2023 Tesla Model Y
Complaints about this year name control arm far more often than the model's other years — 6% of them, about 9× the usual rate of 0.7%.
Generation 1 of the Tesla Model Y, which began in 2020. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
| Complaints filed | 1,170 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 320 |
| Involving a crash | 151 |
| Involving a fire | 3 |
| Recalls | 17 |
| EPA combined | 122.5 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- suspension — 7% of complaints, 3× usual
What owners wrote
Front lower control arm bushings are torn. This was discovered at 32000 miles. Premature failure of suspension parts can create a unsafe driving condition. Currently available for inspection. But will be replaced under warranty as soon as possible.
While parking the car, the bolts on the front lower control arm/tension link—part of the front suspension assembly—came off entirely. Our family, including our two children, were in the car, and the situation was terrifying. If this failure had occurred while…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 22V844000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
- 22V895000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 23V085000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
- 23V130000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 23V385000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
- 23V434000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 23V489000 FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE Fixed free of charge.
- 23V838000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
Showing 8 of 17. 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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