2020 Tesla Model Y
This year drew 272 complaints against a median of 1,170 across the Tesla Model Y's other years, 0.2× that median. No single fault was reported unusually often, and it did not reach the 2.5× threshold this site flags at. It has 24 recalls, listed below.
First year of a new generation. The Tesla Model Y was redesigned for 2020. A first year carries problems nobody has found yet, and they are found by the people who buy it — which is worth knowing before you become one of them.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 272 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 1,170 |
| Involving a crash | 47 |
| Recalls | 24 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 121 mpg |
Recalls for this year
- 22V037000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 21V912000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 21V835000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 22V045000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 20V609000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 21V389000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 21V388000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 21V387000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
Showing 8 of 24. The rest are on NHTSA's site.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Tesla Model Y was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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