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2023 Tesla Model Y speed control problems

The 2023 Tesla Model Y has 163 speed control complaints filed with NHTSA — 9% of the year's total, and roughly flat versus the prior model year.

163

Speed Control complaints

9%

Share of year

32

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Speed Control complaints by year

Model Y speed control complaints by model year163 complaints2020: 37 complaints2021: 158 complaints2022: 137 complaints2023: 163 complaints2024: 33 complaints2025: 9 complaints2026: 21 complaints
Model Y speed control complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

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…

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Speed Control · October 1, 2025 · crash

Common questions

How many speed control complaints does the 2023 Tesla Model Y have?

NHTSA has 163 complaints about the 2023 Tesla Model Y speed control — 9% of all complaints filed for that model year.

Related

Based on NHTSA ODI data through June 2026. Complaints are consumer-reported and unverified. Updated July 5, 2026.

Compiled by Sharon Ben-Moshe, Founder.