2024 Tesla Model 3 defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2024 Tesla Model 3. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• FSD Collisions in Reduced Roadway Visibility Conditions
  Engineering Analysis EA26002 · opened Mar 18, 2026 · still open

  The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) is opening this Engineering Analysis to evaluate Tesla’s Full Self Driving Beta and Full Self Driving (Supervised) (collectively, FSD) degradation detection system. The focus of this investigation will be to assess the system’s ability, when encountering reduced roadway visibil…

• Traffic safety violations while Full Self Driving ("FSD") is engaged
  Preliminary Evaluation PE25012 · opened Oct 7, 2025 · still open

  The Office of Defects Investigation (“ODI”) is opening this Preliminary Evaluation (PE) to assess the scope, frequency, and potential safety consequences of FSD executing driving maneuvers that constitute traffic safety violations. This investigation concerns versions of FSD that Tesla has labeled as "FSD (Supervised)" a…

• Compliance with Standing General Order 2021-01 Reporting Requirements
  Audit Query AQ25002 · opened Aug 20, 2025 · still open

  The Office of Defects Investigation (“ODI”) has identified numerous incident reports submitted by Tesla, Inc. (“Tesla”) in response to Standing General Order 2021-01 (the “SGO”), in which the reported crashes occurred several months or more before the dates of the reports. The majority of these reports involved crashes…

• Actually Smart Summon sessions resulting in low-speed impacts.
  Preliminary Evaluation PE24033 · opened Jan 6, 2025 · closed Apr 3, 2026

  On January 6, 2025, the Office of Defects Investigations (ODI) opened Preliminary Evaluation 24003 (PE24033) to investigate Actually Smart Summon (Summon) sessions resulting in crashes during active sessions. According to Tesla, Summon is a short-distance SAE Level 2 system, controlled by the user from a cell phone wit…

• FSD Collisions in Reduced Roadway Visibility Conditions
  Preliminary Evaluation PE24031 · opened Oct 17, 2024 · closed Mar 18, 2026

  On October 17, 2024, NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened a Preliminary Evaluation (PE24031) of Tesla’s Full Self Driving Beta and Full Self Driving (Supervised) (collectively, FSD) to assess: the ability of the FSD system to detect and respond appropriately to reduced roadway visibility conditions; whe…

• Recall 23V838 Remedy Effectiveness
  Recall Query RQ24009 · opened Apr 25, 2024 · still open

  The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) is opening a Recall Query to assess the remedy adequacy of Recall 23V838. On December 12, 2023, Tesla filed a Defect Information Report (Recall 23V838) applicable to all Tesla models produced and equipped with any version of its Autopilot system, which Tesla described as an SAE…

• Unexpected Brake Activation
  Preliminary Evaluation PE22002 · opened Feb 16, 2022 · closed Jun 29, 2026

  On February 16, 2022, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened a Preliminary Evaluation (PE22002) to investigate reports of unexpected deceleration while driving with the adaptive cruise control system engaged in Model Year (MY) 2021 – 2022 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles manufactured by Tesla. The subject systems…