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Forward collision avoidancePart report

2026 Tesla Model X Forward collision avoidance Problems

Complaints
4about this part
Share
57%of 7 total for the year
Median mileage
—not reported
Trend
Too newThis model year is less than 4 years old, so a trend is not meaningful yet.

NHTSA recorded 4 complaints about the forward collision avoidance of the 2026 Tesla Model X, 57% of the 7 complaints for this model year. 2 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.

Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“Tesla has auto-park in the supervised FSD. My wife was using it to park the car in a public garage and it hit a post. The car was damaged. It was too quick for my wife to intervene. I know it is supervised, but there is no time to intervene when it comes to parking where the spot to park is close to other cars or posts anyway.”

NHTSA complaint #11722384, filed 2026-03

“In April 13th, 2026 while driving from the house through community, I suddenly stopped at the cross roads due to unexpected conditions. During this event, a coffee mug placed in the cup holder tipped over and spilled liquid onto the center console area—near the phone charging pad and critical control panel used for gear selection and essential driving functions. In about 15 minutes after the spill, when I reached the highway at about 70 mph, the vehicle experienced a rapid and severe system-wide failure. …”

NHTSA complaint #11734065, filed 2026-04

“In January my parents Tesla in self driving mode drove them straight through a building. The breaks didn't deploy, the airbags didn't deploy and the steering wheel was shaking and unresponsive. Thankfully no one was seriously injured. That said, there was a lot of physical damage to the restaurant/building and the car was completely totaled. We are certain that there were catastrophic failures with the car that caused the accident however the mechanic has informed us that due to her NDA she cannot provide any details about her findings after examining the car. …”

NHTSA complaint #11745992, filed 2026-06

“For over the past 18 months, Tesla FSD software deliberately removed the driver’s ability to control following distance, instead replacing it with fuzzy descriptions of “mad max, hurry, standard, chill, and sloth.” As a result the car cannot maintain a safe highway following distance as determined by the driver. When in Hurry and or Standard mode, the car will routinely reach speeds of 75 to 80 mph and decrease following distance to about 3 car lengths, with no car for more than 20 car lengths behind. …”

NHTSA complaint #11760307, filed 2026-08

Forward collision avoidance: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2026457%
2025425%
2024933%
20232010%
20222116%
2021615%
20202520%
20191818%
20183217%
20173112%
2016245%

Other parts of the 2026 Tesla Model X

Air bags
1 complaints
Brakes
1 complaints
Electrical system
1 complaints
Other or unknown
1 complaints
Seats
1 complaints
Steering
1 complaints
Suspension
1 complaints
Vehicle speed control
1 complaints
Wheels
1 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2026 Tesla Model X

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 27, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

To check a specific vehicle for open recalls, use its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Methodology