2022 Tesla Model Y: Reliability Data

1490
Total Complaints
8,607mi
Median Mileage
Adaptive Cruise Control
Top Issue
141
Crash Reports

When Do Complaints Happen?

Distribution of NHTSA complaints by vehicle mileage at time of report.

2,300 25th Percentile
8,607 Median Mileage
26,000 75th Percentile

What Fails?

Most reported component issues from NHTSA complaints.

Adaptive Cruise Control
330
Automatic Emergency Braking
268
Vehicle Speed Control
132
Service Brakes
124
Unknown Or Other
107
Electrical System
83
Warnings
68
Assist
47
Steering
46
Visibility/Wiper
26

Severity Assessment

141
Crashes
17
Fires
379
Injuries
303
Deaths

Sample Complaint Reports

"When using cruise control on normal two way traffic roads during the day or at night: the car will brake aggressively because of proper oncoming traffic from the other lane. The system has been very poorly designed such that it only works on wide separated highways and there is no way to switch off ..."
"When using cruise control on normal two way traffic roads during the day or at night: the car will brake aggressively because of proper oncoming traffic from the other lane. The system has been very poorly designed such that it only works on wide separated highways and there is no way to switch off ..."
"When using cruise control on normal two way traffic roads during the day or at night: the car will brake aggressively because of proper oncoming traffic from the other lane. The system has been very poorly designed such that it only works on wide separated highways and there is no way to switch off ..."

Source: NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Names and identifying details omitted.

When Were Complaints Filed?

Number of complaints by the year the issue occurred.

When Does Each Component Fail?

Median mileage at complaint for top components.

Adaptive Cruise Control 330 complaints
25th: 825 mi Median: 3,444 mi 75th: 13,200 mi
Automatic Emergency Braking 268 complaints
25th: 1,395 mi Median: 3,550 mi 75th: 7,988 mi
Vehicle Speed Control 132 complaints
25th: 400 mi Median: 5,000 mi 75th: 10,000 mi
Service Brakes 124 complaints
25th: 10,100 mi Median: 10,444 mi 75th: 32,000 mi

Where Are Complaints Coming From?

Top states by complaint count.

CA: 414 FL: 177 TX: 79 CO: 74 WA: 72 AZ: 49 IL: 42 NJ: 38 VA: 36 UT: 34

Who Files Complaints?

0.4%
Original Owners
99.6%
Second+ Owners

Tesla Model Y — Other Years

See how this model compares across different model years.

YearComplaintsCrashes
202047390
20211877169
20231788280
2024498102
202515549
202634265

Data source: View this vehicle on NHTSA.gov | NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Public domain.

Methodology: Complaint counts and mileage distributions are computed directly from consumer-reported NHTSA complaints. This data represents reported issues, not failure rates — vehicles without complaints are not represented. Full methodology.

Data through: 2026-03-28