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2021 Tesla Model Y seats problems

20 complaints about seats have been filed for the 2021 Tesla Model Y, which is <1% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
20 1% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Easy Entry resulted in fractured/ broken toe of back seat passenger. Foot was resting in seat rail when driver exited vehicle which caused the seat to auto position to rear and crushed passenger toe. Driver jumped back into vehicle and engaged park to auto move seat to forward position

March 2023 Injury

The contact owns a 2021 Tesla Model Y. The contact stated while driving 10 MPH, the middle seats were unlatched independently. The middle seat's unlatched warning message was displayed. No one was injured. The vehicle was not diagnosed. The manufacturer was contacted, and the manufacturer stated that the vehicle needed to be diagnosed. The failure mileage was 24,917.

Reported at 24,917 miles, March 2023

Other problems reported for the 2021 Tesla Model Y

Seats problems in other years

  • 2026
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Seats problems across all Tesla models