NHTSA Safety Recalls
2024 Tesla Model 3 Recalls
The 2024 Tesla Model 3 has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 7, 2026.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2024 Tesla Model 3. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 221
- Crashes reported
- 27
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2024 Tesla Model 3, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2024 Tesla Model 3
Structure: body: bumpers
- Campaign
- 26V445000
- Reported
- July 7, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 15
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 201, occupant protection in interior impact
- Same campaign
- only the 2024 Tesla Model 3
Back over prevention: software
- Campaign
- 25V002000
- Reported
- January 6, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 239,382
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Tires: pressure monitoring and regulating systems
- Campaign
- 24V935000
- Reported
- December 17, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 696,281
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 138, tire pressure monitoring
- Same campaign
- also 2017–2023 Model 3, 2 other models
Latches/locks/linkages: hood: latch
- Campaign
- 24V554000
- Reported
- July 24, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,849,638
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2021–2023 Model 3, 2 other models
Air bags: side/window: thorax
- Campaign
- 24V284000
- Reported
- April 19, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2024 Tesla Model 3
2024 Tesla Model 3 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 221 owner complaints about the 2024 Tesla Model 3, the newest on October 20, 2026. Of these, 27 describe a crash (12%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 19 injuries.
In complaints about the 2024 Tesla Model 3, the component group named most often is the forward collision avoidance (22%), followed by the electrical system (21%) and the steering (17%).
None of the 2024 Tesla Model 3's 5 recalls concerns the forward collision avoidance.
Component groups named in complaints
- Unknown Or Other71
- Forward Collision Avoidance49
- Electrical System46
- Steering38
- Exterior Lighting27
- Vehicle Speed Control21
Complaints received, by year
| 2024 | 96 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83 | |
| 2026 | 42 |
Complaints about the 2024 Tesla Model 3 peaked in 2024, when NHTSA received 96.
The 2024 is too new to rank against other Tesla Model 3 years: its window closes at the end of 2027.
The 221 complaints about the 2024 Tesla Model 3 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Tesla Model 3 by model year
Other 2024 Tesla models
Newest record on this page: October 20, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted