2023 VINFAST VF 8 Steering Problems
10 complaints about Steering
High Severity Issue
This component has been associated with crashes, fires, or deaths.
This Problem Across All Years
All Steering Complaints (10)
When do you go does not detect lanes violently moves the steering wheel to try to maneuver you back into a lane. I’m constantly turning this feature off because it has posed a risk of crash on multiple occasions
The anti break having issues. Sterling controls having issues Supsention having issues
While driving this vehicle, the steering would take control and pull me to another lane at times. While turning or merging into another lane, it would auto correct and steer me into the lane I’m not steering into causing me from losing control of which direction I’m going into. A hard pull of the steering wheel would try to auto correct. Car automatically turned off on me while on the freeway losing power to the whole car. They said an update to the car is all is needed. This car is unsafe and needs to be recalled from the road before another injury occurs.
The lane assist feature repeatedly comes on randomly and has almost caused several accidents while I was driving. Specifically, I was driving on the freeway today in moderate traffic and the emergency lane assist warning flashes on and the car begins to jerk the steering wheel. It caused me to try to correct this and almost caused my hitting the car next to me. There are warning lights that repeatedly just come on without there actually being an issue. The roll back feature works randomly and has almost caused me to hit the car behind me. I have had Vinfats out to my house three times already regarding problems with the software, safety issues, and inability for the car to come on at all.
Lane keep assist feature is on by default even with new software updates. when you merging to turning lane at intersections even with the turn signal is on, the car will try stop you merging into the turning lane.
On June 7th, I experienced a concerning incident involving the lane-keeping assist feature in my car while driving on Pinehurst Dr. in Aptos. As I was going around a corner just after the elementary school, I had forgotten to turn off the lane assist feature. Since there is no permanent way to disable this feature, when another car approached from the opposite direction, the lane assist system kicked in aggressively. I had slightly drifted too close to the center lane, and the system forcefully jerked the steering wheel to the right. This sudden and aggressive correction nearly caused me to hit a teenager riding a bicycle on the right side of the road. If I had only one hand on the steering wheel, the lane assist could have easily caused the car to veer off the road or collide with other vehicles, pedestrians, or in my case, the bicyclist. Although the manufacturer is aware of this issue, they do not seem to be giving it due consideration. The overly aggressive nature of the lane-keeping assist feature poses a significant safety risk and is a dangerous flaw in the system. I believe this problem needs to be addressed urgently to prevent potential accidents and ensure the safety of drivers, passengers, and other road users.
Lane keep assist feature is on by default and will try correct the steering even when it is going in straight line but one of the lane in road is missing or not vissible. This could be mainly in intersections. I also had an issue where steering wheel adjustment is not working due to communication box issue, they had to unplug and replug the wire between communication box and steering wheel. It also stopped in the middle if road saying electrical system failure with in two days of my leased car. It was in service center for 45 days and got my car back recently.
The contact owned a 2023 VINFAST VF 8. The contact stated that while driving at unknown speeds, the steering wheel automatically maneuvered to the right direction, however, the contact was able to regain control of the steering wheel and maneuvered into the correct lane. The contact stated that the failure recurred where the lane assist was turned on by default and it would automatically move the steering wheel. On another occasion, the contact stated that a coworker was driving at unknown speeds with his family, the vehicle crashed into a pole, then a tree where it came to a stop. The vehicle then caught on fire. The contact mentioned that during the impact to the pole, the pole fell down. The air bags deployed. There were 4 occupants during the crash, the driver, the front passenger occupant, and two children seated in the rear of the vehicle. All occupants were deceased. The contact was concerned that the failure recurred while the coworker was driving. The location of the fire was unknown. There was a police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to the police department. The manufacturer was made aware of the crash and a case was opened. The failure mileage was approximately 1,400.
Mileage: 1,400
Vehicle drove into traffic cones at night when adaptive cruise engaged. Freeway was reduced to two lanes and car ignored them. Pulled to side of road and car did not go back into gear. Gave errors.
At early morning 6am, the Advanced Driver Assistance Systems malfunction cant detect the lane on the highway. while traveling the car suddenly steering randomly and almost cause a accident twice, before i have time to turn off the system.