Tesla Motors is conducting its largest ever recall of all 90,000 Model S battery powered luxury sedans.
Tesla is recalling every Model S it has ever made to check for a potential problem with the front seat belt assemblies, and if necessary, to fix it, the company said only a few days ago. The recall is because of a single report to the company in Europe in early November. It was reported of a seatbelt assembly breaking after a customer sitting in the front passenger seat of a Model S turned to talk to people in the rear seat.
According to a Tesla spokesperson, there have been no accidents or injuries related to the problem. The recall is worldwide: most of the affected vehicles are in the U.S. and there are some in Europe and Asia. Tesla Motors emailed owners of Model S asking them to bring their cars into one of about 125 Tesla service centers worldwide for an inspection of the bolt that attaches the seat belt mechanism to the body of the car. Model S owners can book a free vehicle inspection online or by phone. If necessary, the company may send a technician to customers. The vehicle would be checked out for a few minutes. Any necessary repair should take about six minutes.
Officials from the company said that Tesla is conducting the recall out of “an abundance of caution” as their investigation was unable “to reveal any root cause”. The company hasn’t been able to find what the problem is neither on its assembly line, nor in any completed cars that it has tested.
This isn’t the first recall for Tesla. Last year, the company conducted a recall of 29,222 Model S sedans over a charging defect that could potentially lead to a fire hazard. In 2013, Tesla said it needed to fix back seat in 1,228 Model S. Some people say, as recalls aren’t particularly unusual for carmakers, Tesla is likely to want to get more attention.
