Recall · 25V092000
Tesla recalled 2 models over steering
376,241
Vehicles covered
2
Models
2
Model years
February 14, 2025
Filed with NHTSA
STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
- The defect
- Tesla, Inc. (Tesla) is recalling certain 2023 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles operating software prior to 2023.38.4. The printed circuit board for the electronic power steering assist may experience an overstress condition, causing a loss of power steering assist when the vehicle reaches a stop and then accelerates again.
- What it can cause
- A loss of power steering assist can require greater steering effort, especially at low speeds, 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 March 25, 2025. Owners may contact Tesla customer service at 1-877-798-3752. Tesla's number for this recall is SB-25-00-004.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 888-275-9171) or go to 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 376,241 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 97% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2023, so the oldest vehicles on it were 2 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Tesla vehicles have been recalled over the steering 6 times before this, most recently in November 2023 as 23V743000. 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, 1,141 of them before this campaign was filed. 290 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 November 2022, 2 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 17 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V507000 (exterior lighting), 26V283000 (back over prevention), 25V002000 (back over prevention), 24V935000 (tires).
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 14, 2025 as campaign 25V092000. 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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