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Tesla Model 3 problems by year
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA for each model year, with the number of safety recalls. Tap a year for the breakdown by component and mileage.
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- Complaints are unverified owner reports. NHTSA does not confirm each one.
- No denominator: popular cars get more complaints. Counts are not failure rates; a best-seller will show more reports than a rare model.
Complaints per model year
Bars: owner complaints (each complaint counted once). "rec." = safety recalls. Most complaints: 2018 (1,032).
201727 · 16 rec.2018
1,032 · 19 rec.2019
619 · 22 rec.2020
451 · 21 rec.2021
669 · 22 rec.2022
767 · 18 rec.
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