2017 TESLA MODEL S

9 safety recall campaigns, 17 defect investigations (6 open), 670 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns9
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations176 open
Owner complaints670
Complaints citing a crash95
Complaints citing a fire4

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 9

24V3760002024-05-28

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.

24V0510002024-01-30

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.

23V8380002023-12-12

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.

23V0850002023-02-15

STEERING:AUTOMATED/ADAPTIVE STEERING

FSD Beta software that allows a vehicle to exceed speed limits or travel through intersections in an unlawful or unpredictable manner increases the risk of a crash.

22V8180002022-11-01

STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM

A loss of power steering assist can require greater steering effort, especially at low speeds, increasing the risk of a crash.

22V0370002022-01-27

STEERING:AUTOMATED/ADAPTIVE STEERING

Failing to stop at a stop sign can increase the risk of a crash.

What owners report most

  • 107SUSPENSION
  • 105ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 95UNKNOWN OR OTHER
  • 47FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL
  • 46STEERING
  • 35VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
  • 27FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
  • 26EXTERIOR LIGHTING

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Two 2017 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.

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