Steering complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2022 Tesla Model 3 has 30 NHTSA steering complaints and 1 steering-related recall.
30
Complaints
1
Recalls
7
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 8, 2026
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STEERING:AUTOMATED/ADAPTIVE STEERING
Tesla, Inc. (Tesla) is recalling certain 2016-2023 Model S, Model X, 2017-2023 Model 3, and 2020-2023 Model Y vehicles equipped with Full Self-Driving...
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 2026 | STEERING,VISIBILITY/WIPER,LANE DEPARTURE | While using Tesla's Full Self-Driving (Supervised) software on the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) and o... |
| Jul 10, 2025 | STEERING,LANE DEPARTURE | I took my car to Tesla service to have 3 tires changed. On the drive home for the service, the car a... |
| Jun 13, 2025 | STEERING | During operation steering wheel becomes heavy and difficult to turn and becomes notchy. Very difficu... |
| Apr 16, 2025 | STEERING,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,SERVICE BRAKES | Wy wife and I drove our Tesla Model 3 from Palo Alto, CA to San Francisco downtown, to meet friends.... |
| Feb 23, 2025 | STEERING | I was driving over an overpass on to the free way. It was about 11am. The steering wheel locked in a... |
| Dec 14, 2024 | STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES | I was driving on the highway when the touchscreen lit up with multiple error messages including: - S... |
| Dec 7, 2024 | STEERING | The car's steering wheel locked unexpectedly, rendering the vehicle undrivable. Additionally, multip... |
| Dec 5, 2024 | STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | Sometime I have power steering and sometime I don’t have power steering assist sometime came back an... |
| Dec 1, 2024 | STEERING,SUSPENSION | At low/no speed, turning the steering wheel to the extreme left or right produces a low-end creaking... |
| Sep 5, 2024 | STEERING | Constant alert of "Steering assist reduced" Steering rack replacement under warranty |
| Jul 2, 2024 | STEERING,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,SERVICE BRAKES | All has been reported in writing to Tesla Corporate and Tesla Service Center SoDo Seattle, WA. Has n... |
| Jun 25, 2024 | STEERING,LANE DEPARTURE | Making a 90 degree right turn at an intersection traveling approximately 15 mph, my steering wheel s... |
| Jun 1, 2024 | STEERING,LANE DEPARTURE | The steering wheel locked up while I was driving. I was driving on a country road and the road didn'... |
| May 26, 2024 | STEERING,SERVICE BRAKES | Driving on the freeway, husband driving, myself in passenger front seat and 1yr and 3yrs in back. Ju... |
| Apr 11, 2024 | STEERING | Car was in the garage and showed alerts for Steering assist reduced, Traction control disabled, |
| Jan 10, 2024 | STEERING,LANE DEPARTURE,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | Something occurred with the steering, automatic braking, or lane keeping assistance on [XXX] at appr... |
| Nov 8, 2023 | STEERING,POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | This car has demonstrated repeated incidents of moving/driving backwards when it is set in Drive/For... |
| Oct 20, 2023 | STEERING,WHEELS,SERVICE BRAKES | On October 20th, 2023 around 3:00 pm I was driving eastbound on the highway 69 in Michigan. A friend... |
| Oct 16, 2023 | STEERING | No problems prior to today. 22500 miles on vehicle. Delivered Nov 2021. Got in car to drive to ... |
| Sep 30, 2023 | STEERING,LANE DEPARTURE | Louisiana 425 North. Inside lane. Yellow line remained solid on my left. There wer no striped lines... |