---
title: "Tesla Model 3 Maintenance Schedule"
description: "How the Tesla Model 3 service schedule specification changed from 2017 to 2025, compared generation by generation. The factory maintenance schedule for the Tesla Model 3 covering every service through 50,000 miles. Exactly what is due at each interval, and where severe-service conditions change it."
url: "https://whichcarparts.com/cars/tesla/model-3/service-schedule"
updated: "2026-08-20"
---

# Tesla Model 3 Factory Maintenance Schedule

The specification is not the same across every year we cover, the table below shows exactly where it changes.

## Has the Tesla Model 3 service schedule specification changed by year?

| Model years | First service | Intervals listed | Through |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [2024-2025](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/tesla/model-3/2024-2025/service-schedule) | 6,250 mi | 4 | 50,000 mi |
| [2017-2023](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/tesla/model-3/2017-2023/service-schedule) | 6,250 mi | 5 | 75,000 mi |

## Full specifications by generation

The service schedule on a Tesla Model 3 is set by its generation, not its model year, so each generation has one page carrying the complete figures, part numbers and fitment notes for every year it covers.

- [2024-2025 Tesla Model 3 Service schedule](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/tesla/model-3/2024-2025/service-schedule)
- [2017-2023 Tesla Model 3 Service schedule](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/tesla/model-3/2017-2023/service-schedule)

## Tesla Model 3 service schedule: common questions

### How often does a Tesla Model 3 need servicing?

The first scheduled visit is at 6,250 miles, and the pattern repeats from there.

### Does severe service change the schedule for a Tesla Model 3?

Condition-based schedule; months column is Tesla's official interval and mileages assume ~12,500 mi/year. Heat-pump cars (all Highlands) have no A/C desiccant replacement requirement. HEPA filter (if fitted): every 3 years.

## Sources

- [Tesla Support, Vehicle Maintenance (Model 3 intervals: cabin filter 2 yr, brake fluid 4 yr, rotation 6,250 mi, no desiccant for heat-pump cars)](https://www.tesla.com/support/vehicle-maintenance)
- [Wheel-Size.com, 2024 Tesla Model 3 OE fitments and 42 psi pressures](https://www.wheel-size.com/size/tesla/model-3/2024/)
- [Mavis, 2025 Model 3 Performance staggered OE sizes (235/35R20 front, 275/30R20 rear)](https://www.mavis.com/vehicle/tesla/model-3/2025/performance/)
- [NHTSA Part 573 report, recall 25V-002 (vehicle computer / rearview camera)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2025/RCLRPT-25V002-6930.PDF)
- [NHTSA Part 573 report, recall 24V-376 (seat belt reminder)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V376-3527.PDF)
- [NHTSA Part 573 report, recall 24V-935 (TPMS warning light)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V935-1846.PDF)
- [Tesla Shop. Model 3 wiper blade (fits all Model 3 years)](https://shop.tesla.com/product/model-3-wiper-blade)
- [Tesla DIY Guide, Replacing Cabin Filters (procedure shared with pre-Highland cars)](https://service.tesla.com/docs/Public/diy/model3/en_us/GUID-DB0A1E3C-926E-498C-A2FD-A27B8421A471.html)
- [Wikipedia, Tesla Model 3 (Highland launch timing, curb weights, EPA ranges)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Model_3)

## Find your exact Model 3

- [2025](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/tesla/model-3/2025)
- [2024](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/tesla/model-3/2024)
- [2023](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/tesla/model-3/2023)
- [2022](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/tesla/model-3/2022)
- [2021](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/tesla/model-3/2021)
- [2020](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/tesla/model-3/2020)
- [2019](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/tesla/model-3/2019)
- [2018](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/tesla/model-3/2018)
- [2017](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/tesla/model-3/2017)

More Tesla Model 3 guides:

- [Oil & filter](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/tesla/model-3/oil)
- [Battery](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/tesla/model-3/battery)
- [Tires & wheels](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/tesla/model-3/tires)
- [Wiper blades](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/tesla/model-3/wipers)
- [Air & cabin filters](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/tesla/model-3/filters)
- [Bulbs](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/tesla/model-3/bulbs)
- [Brakes](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/tesla/model-3/brakes)
- [Fluids](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/tesla/model-3/fluids)
- [Problems & reliability](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/tesla/model-3/common-problems)
- [Key fob battery](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/tesla/model-3/key-fob-battery)
- [Specs](https://whichcarparts.com/cars/tesla/model-3/specs)

Specifications vary with engine option, production date, and market.