Scenarios · Left turns

How is FSD at left turns?

Every filmed left turn, with the unprotected ones — no green arrow, oncoming traffic, a judgement call about the gap — as the hard case inside it.

Filmed moments
1016
matching this scenario
Takeovers, assists & near misses
341
of those moments
Videos
319
2019-04-30 → 2026-08-22
Software eras
18
with footage
What this page is: 341 of the 1016 filmed moments here were takeovers, assists, near misses, or critical events; 675 were highlights. Spread across 18 software eras and 319 videos. These are counts of what was described on camera, not a rate — the archive can only show what Chris filmed and narrated. How the numbers work.

Coverage by software era

How much footage exists for this scenario in each build. Eras with fewer than 3 matching videos are marked — they are anecdotes, not evidence of a trend.

VersionMomentsFailuresHighlightsVideos
v14 Lite111 / 1thin sample
v851242711 / 12
v94320239 / 11
v102218413753 / 55
v10.691493211736 / 38
v11551 / 2thin sample
v11.35184315 / 15
v11.497356232 / 35
v125141 / 5thin sample
v12.1111 / 1thin sample
v12.3265219 / 10
v12.4111105 / 7
v12.553134021 / 24
v13.24383522 / 27
v14111 / 5thin sample
v14.11741310 / 14
v14.212127 / 13
v14.31821613 / 22

Watch it happen

Worst first, newest builds first within each severity. Every card opens YouTube at the moment.

criticalv13.2.20:30

During a Chuck Cook-style left turn clip, FSD was about to drive in front of another person and most likely would have collided had he not intervened—the first such event he had seen on version 13.

2025-01-10 · Tesla FSD 13.2.2 Tackles BUSY Downtown Streets!
criticalv12.521:40

While stress-testing, FSD moves into the right lane to make a left and appears about to turn in front of someone; creator calls it awful and retries.

2024-07-26 · Let's TRICK Tesla FSD Update 12.5!
criticalv12.5.1.313:40

Nav/FSD was about to turn left the wrong way onto a one-way road; he disengages and calls it the worst mistake he has seen.

2024-08-13 · Tesla FSD Update 12.5.1.3 First Drive!
criticalv12.3.68:00

Every run including this one, FSD made an illegal left from the wrong lane (same as lead cars sometimes, but also with no lead cars).

2024-05-11 · Testing Tesla FSD V12 ASSERTIVE Drive Settings!
criticalv11.4.414:50

On a historically hard left turn, the car approaches too fast and appears about to turn into another vehicle, prompting a hard brake intervention; it then bails straight instead of turning.

2023-09-12 · FIRST Drive With Tesla FSD Beta on Hardware 4!
criticalv11.4.412:30

Hard unnecessary braking, cut over lines, went through a stop sign then tried to stop mid-road with ~60 mph traffic coming; he hit the accelerator to push through.

2023-09-14 · Can Tesla's NEW Hardware 4 FSD Beta Drive Me Home?
criticalv11.4.410:40

Beta moved into a left-turn lane when they needed to go straight, likely because the road was curving.

2023-08-14 · Self Driving Tesla in The Rocky Mountains! 11.4.4
criticalv10.69.353:01

His top safety issue on 10.69.3 is moving toward oncoming traffic while waiting for an unprotected left, creeping up to the creep limit in a scary way.

2022-11-04 · Talking FSD Beta 10.69.3 and My Garage Studio - Grounded Q&A Live Podc
criticalv10.69.321:01

Worst moment in yesterday's video: car turned toward another vehicle instead of around it; he took over with a simple brake intervention rather than a high-speed emergency.

2022-11-04 · Talking FSD Beta 10.69.3 and My Garage Studio - Grounded Q&A Live Podc
criticalv10.69.2.414:30

While going around an obstacle it suddenly decided to turn left instead—a valid route but executed at the last second in a rash way he says would scare drivers.

2022-11-01 · Deer Jumps In Front of my Self Driving Tesla | FSD Beta 10.69.2.4 Firs
criticalv10.0.117:35

Prompt says use accelerator or gear stalk to continue while the car thinks the light is green but it is red; he refuses to confirm and reports it.

2021-09-25 · Tesla Vision and FSD Beta Challenged in HEAVY Rain | V 10.0.1
criticalv1016:00

Downtown Ann Arbor old clip: after a left turn at a light (and one disengagement for nearly cutting a minivan), beta over-steers hard left toward the curb and he has to yank the wheel back.

