2024 Tesla Model Y Transmission and drivetrain Problems
- Complaints
- 6about this part
- Share
- 2%of 335 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 6 complaints about the transmission and drivetrain of the 2024 Tesla Model Y, 2% of the 335 complaints for this model year.
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.
“Tesla Model Y 99,000 km It is known issue with many driver of same model and milage that Wire Harness connected to Oil pump gets hot and damage. This can also cause fire. Many people have been complaining about similar issue on Facebook group.”
NHTSA complaint #11715422, filed 2026-02“SYSTEMIC POWERTRAIN SAFETY DEFECT: Catastrophic Loss of Propulsion & Failure of Dual-Motor Redundancy. 1. Incident & Safety Risk: While traveling in the far-left HOV lane of a 6-lane interstate highway, the vehicle experienced an uncommanded, unwarranted Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) intervention during a controlled lane change. This sudden deceleration instantly triggered a complete powertrain collapse and total loss of propulsion. The vehicle came to a dead stop in a live highway lane. …”
NHTSA complaint #11750667, filed 2026-07“While the car was in operation a message popped up with flashing red light and said drive unit issue car powering down. It went into neutral. Turns out the inverter and rear drive unit had to be replaced”
NHTSA complaint #11701083, filed 2025-11“Unintented Accelaration May 15th, 2025 - at about 2 pm the car was being parked in a small local shopping area parking lot by my wife. as she was pulling into the lot, the car suddenly accelarated and surged forward and she had to slam on the brakes to avoid any collision and getting out of control. after about 30 minutes, as she was pulling out of the parking in reverse, a similar experience, the car accelerated/surged backwards and she again had to slam the brakes to avoid any collision with other cars. …”
NHTSA complaint #11661750, filed 2025-05“The battery coolant started leaking when we connected the car to a supercharger. After charging a low coolant warning came up on the screen, but the message read “OK to drive”. Started driving home when more alerts came up “Power reduced” and “Speed limited to 68 mph” but still showed “OK to drive”. About 30 miles later the screen abruptly shut down on the freeway. Was able to pull over to a stop on the shoulder and call a tow truck. Screen never came back up even after attempting to restart, car is now at the service center. …”
NHTSA complaint #11583112, filed 2024-04Transmission and drivetrain: other model years
Other parts of the 2024 Tesla Model Y
126 complaintsElectrical system
63 complaintsBack-over prevention (rear camera)
61 complaintsOther or unknown
58 complaintsLane departure
49 complaintsVehicle speed control
37 complaintsBrakes
27 complaintsSteering
24 complaintsBody and structure
17 complaintsExterior lighting
13 complaintsSuspension
12 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
10 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2024 Tesla Model Y
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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