2021 Tesla Model Y body & structure problems
Owners reported body & structure problems in 34 complaints for the 2021 Tesla Model Y, 2% of the complaints on file.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 34 2% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 3 crashes, 2 fires.
What owners wrote
Parking my car when I pressed the brake and ready to engage park , car accelerated in high speed and drove to island and trying to control the wheel while my foot still on break to avoid hitting other cars on the parking lot , hit some curbs which cause the tire on the front passenger side came off completely with axle attached . This cause the car to stop and deployed air bag and caught on fire , that's when I immediately got out the car. The car mileage is 524 when it happened.
The contact owns a 2021 Tesla Model Y. The contact stated that the suspension on the undercarriage of the vehicle was separating from the vehicle. The contact stated that a year prior to the failure, the half shaft used to attach the wheel to the vehicle subframe was fractured and was falling off the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to a Tesla Service Center to be diagnosed, and it was determined that the battery was very heavy and was possibly the cause of the failure. The vehicle was being repaired out of pocket.
Other problems reported for the 2021 Tesla Model Y
- Forward collision avoidance 853 complaints
- Brakes 182 complaints
- Cruise control 161 complaints
- Electrical system 153 complaints
- Steering 97 complaints
- Lane departure 95 complaints
- Suspension 81 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 52 complaints