Recall · 20V062000
Tesla recalled the TESLA Model X over steering
14,113
Vehicles covered
1
Model
2
Model years
February 5, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
- The defect
- Tesla, Inc. (Tesla) is recalling certain 2015-2016 Model X vehicles. The aluminum bolts that attach the power steering gear assist motor to the gear housing may corrode and fracture causing a reduction or complete loss of power steering assist.
- What it can cause
- Loss of power steering assist would require a higher steering effort, especially at lower speeds, which may increase the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Tesla will notify owners, and Tesla Service Centers will replace the steering gear mounting bolts with coated steel bolts, and add a corrosion-preventative sealer to the steering gear motor housing and motor connection bolts. If the mounting bolts are found to be broken or break during removal and cannot be removed, a new steering gear will also be installed. All services will be performed free of charge. The recall began February 15, 2021. Owners may contact Tesla customer service at 1-877-798-3752.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| TeslaModel X | 2015 to 2016 | 2016 |
How this campaign compares
At 14,113 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 82% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2015 to 2016, so the oldest vehicles on it were 5 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Tesla vehicles have been recalled over the steering once before this, most recently in March 2018 as 18V204000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 1 of the 2 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 445 complaints with NHTSA, 132 of them before this campaign was filed. 58 of those name the steering, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in March 2016, 3 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 8 other recalls published here, the newest being: 24V615000 (structure), 24V376000 (seat belts), 24V051000 (electrical system), 23V838000 (electrical system).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Tesla, Inc. with NHTSA on February 5, 2020 as campaign 20V062000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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