Tesla Model S: year-by-year record

Review the federal complaint, recall, crash-test, and fuel-economy record across Model S model years, then open a year for the supporting evidence.

Year	Complaints	Per 100k	Recalls	Severity	Crash	Evidence note
2025Still new	6	—	2	0	Not rated	Still new
2024Still new	38	—	6	13	Not rated	Still new
2023	108	—	13	6	Not rated	No production count
2022	136	—	20	2	Not rated	No production count
2021	175	—	24	19	Not rated	No production count
2020	80	—	11	46	Not rated	No production count
2019	32	—	10	22	Not rated	No production count
2018	129	—	11	54	Not rated	No production count
2017	379	—	9	25	Not rated	No production count
2016	604	—	10	44	Not rated	No production count
2015	647	—	9	27	Not rated	No production count
2014	365	—	9	47		No production count
2013	459	—	11	37		No production count
2012	59	—	8	32	Not rated	No production count

Raw totals and, when NHTSA production exposure is available, complaints per 100,000 produced. A zero means no owner reports in the current NHTSA data, not that the car is problem-free. Open a year to see what the evidence supports. Complaints build up over a car's life. Newer model years often look quieter because they have spent less time on the road. We mark them "still new" instead of treating them as better years.