3 NHTSA safety recalls cover the 2025 Tesla Model Y. Owners have filed 103 complaints with NHTSA about this model year. Every recall repair is free at any Tesla dealer.
Is yours affected? Recalls cover ranges of VINs, not every 2025 Tesla Model Y. Check your Model Y by VIN and confirm open recalls at NHTSA.gov.
Each campaign as NHTSA published it: what is wrong, what can happen, and the fix. Newest first.
Owners filed 103 complaints with NHTSA about the 2025 Tesla Model Y, reporting 31 crashes, 3 fires, 14 injuries, 1 deaths. Tesla has issued at least 10 technical service bulletins (repair instructions to dealers) for this model year. Complaints are unverified owner reports; a recall is the manufacturer’s admission of a safety defect.
Read Tesla Model Y owner complaints and bulletins, every year
NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation lists this model year in 4 investigations. An investigation is not a recall; it is how NHTSA decides whether one is needed.
Owners have filed 103 complaints with NHTSA about the 2025 Tesla Model Y. A few in their own words, shortened. Complaints are unverified and are not proof of a defect or of any recall.
“On October 1, 2026, at approximately 5:40 p.m. in the Marina Square Center parking lot in San Leandro, California, the powered rear trunk of my 2025 Tesla Model Y popped up slightly but failed to fully open.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11769731
“When self parking in a drive way, Tesla Y hit another car. There was more than enough space on the driveway for 2+ cars. We did the same self-parking tens times before. Tesla generated no alarms after collision. It didn't stop after colliding with another car.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11767818
“Full auto pilot I pay $99 every month and it was on the car decided to take a turn to go over the middle island and hit the tree. The road has yellow line straight but then the yellow line start to be...”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11758907
“While driving straight ahead in my lane on a wet freeway in an active construction zone, the vehicle abruptly and without warning lost traction and spun out of control.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11756095
“Vehicle has complete Full Self-Driving (Supervised) capabilities. Vehicle was reverse parking on its own but the right side crashed into a wall. Vehicle did not stop reverse upon collision. Driver took over immediately to avoid further crash fatality.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11755576
Search the official database: NHTSA. Excerpts are quoted from the public record, shortened at a sentence and with personal details removed.
Not every 2025 Tesla Model Y is in every recall. Enter your 17-character VIN to see the recalls on record for your exact vehicle, then confirm which are still open at NHTSA.gov or with any Tesla dealer.