Tesla Model Y / 2025
2025 Tesla Model Y problems
Owners have filed 187 complaints about the 2025 Tesla Model Y with NHTSA. Forward collision avoidance accounts for 27.8% of them — far more than any other system, ahead of lane departure at 9.6%.
Complaints187
Crashes68
Fires4
Injuries33
Deaths3
What owners report breaking
Forward collision avoidance 27.8% · 52
Unknown or other 12.3% · 23
Lane departure 9.6% · 18
Electrical system 9.1% · 17
Back over prevention 8.6% · 16
Service brakes 8.0% · 15
Vehicle speed control 5.3% · 10
Steering 4.3% · 8
Severity
Of those complaints, 68 describe a crash, 4 describe a fire, 33 report an injury and 3 report a death.
Reading the numbers
Across the 7 model years of the Tesla Model Y in this data, 2025 draws comparatively few complaints; 2021 is the outlier year.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 5,828 miles.
In owners' own words
We were Driving East on I-40 at mile marker 245 Friday Nov 29 2024 around 8:50am in the right lane. We were passed by a gray Ford F-150 on the left. We had the "Traffic Aware Cruise Control" enabled. Our Tesla braked hard when the F-150 was directly beside us. The Ford was not in our lane at any point, and never changed lanes. Luckily a car behind us was not following too closely or an accident could have happened. Forward collision avoidance
The automatic pilot computer (AP4) failed on my 2025 Tesla Model Y after approximately 400 miles. This controls a lot of the vehicle's auto pilot features but it also controls a lot of its safety features, such as the back-up camera, forward collision warning and blind spot warning. As of 19 December, the Tesla Service Center has had my vehicle for 14 days with no fix for the foreseeable future. Forward collision avoidance
In FSD mode, my Tesla Model Y always heads to the "Do Not Enter" road and I have to take over manually to prevent entering the "Do Not Enter" road. This has happened almost all the time I am there. This is a very unsafe. Tesla needs to correct this issue at their highest priority. Forward collision avoidance
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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Other Tesla Model Y years
2020 487 complaints · 27.9% forward collision avoidance 2021 1,985 complaints · 42.3% forward collision avoidance 2022 1,578 complaints · 43.6% forward collision avoidance 2023 1,984 complaints · 31.5% forward collision avoidance 2024 580 complaints · 29.0% forward collision avoidance 2026 552 complaints · 22.6% forward collision avoidance