2015 Tesla Model S fuel system problems
32 complaints about fuel system have been filed for the 2015 Tesla Model S, which is 3% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 32 3% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 48,000 miles 23 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When fuel system problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 2 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 5 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 8 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 3 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 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
Of the 23 fuel system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 48,000 miles, and 65% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 2 crashes, 3 fires.
What owners wrote
Here is a tesla in the junkyard: [link removed] it has been involved in a fire. The aluminium bodywork has been melted and burned away. The battery pack appears to have been the source of the fire. The air-bags have not been deployed and there is no sign of collision damage. The investigation into tesla fires was cancelled after tesla fitted a lightweight titanium battery shield and released some very poor quality videos demonstrating the invincibility of the battery shield.
My mcu has crashed several times over the last 8 weeks. First time was when the mobile service was coming out to code a replacement key. The software they sent appeared to crash the mcu the first time. It would work for a week at a time, then several days now it's permanently off. No HVAC control, turn signals, and charging is limited to 8amps on my 30 amp level 2 charger and supercharging is disabled. Car is able to drive, but not far due to the painfully slow charge.
Other problems reported for the 2015 Tesla Model S
- Electrical system 268 complaints
- Suspension 150 complaints
- Steering 51 complaints
- Lighting 46 complaints
- Forward collision avoidance 45 complaints
- Cruise control 40 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 39 complaints
- Body & structure 31 complaints