Tesla has a new preliminary evaluation (PE) going on with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). After receiving "twelve complaints alleging loss of steering control and power steering," the safety regulator decided to open on June 28 the PE 23-014, which involves around 280,000 units of the Model 3 and Model Y produced this year. One of these complaints involved a crash. Luckily, nobody got hurt.
The opening resume for that preliminary evaluation revealed all complaints that led to it, and I decided to take a look at what these customers experienced. Among the 12 issue reports, 9 involve the Model Y, and the other 3 relate to the electric sedan. Although it represented a clear minority in this defective fleet, it was a Model 3 that endured a collision. The driver involved did not reveal where that happened on May 5. The only details they provided were that the "car steering felt stuck," which led it to "slid(e) off the road" and crash into a tree. According to the complainant, "Tesla features did not help stay in the lane or break in an emergency."
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