--- title: "Self-Driving Teslas Have a Small Issue With Crashing Into Curbs" description: "Tesla's controversial Full Self-Driving software is scraping up rims on curbs left and right and owners are pissed." date: "2024-04-15" modified: "2024-04-15" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/self-driving-teslas-curbs" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Self-Driving Vehicles" - "Tesla" tags: - "autopilot" - "full self-driving" - "tesla" - "the digest" --- # Self-Driving Teslas Have a Small Issue With Crashing Into Curbs ![Tesla's controversial Full Self-Driving software is scraping up rims on curbs left and right and owners are pissed.]() *\Image: X / Reddit\* ## Curbal Remedy Tesla's controversial Full Self-Driving (FSD) software isn't just veering drivers into [oncoming traffic]() and making terrifying, unprotected left turns — it's also scraping up rims on curbs left and right. Numerous posts making their rounds on social media show pictures of damaged rims, as [spotted by *InsideEVs*](), as the result of the EV maker's driver assistance software getting a little too close for comfort with the side of the road. "Why won’t Tesla replace my rim if your FSD system is the one that caused it to run into the curb?" one owner [lamented]() on X-formerly-Twitter. "I sent them 2 videos and a pic!" "I was driving in the right lane, and there was a point ahead in the road where the right lane widens," another Reddit user [recalled]() after ramming into a curb at 40 mph. "For some reason FSD decided to adjusted the path to stay in the middle of the lane too early and hit the curb on the right side." A Tesla Model Y owner [reported similar results]() on Reddit. Another user was [quick to point]() out that "this is posted pretty much daily here. I enjoy FSD but learned to use it mostly on the freeway just for this exact reason." https://twitter.com/RSultan23/status/1778151055601107428 ## Rim City Besides triggering several [governmental investigations](), Tesla has struggled significantly to iron the kinks out of the $15,000 "self-driving" add-on. Pushing glaring issues aside, Musk recently [mandated all Tesla employees]() to install the feature and have salespeople demo the beta to new buyers. Musk has been pushing the software hard, even trying to convince other carmakers to license it, [none of which have taken him up on the offer](). We've also come across several [fatal collisions]() that reportedly involved the company's Autopilot feature. Last week, Tesla also settled with a family who [sued the company]() over a death that allegedly involved Autopilot in an apparent attempt to avoid public scrutiny. While curb scrapes aren't likely to result in a fatal collision, the trend highlights just how much work Tesla still has ahead of it when it comes to actually accomplishing its goal of its vehicles fully driving themselves. Avoiding curbs is a pretty basic task, after all, that human drivers in training hopefully learn on the first day behind the wheel. **More on FSD:** *[Tesla Settles Suit Accusing Autopilot of Killing Driver Instead of Going to Court]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()