Tesla has come under fire for reportedly revising the purchase agreements associated with its Full Self-Driving (FSD) package, which were sold between 2016 and early 2024. The company has added a new stipulation mandating 'human supervision,' a requirement absent from the original contracts. Furthermore, Tesla has allegedly restricted some owners' access to these initial agreements. Notably, the original contracts made no mention of the necessity for 'human supervision,' suggesting a commitment to unsupervised autonomous driving capabilities. Tesla marketed the FSD package for prices up to $15,000, assuring customers that full self-driving functionality would be achieved through software updates. Elon Musk, Tesla's CEO, had also repeatedly assured that the relevant autonomous features would soon be available.

However, in a significant shift, Tesla renamed the product to 'FSD (Supervised)' starting in March 2024. By September 2025, the company had completely redefined the product, abandoning its earlier promise of unsupervised autonomous driving. In April 2026, Musk further clarified that due to hardware constraints, vehicles equipped with HW3 hardware would never be able to deliver on this promise. Additionally, in August 2024, Tesla removed an official blog post from October 2016, which had previously claimed that all Tesla models were pre-equipped with hardware capable of supporting full self-driving.

Currently, Tesla is embroiled in multiple lawsuits alleging false advertising related to the FSD package. The total claimed damages in these cases have reached a staggering $14.5 billion. The restricted original purchase agreements have become crucial pieces of evidence in these legal battles, as they potentially demonstrate Tesla's initial commitments to customers regarding autonomous driving capabilities.