2020 Tesla Model 3 Long Range Awd: MOT pass rate and reliability
85.5% of 2020 Tesla Model 3 Long Range Awds pass the MOT first time, measured across 10,917 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 46,544 miles.
How the 2020 compares
- Against all Tesla Model 3 Long Range Awds (85.8%, 35,802 tests): -0.3 points
- Against all 2020 cars (89.4%): -3.9 points
- National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%
Every Tesla Model 3 Long Range Awd model year
Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2020 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Tesla Model 3 Long Range Awd:
| Year | Pass rate | Tests | Avg mileage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 86% | 2,893 | 51,158 |
| 2020 | 85.5% | 10,917 | 46,544 |
| 2021 | 85.8% | 21,689 | 38,969 |
| 2022 | 91.7% | 264 | 45,075 |
What this means if you are buying a 2020 Model 3 Long Range Awd
The 2020 sits close to the Tesla Model 3 Long Range Awd average, so there is no strong model-year signal either way. Judge the individual car on its own history. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.
What a 6-year-old car fails on
A 2020 car is 6 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:
- Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
- Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
- Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
- Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
- Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
- Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested
That is below average for a car this age, worth a mileage-consistency check since an unusually low reading is sometimes clocking rather than luck. On a 2020 Tesla Model 3 Long Range Awd the average at test was 46,544 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.
The strongest year for this model is 2022 at 91.7%, and the weakest in our data is 2020 at 85.5%. That 6.2 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2020 car against a newer one tells you very little.