Every Model 3 model year from 2017 to 2025, scored on reported failures weighted against how many were sold — and ranked against every other Mid-Size Passenger Car of the same year.
Across 9 scored model years the Model 3 needs fixing more often than its class, but when it does, repairs cost about what you would expect. The spread between years is what matters: 2024 is its strongest, 2017 its weakest.
Longer bar is better. Rank is against every Mid-Size Passenger Car sold that same model year.
| Year | Relative standing | Class rank | Pctl | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | #49 /50 | 2th | Avoid | |
| 2018 | #42 /43 | 2th | ||
| 2019 | #43 /47 | 9th | ||
| 2020 | #34 /38 | 11th | ||
| 2021 | #32 /33 | 3th | ||
| 2022 | #27 /29 | 7th | ||
| 2023 | #23 /29 | 21th | ||
| 2024 | #14 /24 | 43th | Best year | |
| 2025 | #14 /18 | 24th |
Across all 9 model years on record, the line has held a weak position in its class. The recent trend is upward.
All 12 systems, measured against the class average for each model year.
Every Model 3 model year is scored across 12 separate systems — engine, transmission, brakes, electrical, steering and suspension, structure, interior, and five more. Each system is compared against how often that same system fails on the average Mid-Size Passenger Car of the same year, so a common failure is judged against how common it is everywhere else.
Across the last three model years (2023–2025), the trouble concentrates in one place: electrical & electronics. That system draws issue reports more often than the same system on the average Mid-Size Passenger Car of its year — which changes what you should be inspecting before you buy.
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Your Model 3 is plotted against 18 rivals from 2025.
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Look up your Model 3 →2024 is the strongest Model 3 model year on record, ranking #14 of 24 Mid-Size Passenger Cars that year.
2017 is the weakest year in the model's history, ranking #49 of 50.
The 2025 Model 3 ranks #14 of 18 Mid-Size Passenger Cars — the lower half of its class.
Failure reports filed with NHTSA — submitted by vehicle owners and repair shops alike — weighted against US sales volumes so a high-volume model is not penalised for selling well, then benchmarked within segment and model year.
All 12 systems scored, the whole class plotted, and a downloadable Full Model Report for any year — 6,000+ vehicles in the dashboard.
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