Summary
The Tesla Model Y has 24 recalls spanning 2020 through 2026, with the most serious being a steering wheel fastener that can work loose on 2022-2023 vehicles and allow the steering wheel to disconnect from the steering column entirely, leaving the driver with no steering control.
The 2024 model year has a front seat recliner weld that can fail, allowing the seat back to collapse forward in a crash rather than restraining the occupant. On 2023 vehicles, the high-voltage battery disconnect can be defective and fail to isolate the battery after a crash or fault, raising the risk of electrical shock. Also on 2023 models, the forward-facing camera can be misaligned, silently disabling automatic emergency braking, forward collision warning, and lane assist without notifying the driver. Second-row seat back frame bolts that were not fully tightened can cause the rear seatbelts to fail in a crash on 2022-2023 examples. On 2023-2025 vehicles, a circuit board short can cause the rearview camera to go dark while backing up.
Going back to the 2020-2022 range, front and rear suspension knuckles can fracture and cause suspension links to separate, destabilizing the vehicle. On 2020-2021 vehicles, front suspension lateral link fasteners can loosen and let the lateral link separate from the subframe, shifting wheel alignment unpredictably. The 2021 model year has swapped camera cable connections that can impair Autosteer and automatic emergency braking. Second-row seatbelt retractor bolts and front shoulder belt B-pillar fasteners that were insufficiently tightened affect 2019-2021 vehicles and can reduce seatbelt performance in a crash. On 2020 models specifically, the hood latch assembly can fail to trigger the unlatched warning on the instrument panel, allowing the hood to fly open while driving, and front upper control arm bolts that were not fully torqued can allow the control arm to detach and cause the wheels to lean out of alignment.
The 2020-2023 model years share a taillight intermittent failure that can make the vehicle harder to see from behind. On 2020 vehicles equipped with a tow package, a software error prevents trailer brake lights from illuminating during braking. The Autosteer driver monitoring system, on vehicles from 2020 through 2023, can fail to adequately alert the driver when steering assistance reaches its limits, a concern shared across the broader Tesla lineup for those years.
The 2026 model year, the most recent production year in the dataset, has three lighting and visibility recalls: the horn ground wire can come loose and leave the horn inoperable, reverse lights can fail to illuminate due to a wiring defect, and a hose connector can block the windshield washer nozzles and prevent fluid from reaching the windshield.
