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- Oct 7, 202590% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
NHTSA Opens a Probe of Tesla FSD Running Red Lights on 2.9 Million Cars
- NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Preliminary Evaluation PE25012 on 7 October 2025 into traffic-law violations by Teslas with FSD (Supervised) or FSD (Beta) engaged[1]
- It covers an estimated 2,882,566 vehicles - every Tesla equipped with FSD[1]
- The opening count was 58 incidents: 14 crashes, 10 of them with injuries, 23 people hurt and no deaths[1]
- ODI found 18 complaints and six crash reports of cars entering intersections against a red light, four with injuries, several at the same intersection in Joppa, Maryland, which Tesla has since addressed[1][4]
- Other reports describe FSD crossing double-yellow lines, turning the wrong way past wrong-way signs, or using turn-only and through lanes wrongly, often with little warning to the driver[1]
- The probe asks whether FSD's sudden manoeuvres leave the supervising driver time to intervene, and may extend to railroad crossings[1][4]
- By 3 December 2025 NHTSA's information request counted 62 complaints, 4 media reports and 14 SGO reports[2][3]
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- [1]90%static.nhtsa.gov/odi/inv/2025/INOA-PE25012-19171.pdfstatic.nhtsa.gov· Posted Sep 28, 2026· Starts Oct 7, 2025 ✓· 43% of score
NHTSA's[3] ODI resume for PE25012 gives 'Date Opened: 10/07/2025'. No time of day is stated, so the pin is all day.
- [2]70%Tesla FSD Red-Light Probe: What NHTSA's 2.88 Million-Car File Actually Saysautos.yahoo.com· Published Jul 21, 2026· 33% of score
A later explainer on the PE25012 file: the 3 December 2025 information request covered 62 complaints, 4 media reports and 14 SGO submissions and widened the defect to improper lane use.[1]
- [3]90%NHTSA Information Request PE25012-01 to Teslastatic.nhtsa.gov· Published Dec 3, 2025· 13% of score
NHTSA's[1] 3 December 2025 information request: by then ODI had 62 complaints, 4 media reports and 14 SGO reports, now also covering improper lane use such as going straight from turn-only lanes.
- [4]80%NHTSA launches new Tesla 'Full Self-Driving' investigation on nearly 2.9 million vehiclesrepairerdrivennews.com· Published Oct 10, 2025· 11% of score
Trade outlet summarising the opening resume: six SGO crashes at red lights, four with injuries; repeat incidents at one intersection in Joppa, Maryland; the review may extend to railroad crossings.[1]
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