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Tesla FSD gets worse at driving, NHTSA opens new investigation

carsOctober 9, 2025
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Tesla FSD gets worse at driving, NHTSA opens new investigation
FSD has been crossing into oncoming traffic and ignoring red lights. ...
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Last week was a good one for Tesla, as it beat analysts' estimates for the number of cars it could sell in the third quarter of the year. This week is probably a less good week for Tesla, since the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Office of Defects Investigation has opened yet another preliminary probe into the automaker—the third this year alone.

2025 hadn't been going long before NHTSA announced an investigation following multiple crashes involving Tesla's remote parking features. And last month, the agency started a second, concerning multiple deaths after the company's signature retractable door handles became inoperative after a crash.

Now it's the controversially named "Full Self-Driving" feature in the crosshairs, after dozens of reports of Teslas breaking traffic laws while using this partially automated driving assist.

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