Overview

• NBC News filmed a Model Y approaching an active crossing where the driver had to stop the car manually.
• Owners in forum posts and interviews report vehicles driving through flashing signals or halting on tracks as gates descend.
• NHTSA said it is aware of the incidents and in communication with Tesla while analyzing complaints for a potential defect trend.
• Tesla markets Full Self-Driving as supervised functionality and states it does not make the vehicle autonomous.
• NBC cited a June case in which a Tesla reportedly turned onto train tracks and was struck by a train minutes later.