24V376000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WARNING LIGHT/DEVICES
A seat belt warning system that fails to alert occupants of an unbelted seat belt can increase the risk of injury during a crash.
2012 TESLA MODEL S
8 safety recall campaigns, 8 defect investigations (3 open), 89 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns8
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations83 open
Owner complaints89
Complaints citing a crash4
Complaints citing a fire1
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 6 of 8
24V051000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
Warning lights with a smaller font size can make critical safety information on the instrument panel difficult to read, increasing the risk of a crash.
23V838000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ADAS:DRIVER MONITORING:SOFTWARE
In certain circumstances when Autosteer is engaged, and the driver does not maintain responsibility for vehicle operation and is unprepared to intervene as necessary or fails to recognize when Autosteer is canceled or not engaged, there may be an increased risk of a crash.
21V035000
BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE
The eMMC controller wear-out condition can cause the loss of the rearview camera display, defrost/defog control settings, and exterior turn signal lighting, reducing visibility and increasing the risk of a crash.
18V204000
STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
Loss of power steering assist would require a higher steering effort, especially at lower speeds, which may increase the risk of a crash.
17V260000
PARKING BRAKE
If the gear breaks during parking brake release, the vehicle will not be able to be moved. If the gear breaks during parking brake application, the parking brake may not adequately hold the vehicle, potentially resulting in the vehicle rolling, increasing the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 37ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 12UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 9SUSPENSION
- 5EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 5POWER TRAIN
- 5VISIBILITY/WIPER
- 2EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:INFOTAINMENT:VIDEO (TOUCH)SCREEN/MONITOR/UNIT
- 2FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2012 TESLA MODEL Ss can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.