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NHTSA Grants Tesla Five-Week Extension in FSD Traffic-Violations Probe

The delay reflects a sweeping federal request that requires Tesla to manually review thousands of records.

FILE - A Tesla model Y and other Telsla vehicles sit at a dealership, Wednesday, March 19, 2025, in Kennesaw, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)
Tesla logo is seen in this illustration taken July 23, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
FILE – A 2021 Model 3 sedan sits in a near-empty lot at a Tesla dealership in Littleton, Colo. June 27, 2021. Tesla is recalling nearly 54,000 vehicles because their “Full Self-Driving” software lets them roll through stop signs without coming to a complete halt. Documents posted Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022, by U.S. safety regulators say that Tesla will disable the feature with an over-the-internet software update. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
A red traffic light

Overview

  • Key responses are now due February 23 as regulators examine whether Full Self-Driving led Teslas to break traffic laws.
  • Tesla told NHTSA it has 8,313 records left to review and can process roughly 300 per day.
  • The December request covers complaints, field reports, crashes, lawsuits and internal assessments, and the agency has logged 62 complaints plus other potential incidents.
  • Tesla says simultaneous NHTSA inquiries into delayed crash reporting and inoperative door handles are stretching its resources.
  • The company expects to seek further time for incident-level details, while a separate visibility-detection probe opened in 2024 after multiple crashes, including one fatality, remains active.