Em Rowney, a new Tesla owner, says the autopark feature in her 2026 Tesla drove the driver-side mirror into a parking pole in her apartment complex after two weeks of daily use.
Rowney posted a 1 minute 41 second TikTok on March 7 documenting the incident, which has drawn more than 6,600 views; she estimates about $1,000 in repairs, filed an insurance claim, pulled camera footage, and submitted a repair request to Tesla asking it to pull the vehicle logs.
Tesla’s owner manual instructs drivers to “continually check their surroundings” and treats autopark as a supervised driver-assist feature, and Tesla’s FSD support page says drivers remain responsible for violations when the system is used; Tesla Motors Club forums report poles can be missed by parking sensors.
Viewer comments were divided with many siding with Tesla; Em Rowney pushed back against conflating autopark with full self-driving and said she expects Tesla to cover the repair.
This article is based on reporting from Motor1.
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