2025 Tesla Model 3 problems
Owners have filed 219 complaints with NHTSA about the 2025 Tesla Model 3. Forward collision avoidance is the most reported problem area, at 16% of complaints. After that come steering (12%) and lane departure (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 219 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Forward collision avoidance 16% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 54 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 21 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 10,000 miles 11 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 11 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 11 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 10,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 54 complaints mention a crash; 21 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 86% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2025 ranks 8th most-complained-about out of 10 model years of the Tesla Model 3 with enough data (219 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
On June 7, 2025, I was a passenger in a 2025 Tesla 3. Driver of Tesla made an unsafe lane change coming off an Interstate and my side was struck almost T-bone style by an oncoming vehicle going between 45-55mph. Our seatbelts did not lock us in place causing the driver to hit his head on steering wheel and then on driver side window causing lacerations and possible concussion. My side tool the impact and no side curtain airbags deployed and neither did the dash airbags.
The contact owns a 2023 Tesla Model 3. The contact stated that while in reverse (R) and backing up at approximately 5 MPH down a slight incline, the vehicle accelerated inadvertently. The contact stated that she turned the steering wheel to the right to get on the road. The contact had taken her foot off the accelerator pedal when the vehicle gained momentum and drove backwards about 50 feet and crashed into a tree with the rear end.
The contact owns a 2025 Tesla Model 3. The contact stated that on several occasions while driving with Full Self-Driving (FSD) mode engaged and approaching a closing gate, the vehicle failed to come to a complete stop. The failure required manual driver intervention to prevent a crash. The manufacturer was contacted but was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 15,000.