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2015 Tesla Model S steering problems

51 complaints about steering have been filed for the 2015 Tesla Model S, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
51 5% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
10,000 miles 33 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3 and 1
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When steering problems show up

Steering complaints by mileage, 2015 Tesla Model S Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 10,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 19 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 5 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 10,000 miles
Based on 33 complaints that include mileage. 82% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
View the numbers
MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles19
20k to 40k miles5
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 33 steering complaints that report mileage, the median is about 10,000 miles, and 82% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 1 fire.

What owners wrote

This is a complaint about the tesla model s autopilot system which has just been released. Despite the disclaimer by tesla motors that this should be used safely with hands on the wheel it is clear that owners are not getting the message. There are many videos up on youtube showing owners driving for long distances totally hands free while paying little attention to the road. Here is a youtube video entitled tesla autopilot tried to kill me!

Reported at 1,000 miles, October 2015 Fire

I went to tesla service center on 6/26/2020, notify them the problem for slow response on the touchscreen and also rattle sound coming from the steering wheel area, tesla stated the steering buttons need to be replace and the touchscreen is due to the older chip on the model, so it's normal. I picked up the car two days after after the replacement, on 7/4/2020 while I m charging at the tesla super charge station the car screen is complete dead, I can't play radio, no navigation, signal lights not working and back…

Reported at 105,833 miles, July 2020

Other problems reported for the 2015 Tesla Model S

Steering problems in other years

Steering problems across all Tesla models