FaultScore

Worst years for a Tesla Model X

Owners have filed 2,399 complaints about the Tesla Model X with NHTSA across model years 2016 to 2026. More of them are about the driver assist & collision avoidance than anything else.

Avoid

2016 Tesla Model X

684 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly suspension.

Cleanest on record

2024 Tesla Model X

47 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Tesla Model X year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2026 B 10 4 0 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2025 B 20 2 0 Other & Unspecified
2024 A 47 4 0 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2023 D 268 32 2 1,471 Other & Unspecified
2022 D 204 24 5 5,500 Steering
2021 C 59 9 0 450 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2020 D 212 34 0 5,000 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2019 D 171 27 4 13,500 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2018 F 305 62 4 10,400 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2017 F 419 38 1 30,000 Electrical System
2016 F 684 117 7 31,570 Suspension

What breaks on a Tesla Model X

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Worst in 2017

Worst in 2023

Suspension 332 13.8%

Worst in 2016

Electrical System 300 12.5%

Worst in 2016

Steering 259 10.8%

Worst in 2016

Body & Structure 143 6.0%

Worst in 2016

Worst in 2016

Brakes 100 4.2%

Worst in 2016

Worst in 2016

Airbags 55 2.3%

Worst in 2016

Worst in 2016

Wheels 41 1.7%

Worst in 2016

Lights 39 1.6%

Worst in 2016

Seat Belts 36 1.5%

Worst in 2018

Exactly what failed on a Tesla Model X

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Body 123 25.6%
Adaptive Cruise Control 122 25.4%
Automatic Emergency Braking 96 20.0%
Assist 35 7.3%
Warnings 32 6.7%
Warning 22 4.6%
Warnings 16 3.3%
Blind Spot Detection 16 3.3%
Latch 11 2.3%
Autonomous/Self Driving 8 1.7%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Tesla Model X, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Mar 2016 peak 73 Aug 2026

Tesla Model X problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Tesla Model X

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.