Feds find more complaints of Tesla’s FSD running red lights and crossing lanes

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has identified astatine slightest 80 instances successful which Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) bundle violated roadworthy rules by moving reddish lights oregon crossing into the incorrect lane, according to a new letter sent to the automaker this week.

NHTSA said successful the missive it has received 62 complaints from Tesla drivers, 14 reports submitted by Tesla, and 4 media reports that picture imaginable violations. That’s up from astir 50 violations NHTSA cited erstwhile it opened an probe into the behavior successful October.

The national information agency’s Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) is probing whether Tesla’s operator assistance bundle tin “accurately observe and appropriately respond to postulation signals, signs and lane markings,” according to the letter. ODI is besides evaluating whether Tesla’s bundle is providing capable warnings to drivers successful these situations. Tesla’s responses are owed January 19, 2026.

The summation successful complaints is notable successful portion due to the fact that the archetypal batch reported by ODI successful October included aggregate reports from 1 peculiar intersection successful Joppa, Maryland. Tesla told the bureau astatine the clip that it had already “taken enactment to code the contented astatine this intersection.” The bureau didn’t accidental where, geographically, these newly-reported incidents took place. Tesla heavy redacts its ain submissions to the agency.

The caller missive was sent to Tesla the aforesaid week that CEO Elon Musk claimed successful a station connected X that the latest mentation of FSD volition let drivers to substance and thrust portion utilizing the operator assistance software, which is amerciable successful astir each state. NHTSA has not responded to requests for remark astir Musk’s statement.

The missive is meant to footwear disconnected the find process for NHTSA, and arsenic specified it details a fig of requests for accusation the bureau has made to Tesla. For instance, the bureau is asking for information connected however galore Tesla vehicles are equipped with FSD, arsenic good arsenic however often the bundle is engaged. ODI is besides asking Tesla to crook implicit immoderate lawsuit complaints it has received regarding these circumstantial problems with FSD, including from fleet operators and from immoderate lawsuits oregon third-party arbitration proceedings.

This is the 2nd probe that NHTSA has opened into Tesla’s FSD software. In October 2024, the bureau began a probe into however FSD handles low-visibility situations similar fog oregon utmost sunlight.