Tesla Model S recalled over seatbelt fault

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Concerns seatbelts may fail in an accident have prompted Tesla to issue a recall on their all-electric Model S.
Laura Berry
Senior Journalist
24 Nov 2015
1 min read

Tesla has issued a world-wide recall for its Model S over seatbelt issues.

Electric vehicle maker Tesla is recalling the Model S due to concerns the seatbelts may fail in an accident.

The fault involves the front seat belts which may not be correctly secured to the outboard lap pretensioner.

While the recall is optional to owners, a statement posted on Tesla’s global website strongly advises owners to have their vehicles checked by a trained technician. The company says it has already checked more than 3000 examples of the Model S and has not yet found an issue.

The fault was first discovered on a Model S in Europe in early November and has prompted Tesla to now inspect every Model S sold worldwide – about 90,000 vehicles.

Model S owners in Australia have received an email detailing where they can take their vehicle to be inspected. Tesla says that if the fault is discovered, it will be fixed free of charge and will only take a few minutes.

Tesla’s all-electric Model S went on sale in Australia in December 2014 and recently underwent a software upgrade which allows the car to steer itself in Autopilot mode.

Laura Berry
Senior Journalist
Laura Berry is a best-selling Australian author and journalist who has been reviewing cars for almost 20 years.  Much more of a Hot Wheels girl than a Matchbox one, she grew up in a family that would spend every Friday night sitting on a hill at the Speedway watching Sprintcars slide in the mud. The best part of this was being given money to buy stickers. She loved stickers… which then turned into a love of tattoos. Out of boredom, she learnt to drive at 14 on her parents’ bush property in what can only be described as a heavily modified Toyota LandCruiser.   At the age of 17 she was told she couldn’t have a V8 Holden ute by her mother, which led to Laura and her father laying in the driveway for three months building a six-cylinder ute with more horsepower than a V8.   Since then she’s only ever owned V8s, with a Ford Falcon XW and a Holden Monaro CV8 part of her collection over the years.  Laura has authored two books and worked as a journalist writing about science, cars, music, TV, cars, art, food, cars, finance, architecture, theatre, cars, film and cars. But, mainly cars.   A wife and parent, her current daily driver is a chopped 1951 Ford Tudor with a V8.
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