in the Tesla forums and chats. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Feb 2025 | STRUCTURE | Rear lift gate misaligned and having issue closing the trunk after 2 years of owning. Im concern since I have to push down on the trunk to latch, that it may unlatch while driving and lift gate will open. If the trunk doesnt latch, vehicle will not shift to drive. I took the vehicle to a Tesla service center where they told me that my left hinge of the liftgate needs to be replace and to take it to a body shop. How can a metal hinge be a problem on a 2 years vehicle. I believe that the material are poorly made if this happens in just 2 year old vehicle, I wonder if this vehicle can hold for another 3. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Feb 2025 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | The contact owns a 2022 Tesla Model Y. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds with the Full Self-Driving (FSD) activated, the destination was entered, and the system announced the direction steps when suddenly the Full Self-Driving (FSD) disengaged independently causing the driver to be required to take control of the vehicle. During the independent disengagement of the Full Self-Driving (FSD), the vehicle abruptly decelerated. The contact was concerned that the failure could result in a crash if a rear vehicle was tailgating. In addition, the contact stated that the Full Self-Driving (FSD) independently disengaging occurred during excessive sun exposure weather. The Tesla Service Advisor was informed of the failure and advised the contact that moisture entered the camera and the windshield causing the failure and it was a known issue but only an interim repair was currently available. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 35,000. | Crash: No Fire: No | 35,000 |
| Feb 2025 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | The contact owns a 2022 Tesla Model Y. The contact stated that his wife had used the Tesla Summon function in the mobile app to electronically summon the vehicle while she was entering the residential parking lot. The contact stated that while the vehicle was driving towards his wife, the rear passenger's side door crashed into the front bumper of a parked vehicle, causing minor scratches to the vehicle. There was no property damage. The vehicle came to a stop upon making contact with the other vehicle's front bumper. The contact stated that the vehicle was traveling at approximately 5-8 MPH at the time of impact. The airbags did not deploy. The vehicle was not required to be towed. There was no warning light illuminated. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was not severely damaged. There was no injury sustained. The local dealer was contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 49,682. | Crash: Yes Fire: No | 49,682 |
| Feb 2025 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | The contact owns a 2022 Tesla Model Y. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds with the Full Self-Driving (FSD) activated, the destination was entered, and the system announced the direction steps when suddenly the Full Self-Driving (FSD) disengaged independently causing the driver to be required to take control of the vehicle. During the independent disengagement of the Full Self-Driving (FSD), the vehicle abruptly decelerated. The contact was concerned that the failure could result in a crash if a rear vehicle was tailgating. In addition, the contact stated that the Full Self-Driving (FSD) independently disengaging occurred during excessive sun exposure. On a separate occasion, the contact stated that the Full Self-Driving (FSD) was engaged and driving at various speeds, and the vehicle independently maneuvered into oncoming traffic on a 4-lane road causing the contact to have to take over control of the vehicle. A crash was avoided; however, the contact was concerned that if there had been a median barrier it could have resulted in a crash. In addition, the contact stated there was a second occasion where the vehicle was in Full Self-Driving (FSD) and veered into oncoming traffic, and manual control of the vehicle was required. The failure was recorded via the Tesla App and the data was entered via AI. A dealer was contacted, and a service appointment was scheduled for a diagnostic test. The Tesla Service Advisor informed the contact that moisture entered the camera and the windshield causing the failure and it was a known issue, but only an interim repair was currently available. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 30,000. | Crash: No Fire: No | 30,000 |