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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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NHTSA publishes the first 11 characters of the VIN with every complaint — that identifies the plant, model year, body and engine. So these are reports from cars built exactly like this one, not an average across the whole model.
5YJ3E1EAXJF••••••2018 Tesla MODEL 3
That is about average for the 2018 Tesla MODEL 3 — 40 complaints per build across 25 builds.
43on this build
1011on the model
25builds in total
9involved a crash
4injuries
Most reportedForward Collision Avoidance 8Suspension 7Air Bags 7Electrical System 6
What owners of this build wrote
Unknown Or OthercrashDec 2023
I had come to a complete stop at the red light for about 1-2 minutes when, unexpectedly, my car surged forward and collided with the vehicle in front of me. Initially, I believed someone had rear-ended me and caused the accident, but that turned out not to be the case. Although…
Air BagscrashApr 2023
Side airbags did not deploy in a major side impact
Forward Collision AvoidancecrashSep 2022
On Sept. 9th, around 9:05pm, my wife was on the driver's seat, FSD was engaged. So the Tesla model 3 car was driving itself on highway 395 close to susanville. Then suddenly a car coming, we had a head-on collision, the other car's front left hit our front left. The other driver…
SuspensioncrashNov 2019
Here is a model 3 in the junk yard. Https://www.iaai.com/vehicledetails?itemid=34558147&rownumber=13&similarvehicleitemid=&isnext=&loadrecent=true it has been in a rollover accident so it has extensive damage. The front lh suspension has fallen to bits. The wheel has been sliced…
Vehicle Speed ControlcrashOct 2019
Oct 15, 2019 at 12:30 pm I was going to park the car, was rolling to a stop between parking lines in front of the curb when car suddenly accelerated and crashed into a style fence. Reported the problem the same day to tesla and took the vehicle to the service center and…
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN 5YJ3E1EAXJF022340 · decoded Sep 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.