2022-06-08 · FSD Beta GOING WIDE Advice Seminar! Grounded Episode 27
criticalv1013:00

Approaching a neighborhood left the car entered the left-turn lane far too early (nearby driver noticed); later the actual left into the neighborhood was excellent.

2021-09-11 · Tesla's FSD Beta V 10 Mind Blowing Update Is Here! | First Drive and I
criticalv9.217:00

After prolonged stuck creeping and accelerator nudges at a blind left, the resulting turn is described as really terrible and is reported.

2021-09-02 · Tesla FSD Beta V9.2 Improves Gap Detection! Downtown Drive 2021.12.25.
criticalv8.110:50

On a goofy requested left-turn maneuver, the car completed the move with no other traffic but temporarily drove on the wrong side of the road.

2021-02-02 · Tesla FSD Beta Update 8.1 Has Much Better Turning! | Downtown Ann Arbo
criticalv8.16:20

In dual left-turn lanes drifts too far left, forcing a big disengagement; later called one of the worst beta behaviors he has seen and the worst part of the drive.

2021-02-05 · Can Tesla's FSD Beta Drive Me to Starbucks? Full Self Driving Update 8
critical12:20

Steering wheel moved creepily right near a curb; he accidentally took over, accelerated through, disliked the turn, and reported it.

2020-11-20 · I Turned On Tesla's Full Self Driving in Downtown Ann Arbor and THIS H
critical11:00

Early beta took a left then immediately tried to dive for the curb and he saved it almost last second; present-day completes the same left and stays in lane.

2023-01-28 · The Progress of Tesla FSD Beta 2 Years Later
critical10:03

Car makes a really strange left turn, rolling through what Chris describes as kind of going through a red/stop situation, though he says it handled it and he was okay with it.

2020-12-02 · Self Driving Gets BETTER with Tesla Software Update 2020.44.15.4 FSDBe
disengagementv14.1.1stress test9:00

She took over for a car on the other side of the dirt road because FSD moves right for oncoming traffic later than she prefers.

2025-10-16 · Wife Reacts to Tesla FSD’s Most Natural Drive Yet
disengagementv13.2.711:00

FSD entered the wrong left-turn lane for getting on the highway, a regression he voice-reports daily, forcing a disengagement.

2025-02-14 · Tesla FSD Dodges a Semi Truck Driving To Work On Update 13.2.7!
disengagementv13.2.82:10

Driver disengages Cybertruck FSD because it was going to turn right out in front of an approaching vehicle; FSD is re-engaged afterward.

2025-05-07 · Tesla Model 3 Full Self-Driving is BETTER than Cybertruck
disengagementv12.5.521:30

At a tough left-turn area FSD began taking a turn that was not theirs, so he took over and explicitly called it a disengagement.

2024-10-01 · Tesla FSD Update 12.5.5 Brings End to End Ai to Highways!
disengagementv12.4.121:00

Chris disengaged to prevent an illegal left turn where cops often sit; past builds used a neighborhood loophole instead.

2024-06-19 · Tesla FSD 12.4.1 Almost NAILS This 1 Hour Drive!
disengagementv12.3.612:00

FSD tries to turn left where there is a no left turn sign, so he takes over and calls it a disengagement.

2024-06-06 · What I Want on the Tesla FSD Beta 12.4 Update!
disengagementv11.3.224:42

Was going to turn left at a right-turn-only; creator took over and counted it as an intervention/disengagement.

2023-03-20 · Tesla FSD Beta V11: Unleashing the Future of Downtown Driving!
disengagementv11.3.613:40

Nav was going to turn left onto a closed road; he takes over because FSD will drive around closed-road signs rather than treat the road as unusable, then re-enables and it reroutes.

2023-05-11 · CONFUSED Self Driving - FSD Beta 11.3.6
disengagementv9.117:40

After exiting the highway, a historically sketchy left turn was messed up again before a later recovery on green.

2021-08-03 · Human Pilot Almost Runs Into Me While Testing Tesla FSD Beta Update V9
disengagementv9.215:02

Still in a left-turn lane, the car wants to move right; driver takes over and lets it reroute rather than allow the move.

2021-09-02 · Tesla FSD Beta V9.2 Improves Gap Detection! Downtown Drive 2021.12.25.
disengagementv8.211:50

At stop sign car was going to go incorrectly; driver holds then allows go; he calls this two disengagements in that complicated spot.

