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2024 Tesla Model 3 lighting problems

The 2024 Tesla Model 3 has 27 lighting complaints filed with NHTSA — 9% of the year's total, and up sharply from the prior model year.

27

Lighting complaints

9%

Share of year

1

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Lighting complaints by year

Model 3 lighting complaints by model year27 complaints2018: 15 complaints2019: 6 complaints2020: 13 complaints2021: 8 complaints2022: 6 complaints2023: 1 complaints2024: 27 complaints2025: 7 complaints
Model 3 lighting complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

To whom it may concern, I am reporting an incident regarding my Tesla Model 3 (2024) that occurred on June 30th around midnight. My partner was using FSD (full self driving) and driving down i5 towards Vancouver, WA and I was attempting to turn on Bluetooth to listen to music when the exterior…

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Lighting · June 30, 2025 · crash

Common questions

How many lighting complaints does the 2024 Tesla Model 3 have?

NHTSA has 27 complaints about the 2024 Tesla Model 3 lighting — 9% of all complaints filed for that model year.

Related

Based on NHTSA ODI data through June 2026. Complaints are consumer-reported and unverified. Updated July 5, 2026.

Compiled by Sharon Ben-Moshe, Founder.