Every Model Y model year from 2020 to 2025, scored on reported failures weighted against how many were sold — and ranked against every other Mid-Size SUV of the same year.
Across 6 scored model years the Model Y 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, 2021 its weakest.
Longer bar is better. Rank is against every Mid-Size SUV sold that same model year.
| Year | Relative standing | Class rank | Pctl | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | #45 /49 | 8th | ||
| 2021 | #52 /53 | 2th | Avoid | |
| 2022 | #53 /59 | 10th | ||
| 2023 | #55 /67 | 18th | ||
| 2024 | #46 /72 | 37th | ||
| 2025 | #18 /66 | 74th | Best year |
The line held a weak position through 2023, then moved to middling from 2024 on. The recent trend is upward. This 2025 car falls in a middling stretch.
All 12 systems, measured against the class average for each model year.
Every Model Y 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 SUV 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 Mid-Size SUV of its year — which changes what you should be inspecting before you buy.
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Your Model Y is plotted against 66 rivals from 2025.
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Look up your Model Y →2025 is the strongest Model Y model year on record, ranking #18 of 66 Mid-Size SUVs that year.
2021 is the weakest year in the model's history, ranking #52 of 53.
The 2025 Model Y ranks #18 of 66 Mid-Size SUVs — 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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