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Tesla Model 3 Performance AWD — Reliability by Year

17,279 vehicles · MOT data 2019–2025 · first-test pass rates

This page shows MOT first-test pass rates for each year the Tesla Model 3 Performance AWD was manufactured — click any year to explore that cohort in detail. Trying to decide which year to buy? See the full buying guide →

Best pass rate year
2022
91.0% pass rate · 1,857 vehicles
Lowest pass rate year
2020
85.5% pass rate · 4,925 vehicles
Year Pass rate Avg mileage Vehicles
2025 First MOTs due 2028+ 1,216 mi 1,150
2024 First MOTs due 2027+ 38,670 mi 1,147
2023 First MOTs due 2026+ 26,094 mi 1,770
2022
91.0%
31,854 mi 1,857
2021
89.0%
36,557 mi 2,582
2020
85.5%
40,499 mi 4,925
2019
86.3%
40,852 mi 3,848

* UK vehicles require their first MOT at 3 years old. Recent model years shown in grey have little or no MOT test data yet — pass rate data will build up as those vehicles mature.

Which year Tesla Model 3 Performance AWD is most reliable?

MOT pass rate by year of manufacture — averaged across each vehicle's lifetime of tests.

Tests range from an average of 31,854 miles (newest year) to 40,852 miles (oldest year). Older years naturally accumulate more tests at higher mileages — see the mileage-normalised breakdown →

Trying to decide which year to buy?

We've done the full analysis — which years to look for, which to avoid, and where to find the best value for reliability on a Tesla Model 3 Performance AWD.

See the buying guide →

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