Tesla Model 3 by model year

7,779 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Tesla Model 3 across 11 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

See the best and worst years for the Tesla Model 3

Complaints by model year

Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.

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Model year	Complaints
2017	57
2018	1,734
2019	1,075
2020	774
2021	1,257
2022	1,518
2023	749
2024	349
2025	219
2026	47

All model years

Model year	Complaints	Most reported	Recalls	MPG	Safety
2027				111
2026	47	Forward collision avoidance (17%)	1	111 to 139
2025	219	Forward collision avoidance (16%)	3	109 to 137
2024	349	Forward collision avoidance (18%)	5	112 to 137
2023	749	Forward collision avoidance (32%)	12	113 to 132	5 stars
2022	1,518	Forward collision avoidance (52%)	18	113 to 132	5 stars
2021	1,257	Forward collision avoidance (48%)	22	113 to 134	5 stars
2020	774	Forward collision avoidance (28%)	21	121 to 131	5 stars
2019	1,075	Forward collision avoidance (22%)	22	116 to 131	5 stars
2018	1,734	Forward collision avoidance (17%)	19	116 to 130	5 stars
2017	57	Forward collision avoidance (18%)	16	126