Every Model S model year from 2012 to 2025, scored on reported failures weighted against how many were sold — and ranked against every other Executive Passenger Car of the same year.
Across 14 scored model years the Model S needs fixing less often than its class, and repairs cost about what you would expect. The spread between years is what matters: 2025 is its strongest, 2015 its weakest.
Longer bar is better. Rank is against every Executive Passenger Car sold that same model year.
| Year | Relative standing | Class rank | Pctl | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | #19 /19 | 0th | ||
| 2013 | #21 /22 | 5th | ||
| 2014 | #21 /21 | 0th | ||
| 2015 | #22 /22 | 0th | Avoid | |
| 2016 | #24 /24 | 0th | ||
| 2017 | #23 /23 | 0th | ||
| 2018 | #22 /23 | 5th | ||
| 2019 | #13 /21 | 40th | ||
| 2020 | #17 /18 | 6th | ||
| 2021 | #15 /16 | 7th | ||
| 2022 | #12 /17 | 31th | ||
| 2023 | #16 /19 | 17th | ||
| 2024 | #12 /13 | 8th | ||
| 2025 | #6 /12 | 55th | Best year |
Across all 14 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 S 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 Executive 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: steering & suspension. That system draws issue reports more often than the same system on the average Executive Passenger Car of its year — which changes what you should be inspecting before you buy.
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Your Model S is plotted against 12 rivals from 2025.
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Look up your Model S →2025 is the strongest Model S model year on record, ranking #6 of 12 Executive Passenger Cars that year.
2015 is the weakest year in the model's history, ranking #22 of 22.
The 2025 Model S ranks #6 of 12 Executive Passenger Cars — the upper 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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