Lemon Law · Model-year problems
2026 Tesla Model Y
What owners of this model year report to the federal safety regulator, the repair attempts that make a California lemon-law claim, and what a buyback covers.
Federal safety record
On file for 2026 Tesla Model Y
Public defect-investigation and recall notices on file with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. If any of these describe your vehicle and the manufacturer's repair has not fixed it, Song-Beverly may apply.
Federal safety record for the 2026 Tesla Model Y: 8 recall campaigns and 1 owner complaint on file with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Components named in owner complaints include: Vehicle speed control.
Recall campaigns on record for this model year:
- Suspension: critical fasteners
NHTSA campaign 26V558000 - Structure: body: bumpers
NHTSA campaign 26V445000 - Equipment: other: labels
NHTSA campaign 26V315000 - Electrical system: propulsion system: fuses, relays, contacts, and shunts
NHTSA campaign 25V690000 - Electrical system: wiring
NHTSA campaign 25V658000 - Electrical system: horn
NHTSA campaign 25V490000 - Seats: critical fasteners
NHTSA campaign 25V410000 - Visibility: windshield wiper/washer: linkages
NHTSA campaign 25V359000
A campaign listed here may not cover every vehicle of this model year, and a covered vehicle may already have been repaired. Check your vehicle's VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Figures read from the NHTSA public record on 2 November 2026. Owner complaints are reports submitted to NHTSA; a complaint is not a finding by NHTSA that a defect exists. Nothing on this page is legal advice about a specific vehicle.
The statute
When a warranty problem becomes a lemon
These are the presumptions in the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act and the Tanner Consumer Protection Act (Cal. Civ. Code § 1793.22). Each applies when the defect is first reported, and the vehicle is still under the manufacturer's warranty, within 18 months of delivery or 18,000 miles — whichever comes first.
- Two or more repair attempts for a defect likely to cause death or serious bodily injury
- Four or more repair attempts for the same non-safety defect
- The vehicle out of service for 30 or more cumulative days for repair
Have an attorney read your 2026 Tesla Model Y repair orders.
Attorney Advertising disclaimer: Prior results do not predict or indicate a similar outcome in any future matter. The information on this page is general information about California law, not legal advice, and does not create an attorney-client relationship. If you have questions about a specific situation, speak with a licensed California attorney.