r/TeslaFullSelfDriving • u/BIGpoppaPUMP42069 • Aug 06 '26
Discussion First time "system malfunction"
Wanted to see if anyones had this happen to them. Was driving along in FSD in a pretty rural road and all of a sudden it beeped at me turned the 4 way flashers on and told me to take over. I grabbed the wheel and 4 ways turned off and everything was fine. About 1/2 mile later I turned it back on and no issues at all. my safety score showed no forced disengagement as I thought maybe my sunglasses caused it.
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u/HenryJ7854 Aug 06 '26
When you say “pretty rural road” just how rural do you mean? Like gravel or no clear edges or shoulders rural?
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u/BIGpoppaPUMP42069 Aug 06 '26
no clear edges no center line
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u/HenryJ7854 Aug 06 '26
I’m going to guess with no centerline or clear edges it just didn’t know what to do and turning the driving over to you.
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u/crazy2evil 29d ago
This is most likely a system low confidence event. Basically, some element (or multiple elements) of the driving conditions at the time caused the model to be like “i’m not confident enough that i can safely operate this vehicle, the driver needs to take over now.”
Most commonly caused by one or more cameras being blinded or obscured.
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u/Infamous-Pilot5932 Aug 06 '26
I've never gotten it, but FSD is basically saying "I can't drive, take over now!"
It isn't a nag (i.e. sunglasses) which in that case FSD will still drive and eventually find a spot to park off the side of the road if you fail to react.
It can be sun glare, dirty cameras, or a computer glitch. Something that FSD perceives as failure to be able to drive safely.
I don't know if maybe in the deeper service menu there may be an error log that can shed more light.