By model year
Tesla Model 3 by model year: recalls, complaints, ratings
For the Tesla Model 3, matched NHTSA complaint counts in this table run from 27 (2017) to 1,033 (2018). The complaint file is dated Oct 23, 2026. These are raw counts, not rates. A higher count can mean more vehicles were sold, and newer model years have had less time for complaints to be reported.
The table lists raw counts from NHTSA's files. A larger complaint count can mean more vehicles were sold, and newer model years have had less time for complaints to be reported. The counts are not divided by sales. This page does not rank one model year above another.
| 2017 | 16 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 13 | — | 126 MPGe |
| 2018 | 19 | 1,033 | 103 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 116–130 MPGe |
| 2019 | 22 | 619 | 60 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 116–133 MPGe |
| 2020 | 21 | 452 | 54 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 113–141 MPGe |
| 2021 | 22 | 671 | 46 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 113–142 MPGe |
| 2022 | 18 | 770 | 55 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 113–132 MPGe |
| 2023 | 12 | 428 | 73 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 113–132 MPGe |
| 2024 | 5 | 221 | 27 | 1 | 7 | — | 112–137 MPGe |
| 2025 | 3 | 121 | 26 | 0 | 4 | — | 109–137 MPGe |
| 2026 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 111–139 MPGe |
| 2027 · no NHTSA name match | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 111 MPGe |
Star columns say "Pre-2011" for older model years because those ratings use a different NHTSA method. Overall stars for 2011 and newer are the matched Safety Ratings variants. A dash means no overall star was matched.