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Vehicle speed controlPart report

2020 Tesla Model Y Vehicle speed control Problems

Complaints
37about this part
Share
13%of 283 total for the year
Median mileage
900miles
Trend
FallingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% lower than in the 3 years before.

NHTSA recorded 37 complaints about the vehicle speed control of the 2020 Tesla Model Y, 13% of the 283 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 900 miles. 13 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.

Example complaints

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

“I was in a parking garage next to my work and was parking between two cars, I was coming to a complete stop when my car suddenly accelerated and hit the pillar on the left side. It was only a few seconds and I applied the brakes and put the car on park. This is a brand new car with less than 500 miles on it. I felt that the car suddenly accelerated when I was completely stopping. Later, I found out that this has been reported with other Tesla vehicles in a parking garage similar to my situation. …”

NHTSA complaint #11385350, filed 2020-12, 480 miles

“This is my third Tesla (model s and x and now y) in the last 10 years. I was the primary driver having over 40k miles driven. I do not suffer from any medical problems. On monday morning october 5th around 9am I made my way to my local supermarket. I pulled into the parking lot slowly. The Tesla Model Y was less than a week old, so I was driving extremely slow trying to find a parking space where I would least likely get a doording. I spotted a space, and proceeded to slowly turn into the space. …”

NHTSA complaint #11367044, filed 2020-10, 323 miles

“We recently purchase Tesla Model Y on 29th september 2020. We notice more than twice while driving Model Y on freeway at 65mph and the car decided to randomly slam the braked (panthom braking) while in autopilot in middle of the freeway. We were on garden state parkway in nj. We did reported to Tesla via voice command but no we been scare driving the Tesla on cruise control or auto pilot and worried about rear end accident. Its very dangerous and safer issue. There has been no response from Tesla. …”

NHTSA complaint #11376740, filed 2020-11, 900 miles

“On three occasions after taking my foot off the accelerator, my car starting accelerating on its own. I could feel the acceleration and was able to stop it by putting my foot on the brake. I did not touch the lever to set the speed, the pedal did not get stuck on the carpet and I did not confuse my accelerator for the brake. This seems to be a very dangerous situation, especially in heavy traffic or if I did not immediately react to put my foot on the brake. Each time this happened while the car was in motion and after I had taken my foot off the accelerator to allow the car to slow down. …”

NHTSA complaint #11415401, filed 2021-05, 2,250 miles

“Nearly Every Single day on my drive home north on AZ hwy 90 my 2020 Tesla Model Y abruptly disengages and breaks from cruise control. it is especially startling when I pass a vehicle and then return to my lane only to have the car dramatically slow. I could be ok if it just disengaged cruise but daily multiple times it breaks on a fast moving highway”

NHTSA complaint #11513779, filed 2023-03

Vehicle speed control: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2026358%
2025109%
20243711%
202316814%
202214016%
202116215%
20203713%

Other parts of the 2020 Tesla Model Y

Forward collision avoidance
108 complaints
Other or unknown
58 complaints
Brakes
37 complaints
Lane departure
32 complaints
Suspension
31 complaints
Electrical system
28 complaints
Steering
26 complaints
Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
18 complaints
Air bags
17 complaints
Body and structure
14 complaints
Seat belts
12 complaints
Wheels
12 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2020 Tesla Model Y

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 30, 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