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2024 Tesla Model 3 steering problems

The 2024 Tesla Model 3 has 35 steering complaints filed with NHTSA — 11% of the year's total, and down from the prior model year.

35

Steering complaints

11%

Share of year

3

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Steering complaints by year

Model 3 steering complaints by model year84 complaints2017: 1 complaints2018: 76 complaints2019: 51 complaints2020: 43 complaints2021: 25 complaints2022: 32 complaints2023: 84 complaints2024: 35 complaints2025: 22 complaints2026: 1 complaints
Model 3 steering complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

On October 17, 2025, while Full Self-Driving (Supervised) was engaged, the vehicle made an abrupt, uncommanded steering input to the right, causing a collision with a tunnel wall. This crash appears to be the result of a critical vehicle hardware failure. In the 24 hours prior to the crash, the…

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Steering · October 17, 2025 · crash

Common questions

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

NHTSA has 35 complaints about the 2024 Tesla Model 3 steering — 11% 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.