Model overview
Tesla Model S: complaints by model year
Compare the federal record across Model S model years. Raw complaint totals are useful context, but they are not adjusted for sales, mileage, or time on the road.
| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Severity | Crash | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025Still new | 6 | 2 | 0 | Not rated | Still new |
| 2019Fewest reports | 32 | 10 | 22 | Not rated | Fewest reports |
| 2024Still new | 38 | 6 | 13 | Not rated | Still new |
| 2012 | 59 | 8 | 32 | Not rated | |
| 2020 | 80 | 11 | 46 | Not rated | |
| 2023 | 108 | 13 | 6 | Not rated | |
| 2018 | 129 | 11 | 54 | Not rated | |
| 2022 | 135 | 20 | 2 | Not rated | |
| 2021 | 175 | 24 | 19 | Not rated | |
| 2014 | 364 | 9 | 47 | ||
| 2017 | 379 | 9 | 25 | Not rated | |
| 2013 | 459 | 11 | 37 | ||
| 2016 | 604 | 10 | 44 | Not rated | |
| 2015Most reports | 647 | 9 | 27 | Not rated | Most reports |
Ranked by total NHTSA complaints per model year (not adjusted for units sold). A zero means no owner reports in the current NHTSA data, not that the car is problem-free. "Severity" is a harm-weighted index of those complaints — higher means a greater share involved crashes, fires or injuries. Complaint-volume percentiles vs. segment peers are computed separately and appear on each year's page. Complaints pile up over a car's life, so the last few model years look quiet mostly because they have had less road time — we mark them "still new" rather than treating them as lower-complaint standouts.