Visibility complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2021 Tesla Model 3 has 16 NHTSA visibility complaints and 1 visibility-related recall.
16
Complaints
1
Recalls
0
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated May 10, 2026
22V702000
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
Tesla, Inc. (Tesla) is recalling certain 2017-2022 Model 3, 2020-2022 Model Y, and 2021-2022 Model S and Model X vehicles. The window automatic rever...
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 2025 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | -- Summarized Explanation The automatic windshield wiper system behaves unpredictably and creates un... |
| May 18, 2025 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | The interior rearview mirror exhibits tiny bubbles around the edges and streaking or cloudiness with... |
| Apr 5, 2025 | VISIBILITY | Rear window defroster is permanently broken. Tesla made 10 attempts to repair it over the past year+... |
| Feb 19, 2025 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | The defrost function on the computer went crazy and cracked the windshield in the morning, covered i... |
| Feb 17, 2024 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | Auto windshield wipers do not turn on often when raining or misting. I constantly have to change the... |
| Feb 5, 2024 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | Auto wipers do not speed up in heavy rain forcing me to manually change the speed which can be dange... |
| Jan 19, 2024 | VISIBILITY/WIPER,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | The cruse control is unable to keep its speed and sometimes the vehicule breaks suddently on the hig... |
| Sep 16, 2023 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | The contact owns a 2021 Tesla Model 3. The contact stated while driving in the rain, there was an au... |
| Nov 19, 2022 | VISIBILITY | The contact owns a 2021 Tesla Model 3. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 2... |
| Feb 11, 2022 | VISIBILITY/WIPER,LANE DEPARTURE | Tesla offers a blind spot camera, standard on the vehicle, which activates automatically when the tu... |
| Jan 17, 2022 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | The windshield wipers are controlled by a sensor and the computer. Unfortunately, they come on too s... |
| Jan 16, 2022 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | Driving on the beltway around Washington DC the weather conditions were variable and the revised use... |
| Dec 24, 2021 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | Tesla pushed out a new user interface over Christmas. The new interface buries the wiper controls an... |
| Dec 23, 2021 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | In December, Tesla released a software update that made Model 3 and Model Y cars unsafe to operate. ... |
| Dec 5, 2021 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | While driving from Austin to Nashville, during the last, dark part of our drive, we hit rain. The Au... |
| Sep 20, 2021 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | Windshield has highly visible internal reflections resulting in vertical ghosting in high contrast s... |