2023 Tesla Model Y Fuel system Problems
- Complaints
- 9about this part
- Share
- 1%of 1,193 total for the year
- Median mileage
- —not reported
- Trend
- Too newThis model year is less than 4 years old, so a trend is not meaningful yet.
NHTSA recorded 9 complaints about the fuel system of the 2023 Tesla Model Y, 1% of the 1,193 complaints for this model year. 2 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“Pulled into hospital parking garage. Stopped to pull parking ticket. When the parking gate was raised, Tesla immediately took off at very high uncontrolled speed. Basically a runaway vehicle. There was no accerlation on my part. Brakes did not work. Hit parked car in the garage about 300 feet from the parking gate. I was taken to hospital with broken wrist. Car has been totaled.”
NHTSA complaint #11697204, filed 2025-11“I hit a rock at approximately 35 mph that got projected under my car and caused a bad leak in the battery coolant system. Received a low coolant warning about one minute after the incident. The alert indicated that the car was safe to drive but to schedule service asap. Tesla instructed me to drive to the local SC that is 15 min away when though enough coolant had leaked to render the user display black. I had no turn signals, no speedometer, nothing except the ability to move the car. …”
NHTSA complaint #11565652, filed 2024-01“My husband and I were driving from Cincinnati Ohio to Harrisburg, PA on Monday, Oct 16, 2023 on the highway (turnpike). At least four times the car tried to kill us by starting to slam to a stop ON THE HIGHWAY when using cruise control. Fortunately each time there were no cars immediately behind us or we would have had a major accident. We stopped and called Tesla in Mechanicsburg who consulted with someone on another line. We had both hands on the steering wheel and were doing everything correctly. …”
NHTSA complaint #11551691, filed 2023-10“This is the second instance of this issue happening, first at 1800 miles ODO, and second at 4690. Both instances, when driving, the vehicle suddenly and violently shuddered to a stop. The first instance happened as I pulled out from a stop sign to take an unprotected left onto a street. In the middle of the intersection, the car shuddered to a stop violently and a lot of warnings and alerts came up on screen. Cars moving both directions had to suddenly stop to not hit my car dead in the intersection. …”
NHTSA complaint #11512924, filed 2023-03“The new model y froze in the middle of an interstate Highway indicating it was shutting itself down and not driveable. It took only 30seconds from 60 miles per hour to completely inoperable and stopped itself in traffic. Currently the mileage of this car is only 12 miles and I drove only 7 miles about 20 minutes after the we picked up the car. Tesla service told me it was a rear motor inverter issue. There are many incidents of similar occurrences people report online. Luckily we were saved by some quick thinking driver who called 911, while we were anxiously trying to contact tesla service. …”
NHTSA complaint #11522189, filed 2023-05Related service bulletins
- 11005735Jul 15, 2024Some Model Y vehicles running a vehicle software version earlier than 2024.20.3 require a vehicle software update to be able to qualify for the Energy Boost upgrade. Vehicle…
Fuel system: other model years
Other parts of the 2023 Tesla Model Y
481 complaintsSteering
219 complaintsVehicle speed control
168 complaintsOther or unknown
164 complaintsBrakes
155 complaintsSuspension
137 complaintsElectrical system
126 complaintsLane departure
84 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
64 complaintsWheels
52 complaintsBack-over prevention (rear camera)
43 complaintsAir bags
41 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2023 Tesla Model Y
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 30, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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