Tesla Model 3: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 35 recall campaigns for the Tesla Model 3, model years 2017 to 2026. NHTSA has 58 complaints on file for this model line. 9 of the 10 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Tesla Model 3 NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 48 |
| 2025 Tesla Model 3 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 948,626 |
| 2024 Tesla Model 3 | 5 | 0 | 0% | 2,785,317 |
| 2023 Tesla Model 3 | 12 | 0 | 0% | 8,196,114 |
| 2022 Tesla Model 3 | 18 | 0 | 0% | 10,874,890 |
| 2021 Tesla Model 3 | 22 | 0 | 0% | 10,765,433 |
| 2020 Tesla Model 3 | 20 | 0 | 0% | 8,676,716 |
| 2019 Tesla Model 3 | 21 | 3 | 52% | 8,677,224 |
| 2018 Tesla Model 3 | 18 | 55 | 948% | 8,668,370 |
| 2017 Tesla Model 3 | 15 | 0 | 0% | 8,826,545 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
83 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown or Other | 168.7 | 14 |
| Structure | 132.5 | 11 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 120.5 | 10 |
| Service Brakes | 84.3 | 7 |
| Suspension | 72.3 | 6 |
| Electrical System | 72.3 | 6 |
| Air Bags | 60.2 | 5 |
| Power Train | 60.2 | 5 |
| Steering | 48.2 | 4 |
| Exterior Lighting | 36.1 | 3 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Model S37 campaigns
- Model X39 campaigns
- Model Y43 campaigns
- Cybertruck11 campaigns
- Semi2 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Tesla Model 3: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/tesla/model-3/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 15 May 2019
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- Tesla, Inc.
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Tesla Model 3 model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2021 with 22, 2019 with 21, 2020 with 20. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Tesla Model 3 model year has the most complaints?
- The 2018 model year, with 55 of the 58 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Tesla Model 3 name?
- Unknown or Other: 168.7 per 1,000 component mentions. Structure: 132.5 per 1,000 component mentions. Vehicle Speed Control: 120.5 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Tesla Model 3?
- 18 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.