Recall · 25V490000
Tesla recalled the TESLA Model Y over electrical system
6
Vehicles covered
1
Model
1
Model years
July 28, 2025
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
- The defect
- Tesla, Inc. (Tesla) is recalling certain 2026 Model Y vehicles. The ring terminal of the horn ground wire may be improperly secured, allowing the circuit to open and preventing the horn from sounding.
- What it can cause
- An inoperable horn may prevent the driver from alerting other drivers as needed, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Tesla service will replace the steering wheel, free of charge. Owner notification letters were be mailed September 23, 2025. Owners may contact Tesla customer service at 1-877-798-3752. Tesla's number for this recall is SB-25-17-009.
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 Y | 2026 | 2026 |
How this campaign compares
At 6 vehicles this is a small campaign: 94% 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, 2026, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2025, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Tesla vehicles have been recalled over the electrical system 12 times before this, most recently in November 2024 as 24V832000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 1 model year the campaign names. Their owners have filed 328 complaints with NHTSA, 17 of them before this campaign was filed. 49 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 7 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V558000 (suspension), 26V445000 (structure), 26V315000 (equipment), 25V690000 (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 July 28, 2025 as campaign 25V490000. 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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