Tesla Model X problems, by model year and system
1,546 complaints owners filed with NHTSA about the Tesla Model X 2016–2026, and the 4 systems the record is deep on — suspension (319), electrical (302), steering (263), body and structure (121). Each system has a page across the years; 7 model-year pages go deeper still. Every figure is a linked federal record; none is a failure rate or a verdict on one car.
The systems the record is deep on
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer communicationsSuspension problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →
Electrical problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →
Steering problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →
Body and structure problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →
Tesla Model X complaints, year by system
Source: NHTSA complaint database| Model year | suspension | electrical | steering | body and structure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 7 in all | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 2025 15 in all | — | 3 | 2 | — |
| 2024 26 in all | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 194 in all | — | 21 | 46 | 13 |
| 2022 127 in all | — | 16 | 44 | — |
| 2021 41 in all | 6 | 7 | 13 | — |
| 2020 127 in all | 37 | 28 | 18 | 11 |
| 2019 100 in all | 26 | 21 | 11 | 14 |
| 2018 193 in all | 37 | 37 | 18 | 23 |
| 2017 268 in all | 59 | 72 | 50 | — |
| 2016 448 in all | 150 | 93 | 58 | 57 |
Complaints owners filed with NHTSA naming each system, per model year; a bold count links the year’s own page on that system. Counts scale with sales and with time on the road; nothing here is a rate, and NHTSA’s headings are coarse (“Power Train” is the transmission and the driveline).
Common questions
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseWhich Tesla Model X system draws the most complaints?
Suspension: 319 complaints across 11 model years, 21% of everything owners filed about the Tesla Model X. A count, not a rate — it says nothing about how many were sold.
Which Tesla Model X year has the most complaints?
2016 (448), 2017 (268), 2023 (194). Older years have had longer to collect them; the year pages show each year's share by system.