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AI Tangible Harm Level Notes
"Phantom braking" enhances the risk of collisions, but no actual event is reported. Hundreds of Tesla owners have filed complaints with the NHTSA, and are therefore potentially identifiable.
Special Interest Intangible Harm
no
Date of Incident Year
2021
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Tesla is seeing an increase in complaints over serious and dangerous phantom braking events plaguing Autopilot in the latest software updates.
Phantom braking is a term used to describe when an advanced driver assist system (ADAS) or a self…
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Over 100 complaints have been made in the last three months.
Tesla vehicles are inexplicably slamming on their brakes for no reason, frightening owners and eliciting over 100 complaints to the federal government in the last three months alo…
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The so-called “phantom braking” increased after Tesla both made a software update and stopped using radar sensors in October.
Some Tesla drivers say they're experiencing an increase in "phantom braking," in which their cars make random, jol…
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After opening strong in pre-market trading, Tesla’s stock (TSLA) fell this morning as more attention is brought to its serious phantom braking issue on Autopilot.
Back in November, Electrek released a report called ‘Tesla has a serious phan…
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Owners say their cars are suddenly slamming the brakes at high speeds, nearly causing crashes in many cases.
Teslas are unexpectedly slamming on their brakes in response to imagined hazards — such as oncoming traffic on two-lane roads — whi…
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DETROIT (AP) — More than 750 Tesla owners have complained to U.S. safety regulators that cars operating on the automaker’s partially automated driving systems have suddenly stopped on roadways for no apparent reason.
The National Highway Tr…
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has released a damning report on Tesla’s Level 2 driver assist systems, called Autopilot and Full Self-Driving. Over 750 Tesla owners have reported their vehicles have mysteriously …
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Tesla’s self-driving tech continues to be under increased scrutiny.
Tesla’s Autopilot driver-assistance system is attracting more negative headlines after it emerged that 758 owners have complained to U.S. regulators about incidents of “pha…