Tesla Model X 60d
Problems & Worst Years

Touchscreens and suspension components share top billing throughout the Model X 60D's three model years, with 2016 standing out as the clear high point for both volume and severity: 352 total occurrences and four safety-severity problem categories. That year's top complaint, 71 reports of touchscreen malfunction, is closely trailed by 69 describing front suspension control-arm disconnection — a specific and mechanically serious failure mode. Main computer unit failure (42 reports), screen blackouts and system freezing rated at safety severity (30), and electrical stability control issues (26) round out the year's top five.

Volume drops sharply after that: 104 occurrences in 2017 and 73 in 2018, though both years keep flagging the same two systems. In 2017, general electrical-system issues lead (15 reports), followed by touchscreen freezing or going blank while driving (11) and suspension parts breaking unexpectedly (11), with center-display malfunction and suspension damage noted in junkyard vehicles filling out the remainder. 2018 shifts slightly toward electrical-system glitches generally (14 reports) and suspension shudder and vibration (10), with smaller clusters covering seat belt malfunctions, powertrain issues, and unintended acceleration without warning — the last one rated safety-severity despite only six reports.

No recall campaigns appear against any year of the 60D in this dataset, so every figure here reflects owner complaints rather than a confirmed manufacturer action. Given how consistently the suspension and touchscreen systems recur across all three years, both are worth specific attention during a pre-purchase inspection — cycle the main screen through a cold start and have a shop check the front suspension's control arms for play.

These numbers are, in the end, a record of what owners chose to report to NHTSA rather than a precise failure rate, and 2016's higher totals may partly reflect it being an earlier, higher-volume production year rather than a fundamentally worse car. A thorough inspection and full service history will tell you more about any individual X than the model year by itself.