2021-03-08 · Can Tesla's FSD Beta Update 8.2 Drive Me Home From Work? Take 2 | Self
near missv14.1.728:05

Creator nearly took over for a left turn when the car stopped in a bad spot with traffic about to arrive; nobody was behind them so it worked, and he reported it as a driving mistake.

2025-11-18 · Tesla FSD Just Drove 12 Hours Straight: You Won't Believe What Broke I
near missv12.1.19:45

The car almost seemed to turn left from the right lane, then corrected, though it should have been in the left lane earlier.

2024-01-18 · Tesla FSD Beta V12 - Your Tesla is About To Get Smart
near missv11.3.216:00

With a backed-up left-turn lane the car made a dumb path choice drifting wrong, then corrected itself; the driver was concerned enough to worry about a nearby officer.

2023-03-27 · Ai Battle: GPT-4 Challenges Tesla FSD Beta with Tricky Route!
interventionv14.318:30

On an unprotected left it would not creep forward like 14.2 used to; Chris intervened after it risked/missed sitting through a full yellow-red cycle.

2026-04-09 · Elon Musk Says FSD Update 14.3 Is the Final Big Piece of the Puzzle, b
interventionv14.3.47:00

FSD enters a left-turn-only lane when it was supposed to go straight; Chris reports the mistake.

2026-06-25 · Elon Musk Talks The Future of Tesla Self-Driving - 14.3.4 Update
interventionv14.1.222:00

Driver manually drives to force the car straight through a construction patch instead of turning left.

2025-10-16 · Surprising Tesla Self Driving Update Brings This "Much Awaited Feature
interventionv12.318:00

FSD still struggled to exit with poor nav/phantom stop visualization; driver gave more accelerator help before it moved along with left turn signal.

2024-03-25 · Tesla Self Driving V12 vs SNOW!
interventionv1238:10

At a left turn with a maroon SUV in their path the car went when the preferred earlier gap was missed; driver used acceleration boost and judged the second opportunity fine.

2024-03-13 · Tesla FSD Beta V12 Update is ASSERTIVE Downtown!
highlightv14.3.620:00

At closed-road barriers FSD somehow realized waiting vehicles were not simply turning left and made a move Chris called the most impressive thing he has ever seen FSD do.

2026-07-22 · Tesla Keeps Updating with FSD Update 14.3.6!
highlightv14.2.2.523:00

Left turn signal stayed on and the mapped final destination for Pinball Pizza did not match Chris’s expected location; he suspects the business moved.

2026-04-02 · Elon Musk Promises FSD 14.3: The 5 Features We Actually Need
highlightv14.2.222:00

On a busy unprotected left with pedestrians, FSD proceeds through the yellow once committed instead of getting stuck as older builds did; brief extra stop for a non-moving pedestrian was suboptimal but acceptable.

2026-01-16 · Tesla FSD Fights Miami Traffic (It Got Aggressive)
highlightv14.220:00

Car correctly takes left-turn-only path around a closed road and handles a blinking-red light well.

2025-11-21 · Tesla FSD 14.2: The "Medicated" Update
highlightv148:46

A presentation screenshot shows low-level sign interpreting where FSD chooses a left turn because a road-closed sign directs left.

2026-02-05 · 500 Years of Driving Data: The Secret Behind Tesla's FSD Success
highlightv12.4.124:00

Took a very hard unprotected left with poor visibility and heavy cross traffic at the first real opportunity without intervention.

2024-06-19 · Tesla FSD 12.4.1 Almost NAILS This 1 Hour Drive!
highlightv12.4.220:00

At the end Chris summarizes that a basic failure was not yielding on a left turn, calling that pretty sad for the state of the build.

2024-07-05 · This is How Tesla Self Driving Handles a Busy Downtown... 12.4.2
highlightv1235:00

A difficult left where V11 inches out after a full stop was handled with better acceleration and an acceptable gap, then repeated after a U-turn.

2024-03-13 · Tesla FSD Beta V12 Update is ASSERTIVE Downtown!
highlightv1213:20

At a dual left-turn intersection that V11 almost always switched lanes mid-turn, V12 stayed in its lane and completed the turn correctly.

2024-03-13 · Tesla FSD Beta V12 Update is ASSERTIVE Downtown!
highlightv1117:53

Difficult final left amid traffic was completed well by the car after waiting far back in the lane.

2023-07-11 · Looking for Trouble With Tesla Self-Driving!

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