Tesla Model Y
What it says about you
Opinion
The best selling car on the planet, which was not the reason and is now slightly the problem. You wanted the space and you got it, and now they are everywhere.
Not measured, not from the data, and offered in fun. Everything below this is not.
7 model years on record, 6,701 complaints filed.
The years to look at closely: 2023 (control arm), 2022 (phantom braking), 2021 (phantom braking). Everything else drew a normal number of complaints for this model.
Every year
- 2026 6 recalls 0 complaints
- 2025 3 recalls 92 complaints
- 2024 5 recalls 320 complaints
- 2023 control arm 1,170 complaints
- 2022 phantom braking 1,688 complaints
- 2021 phantom braking 3,159 complaints
- 2020 24 recalls 272 complaints
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.
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