This seems very unlikely. Why did her friend’s Tesla stop?

 

I am going to ask her

 

The third hand information needs a lot more details for it to be useful.

 

OMG another on ignore.

 

A friend of a friend told me...

 

Remionded me of this:

"Nicki Minaj made headlines after her Sept. 13 tweet about her as-of-yet unidentified cousin’s friend in Trinidad, who was dumped at the altar by his wife-to-be because “the vaccine” — presumably for COVID-19 — allegedly made his testicles swell."

Ahh, "social" media. Designed to completely destroy modern society.

 

Sounds questionable.

But I will say that a Ford Bronco II stopped on me in the middle of the Interstate.
I would be really surprised if it hasn't happened to EVERY vehicle.

So you probably don't want to buy ANY vehicle.

 

I will tell her post on Fora.
Some can make fun no problem.

 

I don't know why people are making fun of this person. Phantom braking is well documented and discussed on this forum (i.e., when a Tesla slams on the brakes for no reason, particularly on highways/freeways) I have had my 2018 Model X do phantom braking on me several times in early years of its use. I have not had that happen for some years now, but instead within the last year I've had my car not want to stop at red lights while using FSD. Also one time I was at a dead stop at a red light and my car decided it was going to start by itself and drive through the red light on FSD! The bottom line is that on FSD you still have to pay attention 100% and be ready to respond to your car's actions! (The only problem I have is making hearsay complaints, but this person is talking about a real issue of phantom braking.)

 

I don't know why people are making fun of this person. Phantom breaking is well documented and discussed on this forum (i.e., when a Tesla slams on the brakes for no reason, particularly on highways/freeways) I have had my 2018 Model X do phantom breaking on me several times in early years of its use. I have not had that happen for some years now, but instead within the last year I've had my car not want to stop at red lights while using FSD. Also one time I was at a dead stop at a red light and my car decided it was going to start by itself and drive through the red light on FSD! The bottom line is that on FSD you still have to pay attention 100% and be ready to respond to your car's actions! (The only problem I have is making hearsay complaints, but this person is talking about a real issue of phantom breaking.)

Why do you think the car wants to break phantoms? Most people leave phantoms alone, in one piece. I actually tried it once, no amount of force I used would break a phantom.
On the other hand, my Teslas have only exhibited phantom BRAKING in one location, the combination of a hill and an overhead gantry apparently confuses the cat into thinking there is an obstacle.

 

Let's not be so dismissive. This has happened a few times while driving my 2020 Tesla Y, too.

 

This has really happened to you "a few times"? Your car has "stopped automatically on freeway and had a accident" "a few times"? Through over 200k miles my Teslas have never stopped automatically on any freeway across North America and have never been in an accident. Yes, phantom braking has been an issue for many years, but in my experience that issue is virtually nonexistent any longer.

 

I wasn’t sure I wanted to comment before, but stopped automatically on the highway AND had an accident sounds likely to either be automatic emergency braking stopping for an actual emergency, a phantom brake somewhere in California where people drive too close and aren’t looking, or Autopilot stopped in the middle of traffic for being ignored someplace like California where people will drive right into stopped cars without looking.

 

During a couple years of FSD usage there was a spot along my usual daily drive where the car came to a complete stop EVERYTIME I went West on that road. Two lane semi rural road, no traffic, sunny or night, NO STOP SIGN within 500 feet. Yet FSD stopped - no drama, just always came to a complete stop if I allowed it. Like it thought a stop sign should have been there. IIRC it started with some late flavor of v10 and eventually went away about a year into v11. Maybe that "activity" was replaced with the phantom, random wiper activity on every startup and while driving.

 

Yeah, no phantom braking in a long time. But lately CURVATURE ASSIST has been a PIA! Kicks in on a straight road, no other cars near me.
I've been BUG REPORTing this every time it does it.
Two steps forward and SURPRISE, a new complaint.

 

But lately CURVATURE ASSIST has been a PIA!

What’s that ?

 

Curvature Assist will slow down the car in a curve. It's inconsistent, invasive, sporadic, and a PIA.
It will suddenly flash CURVATURE ASSIST IS ACTIVE, the car slows down then sometimes will speed up to the speed the car was going when it activated. Some curves it does it, others it doesn't.

 

Google it, also Reddit has some comments.

 

I didn’t know something like this is linked to FSD. I thought this is a feature for the AP only (on cars who don’t have FSD), like those Tesla driven in UK or anywhere across Europe. Might be also for the North America Tesla, but I was using FSD in the last 11 months so I don’t have a clue.
The AP usually keeps the set speed, doesn’t care about the curve optimal speed and Tesla added the curvature assist to give the driver a somewhat experience closer to FSD driving, trying to slow down to match the optimal speed for the curve. But don’t expect to be perfect, IT IS NOT FSD. So why are you talking about Curvature Assist and FSD in the same sentence ? That’s why I was surprised and wanted you to explain what do you call "curvature assist".

 

I'm using AP, not FSD, so I don't know if this is an issue with FSD.

 

I'm using AP, not FSD, so I don't know if this is an issue with FSD.

No, this is a non-issue in FSD.

I call it Curvature Assist because that's what Tesla calls it. If it doesn't apply to you, sorry.

No need to be sorry, I thought you referred to it as a FSD feature, that’s all, and I wasn’t aware of such feature in FSD. I did watch a YouTube video presenting the feature in AP about a month or so ago. It was a video from a Tesla owner from UK.

 

I've been on a wide, 2+ lane road twice recently where the car in front pulled into a RH turn lane and my 2022 Mod 3 braked very hard. I was in cruise control going ~ 55 mph. Both times the cars were far enough behind to avoid crashes. The guy turning in front of me made a perfectly normal move and was well out of my lane.

 

Yes, HW3 equipped Tesla can have such behaviour.