Recall · 24V554000
Tesla recalled 4 models over latches/locks/linkages
1,849,638
Vehicles covered
4
Models
17
Model years
July 24, 2024
Filed with NHTSA
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
- The defect
- Tesla, Inc. (Tesla) is recalling certain 2021-2024 Model 3, Model S, Model X, and 2020-2024 Model Y vehicles. The hood latch assembly may fail to detect an unlatched hood condition after the hood has been opened.
- What it can cause
- An unlatched hood can fully open, obstructing the driver's view and increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Tesla has released an over-the-air (OTA) software update, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 24, 2024. Owners may contact Tesla customer service at 1-877-798-3752. Tesla's number for this recall is SB-24-00-012.
- 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 1,849,638 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 99% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2020 to 2024, so the oldest vehicles on it were 4 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Tesla vehicles have been recalled over the latches/locks/linkages once before this, most recently in December 2023 as 23V862000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 17 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 6,533 complaints with NHTSA, 4,491 of them before this campaign was filed. 55 of those name the latches/locks/linkages, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in August 2020, 3 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 54 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V507000 (exterior lighting), 26V445000 (structure), 26V283000 (back over prevention), 25V172000 (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 July 24, 2024 as campaign 24V554000. 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 2024-07-24.
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