Speed Control complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2019 Tesla Model 3 has 62 NHTSA speed control complaints and 0 speed control-related recalls.
62
Complaints
0
Recalls
5
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 8, 2026
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2025 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | Phantom braking (as it's referred to by experts) happened to me twice on the highway using Traffic-A... |
| Dec 4, 2024 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | When cruise control or self-driving systems are engaged, there have been numerous times when the aut... |
| Jun 18, 2024 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | Tesla has combined cruise control with their Auto Pilot feature. Now there is no human override to ... |
| Aug 18, 2023 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | I was at a toll booth paying for tow. All of a sudden the car accelerated forward by itself, rammin... |
| Jul 26, 2023 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,SERVICE BRAKES | I have a 2019 Model 3 and yesterday, while making a left turn and applying pressure to the brake, re... |
| Jun 1, 2023 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,SERVICE BRAKES | Multiple extreme braking so much where today actually hurt my neck it stopped so abruptly up a hill ... |
| May 11, 2023 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | I live in a very rural area with very little traffic on two-lane country roads. When my cruise cont... |
| May 6, 2023 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | The car will not allow me to use the cruise control, or put the car into auto-steer. Tesla says it d... |
| Apr 29, 2023 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE,LANE DEPARTURE | The right camera and coax cable have gone bad. The coax cable is corroded and have water inside the ... |
| Mar 31, 2023 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | On long, straight interstate highway roads where speed limit is 80mph in GOOD to EXCELLENT weather a... |
| Feb 27, 2023 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | The car on multiple occasions while driving on the highway with either the cruise control or autopil... |
| Feb 18, 2023 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | On Feb. 18, 2023 when the Tesla model 3 was being driven on I-66E in a regular lane (55mph speed lim... |
| Jan 16, 2023 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | The contact owns a 2019 Tesla Model 3. The contact stated while driving at 3 MPH and slowing the veh... |
| Jan 16, 2023 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | This morning, I was driving using FSD beta and the car swerved and veered almost directly into the c... |
| Nov 17, 2022 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | While freeway driving with autopilot (adaptive cruise control) engaged the car will suddenly break V... |
| Oct 5, 2022 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | While the vehicle has adaptive cruise control engaged, there are times it applies braking (sometimes... |
| Sep 29, 2022 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | I was traveling approximately 70 mph in passing lane when I engaged (standard) autopilot, as I appro... |
| Aug 30, 2022 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | Car is on cruise control on a two lane highway, posted speed 55 mph. It has ghost emergency stops o... |
| Jun 9, 2022 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE,LANE DEPARTURE | My friend was driving the vehicle (a 2019 Tesla Model 3) while it was engaged in Full Self-Driving B... |
| Jun 8, 2022 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE,LANE DEPARTURE | My friend was driving the vehicle (a 2019 Tesla Model 3) while it was engaged in Full Self-Driving B... |