2022 Tesla Model 3 · symptom sheet
Brakes grind, pulse or wear early
- 167owner reports
- 5,224median miles
- 14involved a crash
Newest report Sep 3, 2025 · checked Sep 9, 2026
167 of the 764 complaints on this car describe brake wear.
Tick what matches of 167 reports
What got replaced
Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the ABS module (11 reports).
Recalls and investigations
No recall on the brakes covers the 2022 model year as of Sep 9, 2026.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 2,500 and 7,826 miles, from the 10 reports that gave a mileage.
What owners wrote
“Driving on I-26, 4:30am, no cars around and my car aggressively brakes causing me to react quickly and disable smart cruise control. Making a return trip 1 week later on I-95, the car at various times brakes for no reason multiple times on a700 Mile trip.”
Filed Feb 17, 2022
“On my daily commute to work on the interstate while in cruise control the car will slam on the brakes fro no apparent reason. This abruptly takes my car from 70 mph to 40. Happens multiple times in cruise control every day.”
Filed Feb 9, 2022
“Multiple times while driving using adaptive cruise control while approaching a semi(both oncoming and overtaking) the car will slam on the brakes(phantom braking).”
Filed Feb 7, 2022
“I was driving on a two lane road using auto pilot. I was going 55mph when all of a sudden my car slammed on the brakes down to 32mph as a school bus approached us. There was no reason to brake. The school bus never entered my lane. If a car had been following me closely I would have been rear ended for a system malfunction. Very scary.”
Filed Feb 3, 2022
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 14 of 167 reports involved a crash and 12 people were hurt. Owners who file are the ones who had a bad experience, and nobody checks their reports. If the problem affects steering, braking, power or a fire risk, treat it as a safety fault and have it inspected before a long or high-speed drive.
File your own report with NHTSA. Complaint counts are how a problem gets an investigation.
Other problems on this car
- Adaptive cruise or lane keeping misbehaves 349 reports
- Brakes on its own (automatic emergency braking) 341 reports
- Infotainment, screen or backup camera fails 41 reports