Model overview
Tesla Model Y: complaints by model year
Compare the federal record across Model Y 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 | 87 | 3 | 77 | Still new | |
| 2020Fewest reports | 271 | 23 | 36 | Fewest reports | |
| 2024Still new | 293 | 5 | 59 | Not rated | Still new |
| 2022 | 825 | 19 | 28 | Not rated | |
| 2021Most reports | 1,035 | 22 | 20 | Not rated | Most reports |
| 2023 | 1,089 | 16 | 27 | Not rated | |
| 2019 | 0 | 3 | — | Not rated |
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.
1 model year show zero owner complaints in the current NHTSA data. That can reflect low reporting volume, not a clean bill of health: 2019.