I have not been back to this thread since I started it in January,,,,but glad that I made it back today and saw your note Kgoddard 15. I feel your pain but I come you (and all others experiencing such scary phantom braking) with hope and good news. I think patience is the key here and give the Tesla (maturation) process time. Why do I say this,,,,if you all read my first post it will provide our initial experience with my wife's new Model Y. But now less than 4 months later,,,,it drives like a dream,,,what we all expect! And I really don't think that it is due to the over the air updates that we have had in that time period. I am sure many will scoff at what I am about to say,,,,but I fully believe what follows. I really think that every new Tesla off of the line comes to its new owner very much like a newborn child. Fully equipped but with specific needs yet to be learned. It comes very very safe to drive but in some respects a little too safe. The car matures as we experience these over cautious situations and learns from our accelerating through phantom braking or taking it out of auto steer. In time its immaturity is replaced with the reactions that we expect and do not decline. I have this gut feeling that this process is an inherent in the Tesla software but Tesla can't own up to it publically (nor do we want them to...... can you imagine what kind of stir this would cause in the non-Tesla community?). Gut feeling,,,,maybe it is based on all of the AI that Tesla is involved in that dovetails into FSD. What is some of my validation on this gut feeling. I also own a Model 3 delivery taken in December 2019. It too had a handful of driving quirks. Phantom braking but of a different flavor. Not quite as heart wrenching as the Model Y but to a new Tesla owner,,,,it was still scary. Guess what,,,,it resolved itself and now is a dream to drive. How does this prove my gut feeling? If these braking issues where fleet specific,,,,cars coming off the line after mine would have come off with the phantom braking issue resolved (based on fixes learned from earlier car deliveries). But no,,,,every new Tesla has immaturities (like the newborn baby scenario) that just have to be learned from real world driving.
I know,,,,the above may be a little far fetched,,,,but based on our two Tesla's I would like to think it has merit
. Time will tell. Please do not lose faith in the Tesla process,,,,I think it is the best around. Keep driving in Auto Steer and your job is to simply be aware of the situations that cause your phantom braking and be ready to press the accelerator through it. This action is noted by Tesla as a learning tool (These last two sentences were heard by my wife when she discussed the braking issue with a Tesla tech service person. Now,,,,what he did not say,,,was where the "learning" was taking place...............
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