24V376000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WARNING LIGHT/DEVICES
A seat belt warning system that fails to alert occupants of an unbelted seat belt can increase the risk of injury during a crash.
2016 TESLA MODEL S
10 safety recall campaigns, 18 defect investigations (6 open), 1,021 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns10
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations186 open
Owner complaints1,021
Complaints citing a crash157
Complaints citing a fire23
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 6 of 10
24V051000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
Warning lights with a smaller font size can make critical safety information on the instrument panel difficult to read, increasing the risk of a crash.
23V838000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ADAS:DRIVER MONITORING:SOFTWARE
In certain circumstances when Autosteer is engaged, and the driver does not maintain responsibility for vehicle operation and is unprepared to intervene as necessary or fails to recognize when Autosteer is canceled or not engaged, there may be an increased risk of a crash.
23V085000
STEERING:AUTOMATED/ADAPTIVE STEERING
FSD Beta software that allows a vehicle to exceed speed limits or travel through intersections in an unlawful or unpredictable manner increases the risk of a crash.
22V037000
STEERING:AUTOMATED/ADAPTIVE STEERING
Failing to stop at a stop sign can increase the risk of a crash.
21V00B000
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
If the primary latch is inadvertently released and the secondary latch is not engaged, the hood could open unexpectedly, obstructing the driver's view and increasing the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 209SUSPENSION
- 150UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 145ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 86STEERING
- 79VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 53SERVICE BRAKES
- 49EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 27STRUCTURE:BODY
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2016 TESLA MODEL Ss can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.