Tesla is dragging its feet in reporting FSD and Autopilot crashes to the government

Tesla is under investigation for failing to report crashes involving its partially autonomous driving technology in a timely manner.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration requires automakers to report crashes involving advanced driver assist features “within one or five days” of the incident, but Tesla was reporting crashes “several months or more” after they occurred, the agency said.

Tesla has told NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that the delays were the result of a problem with its data collection that has since been fixed. But the agency is still opening an audit investigation as standard procedure to ensure the company is doing everything by the book.

The rule dates back to a standing general order (SGO) from 2021 that requires automakers and robotaxi companies