What is the most common complaint against Tesla, Inc.?

The most common issue consumers report about Tesla, Inc. is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not yours". This is based on 45 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Tesla, Inc. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Tesla, Inc. are rising. The company received 13 complaints in the last 12 months, indicating an upward trend in consumer issues.

What is Tesla, Inc.'s reputation grade?

Tesla, Inc. has a reputation grade of D (score: 50.7/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Tesla, Inc. respond to consumer complaints?

Tesla, Inc. has a 91% timely response rate to CFPB complaints.

In how many states does Tesla, Inc. operate?

Tesla, Inc. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 16 states, with the most complaints from California (19 complaints).

This data comes from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database and reflects consumer complaints, not proven violations.

Tesla, Inc. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 16 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

18
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

12
False statements or representation

6
Written notification about debt

3
Communication tactics

3
Electronic communications

2

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record tesla-inc Tesla, Inc.

Grade D · 45 CFPB filings · 91% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #1274 · compose #4091

VOL 45
GRADE D
12MO 13
STATES 16
TIMELY 91%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #1,274
COMPOSE #4,091

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Account Brokers Inc. (45 complaints)

CFPB complaint volume neighbourhood (this collector + nearest volume peers)

Tesla, Inc.'s 45 CFPB complaints sit next to Account Brokers Inc. on the volume neighbourhood; peer NAMES stay, and disposition VALUES are this collector's. Grades compare collectors to each other - a complaint is a filing, not a proven violation. How to read a complaint count →

State-heavy filing map

42.2% of Tesla, Inc.'s CFPB filings land in California

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Tesla, Inc. is volume #1,274 but composite #4,091, while California dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: California 42.2%; 19 of 45 filings · 16 states touched
Spike month: 2026-02 17.4%; 4 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #1,274 volume; #4,091 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 2,817 places worse than volume

How does Tesla, Inc. compare to its peers?

How does Tesla, Inc. compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

Tesla, Inc. National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

91%

78%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

15%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2017-04 2026-02

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	18
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	12
False statements or representation	6
Written notification about debt	3
Communication tactics	3
Electronic communications	2
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	1

Where do complaints against Tesla, Inc. come from?

Tesla, Inc.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

California

19
Texas

6
Florida

4
Arizona

2
Virginia

2
Colorado

1
District of Columbia

1
Georgia

1

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Tesla, Inc.: nearest all-time CFPB complaint volume and nearest CFPB timely-response rate among collectors with at least 100 logged complaints. State breakdowns above stay geographic; these neighborhoods vary by metric.

Similar filing volume

Nearest collectors by total CFPB complaints. This record: 45.

4 peers

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Data sourced from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCollector

According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Consumer Complaint Database, 1,139,236 debt collection complaints are represented in the current PlainCollector snapshot. See our methodology for how PlainCollector computes each company's reputation grade from this data.

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