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Tesla Roadster

Every Tesla Roadster model year on file, 2008 to 2011. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years20 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years42008 to 2011
Recall campaigns1Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins47Summed across model years
By model year

The 2008 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 50% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

00.250.50.75120081200920102011
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Speed control leads the Tesla Roadster complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Speed control
1
Stability and traction control
1
Suspension
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Tesla Roadster model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Tesla Roadster by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2011Convertible10.022018
2010Not decoded0NoneNone010
2009Not decoded0NoneNone0115
2008Convertible10.0151124
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Tesla Roadster

  • 09V-178 May 26, 2009
    Rear hub flange bolts on some of these vehicles may be under-torqued and may become loose
    Wheels ยท 345 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.