AutoUtility currently tracks 6 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2025 Tesla Model S. Powertrain & Transmission issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 2 complaints (33.3% of submitted records). Zero crashes, fires, injury reports, or fatality reports are cited across these complaint records.
- • Total NHTSA Complaints: 6 reports
- • #1 Reported Problem Area: Powertrain & Transmission (2 reports • 33.3% of submitted complaints)
- • Secondary Problem Areas: Suspension (2), Steering System (1)
- • Crash-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
- • Fire-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
- • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 0 injury filings • 0 fatality filings
Most Reported Problems for 2025 Tesla Model S
Top automotive subsystem defect categories ranked by unique owner complaint volume in federal records
Powertrain & Transmission
Suspension
Steering System
Wheels & Tires
Visibility, Wipers & Glass
Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2025 Tesla Model S
Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
"The power train of my 2025 Model S failed similar to failure of 7-6-25 which I previously reported to NHTSA (complaint #11718413) and Tesla. Upon getting into my car on 2-7-26 and putting it in reverse, several alert messages displayed including "stability control disabled, traction control..."
"The power train of my 2025 Tesla Model S failed. As a result, the car had several systems alert on my console that they were "unavailable" or "degraded", and in addition to the alerts I experienced their loss or degradation in real time. This included braking, steering, stability control, and..."
"The turning signal button on the steering wheel doesn't respond intermittently. It's a safety hazard to not engage a turning signal when making a turn."
"I experienced excessive rear tire wear on both rear tires inner side The tire ended up blowing out on the rear passenger tire"
"TIRES WEAR EXCESSIVLY DUE TO INCORECT FACTORY AND NON-ADJUSTABLE CAMBER SETTINGS CAUSING EXTREME SAFTEY CONCERNS/BLOWOUTS, WHICH ARE NOT VISIBLE WITHOUT REMOVAL OF TIRE OR LIFTING OF VEHICLE BY AVERAGE MOTORIST. MY VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THIS WITHIN FIRST 10,000 MILES ON NEW CAR WITH NEW TIRES...."
Complaint History for Tesla Model S
Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2015–2026)
| Model Year | NHTSA Complaints | Crash Reports | Safety Recalls | Detailed Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Tesla Model S | 0 | 0 | 9 | View 2015 Problems → |
| 2016 Tesla Model S | 0 | 0 | 10 | View 2016 Problems → |
| 2017 Tesla Model S | 0 | 0 | 9 | View 2017 Problems → |
| 2018 Tesla Model S | 0 | 0 | 11 | View 2018 Problems → |
| 2019 Tesla Model S | 0 | 0 | 10 | View 2019 Problems → |
| 2020 Tesla Model S | 80 | 16 | 11 | View 2020 Problems → |
| 2021 Tesla Model S | 176 | 13 | 24 | View 2021 Problems → |
| 2022 Tesla Model S | 136 | 3 | 20 | View 2022 Problems → |
| 2023 Tesla Model S | 111 | 8 | 13 | View 2023 Problems → |
| 2024 Tesla Model S | 38 | 2 | 6 | View 2024 Problems → |
| 2025 Tesla Model S Current Page | 6 | 0 | 2 | Current |
| 2026 Tesla Model S | 0 | 0 | 0 | View 2026 Problems → |
Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2025 Tesla Model S
Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 5 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications
| Vehicle Component / System | Total Complaints | Crash Reports | Fire Reports | Reported Injury Entries | Reported Fatality Entries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powertrain NHTSA category: POWER TRAIN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steering NHTSA category: STEERING | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Suspension NHTSA category: SUSPENSION | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SUSPENSION,WHEELS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Visibility & Wipers NHTSA category: VISIBILITY/WIPER | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Official NHTSA Defect Investigations (4)
Formal safety defect inquiries and engineering analyses opened by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI)
FSD Collisions in Reduced Roadway Visibility Conditions
The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) is opening this Engineering Analysis to evaluate Teslaâs Full Self Driving Beta and Full Self Driving (Supervised) (collectively, FSD) degradation detection system. The focus of this investigation will be to assess the systemâs ability, when encountering reduced roadway visibility conditions, to detect degradation and alert the driver with sufficient time to respond. ODI will evaluate the performance...
Traffic safety violations while Full Self Driving ("FSD") is engaged
The Office of Defects Investigation (âODIâ) is opening this Preliminary Evaluation (PE) to assess the scope, frequency, and potential safety consequences of FSD executing driving maneuvers that constitute traï¬c safety violations. This investigation concerns versions of FSD that Tesla has labeled as "FSD (Supervised)" and "FSD (Beta)." Tesla characterizes FSD as an SAE Level 2 partial automation system requiring a fully attentive driver who...
Compliance with Standing General Order 2021-01 Reporting Requirements
The Office of Defects Investigation (âODIâ) has identified numerous incident reports submitted by Tesla, Inc. (âTeslaâ) in response to Standing General Order 2021-01 (the âSGOâ), in which the reported crashes occurred several months or more before the dates of the reports. The majority of these reports involved crashes in which the Standing General Order in place at the time required a report to be submitted within one or five days of...
Actually Smart Summon sessions resulting in low-speed impacts.
On January 6, 2025, the Office of Defects Investigations (ODI) opened Preliminary Evaluation 24003 (PE24033) to investigate Actually Smart Summon (Summon) sessions resulting in crashes during active sessions. According to Tesla, Summon is a short-distance SAE Level 2 system, controlled by the user from a cell phone within a certain distance and intended for use in parking lots and on private property. ODI analyzed complaint data provided by Tesla...
The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database.
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