2025 Tesla Model Y problems
Owners have filed 211 complaints about the 2025 Tesla Model Y with NHTSA. Forward collision avoidance accounts for 28.9% of them, far more than any other system, ahead of lane departure at 11.4%.
Complaints211
Crashes76
Fires7
Injuries38
Deaths3
What owners report breaking
Forward collision avoidance 28.9% · 61
Unknown or other 11.8% · 25
Lane departure 11.4% · 24
Electrical system 9.5% · 20
Back over prevention 8.1% · 17
Service brakes 7.1% · 15
Vehicle speed control 4.7% · 10
Steering 4.3% · 9
Severity
Of those complaints, 76 describe a crash, 7 describe a fire, 38 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; 2023 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
On 10/08/2026, while Full Self-Driving (Supervised) software v14.3.10 was engaged in an underground parking garage, the vehicle failed to stop when it should have, causing the left-front bumper to scrape against a concrete pillar. The driver was supervising at the time. No injuries; cosmetic damage to the left-front bumper only. Forward collision avoidance
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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Other Tesla Model Y years
2020 502 complaints · 27.7% forward collision avoidance 2021 2,042 complaints · 41.8% forward collision avoidance 2022 1,619 complaints · 43.1% forward collision avoidance 2023 2,066 complaints · 30.7% forward collision avoidance 2024 611 complaints · 28.6% forward collision avoidance 2026 690 complaints · 23.0% forward collision avoidance