Blogger reports safety issues with Tesla FSD 13.2
A blogger who subscribed to Tesla's Full Self-Driving 13.2 for two months documented numerous safety failures during one month of testing, including dangerous lane changes, phantom braking at highway speeds, failure to obey traffic signals and school zone speed limits, and misidentification of road hazards. The blogger concluded FSD 13.2 is unsafe for autonomous operation and should not be deployed widely without major improvements.
What happened
A blogger with a US IP address identified as Auto_Dragon paid $198 for a two-month subscription to Tesla FSD 13.2 and tested the system for one month before publishing detailed findings of unsafe behaviors.
The blogger reported the system exhibited dangerous autonomous driving failures including lane changes without adequate warning time, failure to reduce speed near school buses and in school zones, misidentification of traffic signals, and running red lights. The system reportedly crossed solid white lines and double yellow lines multiple times, including instances of crossing into oncoming traffic lanes.
The blogger documented six instances of 'phantom braking' within one month, including a critical incident at highway speed where FSD misidentified an adjacent ramp signal as a highway signal and executed hard braking at 90 km/h, nearly causing a rear-end collision. Additional issues included failure to detect road conditions such as ice and wet pavement, confusion between road markings and water patterns, and inability to judge vehicle dimensions and dynamics.
Reported impact
The blogger stated that users experienced fear and life-threatening situations, plus risk of traffic violations. The blogger estimated Tesla should compensate users $99 per month as beta testers who collected driving data while assuming safety risks.
Index analysis
FSD 13.2 reportedly lacks human-level natural learning capability and cannot predict upcoming driving situations like a human driver. The system failed to safely handle variable road and traffic conditions and required constant driver supervision despite its autonomous claims.
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