Does the Tesla Model 3 fail the MOT on body, chassis and structure more than it should?

The Tesla Model 3 records 0.10 body, chassis and structure failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.35 expected for a ev of the same age mix: about as expected for its class and age (the difference is within its interval or under 0.5 items per 100 tests) (−0.25, 95% interval −0.28 to −0.21). It ranks 297 of 663 models on body, chassis and structure (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on body, chassis and structure · check a Tesla Model 3 by registration

No single body, chassis and structure defect wording reaches 30 items on the Tesla Model 3; the failures are spread across several.