Recall · 23V434000
Tesla recalled 2 models over electrical system
26
Vehicles covered
2
Models
2
Model years
June 19, 2023
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY
- The defect
- Tesla, Inc. (Tesla) is recalling certain 2023 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles. The pyrotechnic battery disconnect may be defective.
- What it can cause
- A defective battery disconnect may not isolate the vehicle's high voltage battery after a crash or fault detection, increasing the risk of electrical shock and injury.
- What the dealer does
- Tesla Service will replace the pyrotechnic battery disconnect, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 18, 2023. Owners may contact Tesla customer service at 1-877-798-3752. Tesla's number for this recall is SB-23-16-005.
- 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.
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 26 vehicles this is a small campaign: 84% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published are as large or larger. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2023, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2023, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Tesla vehicles have been recalled over the electrical system 7 times before this, most recently in April 2022 as 22V263000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 2 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 1,553 complaints with NHTSA, 127 of them before this campaign was filed. 165 of those name the electrical system, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 17 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V507000 (exterior lighting), 26V283000 (back over prevention), 25V092000 (steering), 25V002000 (back over prevention).
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 June 19, 2023 as campaign 23V434000. 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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