Tesla Owners Say Their Old FSD Contracts Were Quietly Changed

Tesla owners have discovered that their original FSD purchase agreements—signed between 2016 and early 2024—have been quietly modified to include the term 'supervised,' a label Tesla only adopted in 2024. Oliver Abcarius, a 2018 Model 3 owner who bought FSD in 2019, found his 2019 purchase agreement renamed to 'Full-Self Driving (Supervised) – August 12, 2019,' but the document now leads to an invalid page. Electrek confirmed similar issues with other Hardware 3 owners, where original agreements are no longer accessible online. The retroactive changes follow Tesla’s 2024 rebranding of FSD to 'Full Self-Driving (Supervised),' clarifying that the system still requires human oversight. Elon Musk confirmed in April that Hardware 3-equipped vehicles—introduced before 2023—lack the memory bandwidth to ever achieve unsupervised FSD, stating they have only 1/8 the capacity of Hardware 4. Tesla’s legal troubles escalated earlier this year when a judge upheld a $243 million verdict against the company for a 2019 Florida crash linked to Autopilot. The California DMV also forced Tesla to drop the term 'Autopilot' from marketing after ruling it misleading, avoiding a license suspension. Separately, a Texas lawsuit alleges negligence after a Cybertruck crash involving FSD, with the plaintiff claiming the system failed while engaged. Owners like Abcarius report that while other vehicle documents remain accessible, FSD-related agreements are now missing or altered. The issue raises concerns about transparency and contract enforcement as Tesla faces mounting legal and regulatory challenges over its self-driving technology claims.