129 NHTSA owner complaints · 0 recalls · data-computed verdict. No opinions — public data only.
Complaints per year on the road: 16.12
Verbatim reports filed with the United States safety regulator (NHTSA) by owners of this exact model year. Public record.
This is very comment of tesla not responding to customer about the power reduced in the car is safe concerns is lot of people with the same problem and tesla want Pay for all the repairs of the car even with my car still Warranty
The Instrument Cluster Freezes and has to be reset. When it freezes you have not knowledge of speed you are going. After bringing it into Tesla Service I was told that is a known defect. The only way to fix is to replace Infotainment system at a cost of $2,100. Infotainment system currently works fine. The rep informed me that the system does not have enough memory to run the computer correctly after all the upd…
I own a 2018 Tesla Model S. While it was still under warranty the passenger side door handle quit working and it was no longer possible to open that door. Tesla replaced the door handle at no change with a newly designed mechanism. It was explained to me that they redesigned the mechanism which had a high failure rate, and my car handles would no longer be installed in later cars. I asked if they would change all 4 d…
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EPA combined 103 MPGe · estimated annual energy cost $750 · EPA range 259 mi
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The most-reported issue in NHTSA complaint data is Electrical System (32 complaints in our indexed sample).
Our data verdict is BUY with a reliability score of 74/100, computed from 129 NHTSA complaints and 0 recall campaigns. See the verdict card for the top reasons.
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Last updated: 2026-08-20.