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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.
5YJYGDEE4LF••••••2020 Tesla MODEL Y
That is about average for the 2020 Tesla MODEL Y — 12 complaints per build across 22 builds.
18on this build
271on the model
22builds in total
5involved a crash
3injuries
Most reportedForward Collision Avoidance 7Service Brakes 4Steering 3Lane Departure 2
What owners of this build wrote
SteeringcrashDec 2025
A 2018 Ford Explorer, marked police vehicles, was operating with lights and siren when it proceeded through a red traffic light at an intersection. The subject vehicle, 2020 Tesla Model 3, was proceeding through a green traffic light at the intersection and struck the Ford
Unknown Or OthercrashJul 2024
In Summon Mode, autonomous driving, our car collided with another stationary parked car
WheelscrashJan 2022
I WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON i-75 ABOUT 10AM on January 16, 2022. Traffics was moderated as I was driving in the left lane about 60 mph following another car. It had suddenly started snowing rather hard and the road was wet as it had been for the previous 50 miles. I felt no change in…
Vehicle Speed ControlcrashOct 2021
Re: VIN-[XXX] My wife was driving the car in this accident. I am reporting it as it happened. When: Oct 29, 2021 at about 2:45 +/- 40 minutes. Where: in the parking lot of a shopping center. In Quail Hills shopping center in Irvine, California. Summary of what happened: a)…
Visibility/wipercrashJul 2021
Backup camera appeared in on screen window as usual when I put the car in reverse to back into my parking spot. The camera looked clear and trajectory lines moved appropriately when I turned the steering wheel. However, main backup view in center of screen did not update as I…
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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 5YJYGDEE4LF014547 · decoded Aug 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.