2023 Tesla Model Y Brakes Problems
- Complaints
- 155about this part
- Share
- 13%of 1,193 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 8,000miles
- Trend
- Too newThis model year is less than 4 years old, so a trend is not meaningful yet.
NHTSA recorded 155 complaints about the brakes of the 2023 Tesla Model Y, 13% of the 1,193 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 8,000 miles. 37 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.
“2023 Tesla Model Y has frequent phantom braking issues when using cruise control. Let me clarify I am not using any sort of auto-pilot or self driving options. I am simply using cruise control. The incidents that cause many braking issues are unjustified to the point I have no idea what the Tesla may have recognized to make it slam on brakes. Very dangerous”
NHTSA complaint #11612070, filed 2024-09“Pulled into hospital parking garage. Stopped to pull parking ticket. When the parking gate was raised, Tesla immediately took off at very high uncontrolled speed. Basically a runaway vehicle. There was no accerlation on my part. Brakes did not work. Hit parked car in the garage about 300 feet from the parking gate. I was taken to hospital with broken wrist. Car has been totaled.”
NHTSA complaint #11697204, filed 2025-11“At 10:11 PM driving on 95 south at 78 miles per hour the car stopped on its own violently braking and swerved across the intersection. Then we kept getting alerts about the cameras. I have pictures of the alerts. There was no obstruction on the highway. Car just braked for no reason. Very scary”
NHTSA complaint #11629671, filed 2024-12“Our Tesla seems to be experiencing regular phantom braking events. We just had an event today while traveling on the freeway. Our Tesla unexpectedly applied the brakes without warning as if it was trying to avoid a collision. No objects were in sight. Our cruise control was active and we don’t have autopilot.”
NHTSA complaint #11543107, filed 2023-09“This is the problem know in Tesla world as phantom braking. This happens to me frequently. I am driving on a clear road, no obstacles, and the car will brake hard for no clear reason. At best this is annoying. But there are times when it is extremely dangerous. This happens on highways and interstates at highway speeds. Drivers behind me are forced to brake hard to avoid a rear-end collision.”
NHTSA complaint #11519064, filed 2023-04Brakes: other model years
Other parts of the 2023 Tesla Model Y
481 complaintsSteering
219 complaintsVehicle speed control
168 complaintsOther or unknown
164 complaintsSuspension
137 complaintsElectrical system
126 complaintsLane departure
84 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
64 complaintsWheels
52 complaintsBack-over prevention (rear camera)
43 complaintsAir bags
41 complaintsSeat belts
36 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2023 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.
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