Recall · 21V846000
Tesla recalled 4 models over forward collision avoidance
11,728
Vehicles covered
4
Models
17
Model years
October 29, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA
- The defect
- Tesla, Inc. (Tesla) is recalling certain 2017-2021 Model S, Model 3, Model X, and 2020-2021 Model Y vehicles operating software version 2021.36.5.2. A communication error may cause false forward-collision warning (FCW) or unexpected activation of the automatic emergency brake (AEB) system.
- What it can cause
- Unexpected activation of the AEB system may cause the car to stop suddenly, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Tesla Service has released an over-the-air (OTA) software update, free of charge. The recall began October 25, 2021. Owners may contact Tesla customer service at 1-877-798-3752. Tesla's number for this recall is SB-21-00-004.
- 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.nhtsa.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner. This one is fixed by a software update rather than a workshop visit.
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 .
How this campaign compares
At 11,728 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 80% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2017 to 2021, so the oldest vehicles on it were 4 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
This site holds the complaint record for all 17 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 5,699 complaints with NHTSA, 1,129 of them before this campaign was filed. 1,925 of those name the forward collision avoidance, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in April 2017, 4 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 41 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V507000 (exterior lighting), 26V283000 (back over prevention), 25V172000 (air bags), 24V967000 (air bags).
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 October 29, 2021 as campaign 21V846000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
Compiled and maintained by guarledes . Data last checked 2021-10-29.
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