Recalls NHTSA Campaign Number: 19V719000 [89 Model 3s missing sun visor air bag warning sticker]

[hridge2020]

Safety Issue Type: Recalls October 10 2019 NHTSA Campaign Number: 19V719000 Sunvisor Missing Air Bag Warning Information Failure to provide the air bag warning information increases the risk of injury.

Check for Recalls: Vehicle, Car Seat, Tire, Equipment

 

[super20g]

Hey, a defect I wish I had...

 

[mmiketa]

I don't even know if I have one, but if I don't I want it to stay that way. These things get attached in a way that makes them impossible to remove and can be an eye sore. Considering that I don't remember seeing it, I am gonna say i don't have it.

 

[derotam]

I hope the up to 27 owners stay safe. Anyone else read the associated documents?

 

[ecarfan]

This is really a non-issue. https://www.nhtsa.gov/abaa63ca-6b37-45b3-a697-4f94b2275815

Safety Issue Type: Recalls

October 10 2019 NHTSA Campaign Number: 19V719000

Sunvisor Missing Air Bag Warning Information
Failure to provide the air bag warning information increases the risk of injury.

NHTSA Campaign Number 19V719000 Manufacturer Tesla, Inc.

Components EQUIPMENT
Potential Number of Units Affected 89

Summary
Tesla Motors, Inc. (Tesla) is recalling certain 2019 Tesla Model 3 vehicles. The driver-side sun visor may not have the required air bag warning information. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."

Remedy
Tesla will notify owners, and Tesla Service Centers will inspect the visor and replace it, as necessary, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin in October 2019. Owners may contact Tesla customer service at 1-877-798-3752. Tesla's number for this recall is SB-19-15-003.

Notes
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

Affected Products (1)

Vehicle
MAKE MODEL YEAR
TESLA MODEL 3 2019
Associated Documents (2)
Recall Acknowledgement
RCAK-19V719-6055.pdf 283.879KB https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2019/RCAK-19V719-6055.pdf
Non-Compliance Notice 573 Report
RCLRPT-19V719-5447.PDF 213.968KB https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2019/RCLRPT-19V719-5447.PDF
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[Rockster]

Yeah, because airbags are so new and novel that without that vomitously obnoxious label owners would have no idea that airbags exist.

 

[Ptheven]

Reminds me, I need to see if I can get those labels off without damage.

 

[Joshan]

The Anti-Tesla crew is beginning to struggle greatly to find Anti Tesla angles to "report" on.

 

[CharleyBC]

Reminds me, I need to see if I can get those labels off without damage.

Careful. Someone tried a few months back and ended up with a bit of a mess, as I recall. I can’t find the post right now (might have been the Tesla forum, not TMC).

 

[AdamVIP]

I wish I had this defect.

 

[ngogas]

Crazy recall

 

[Kitfox]

People who have this recall could make a killing selling the unlabeled visor.

 

[Ptheven]

Careful. Someone tried a few months back and ended up with a bit of a mess, as I recall. I can’t find the post right now (might have been the Tesla forum, not TMC).

Yeah that's kinda my fear. Oh well. They're not the end of the world.

 

[Kleenerth3]

27 lucky souls! Like anyone buying ANY kind of new car needs to be told it has airbags?! Somehow we won't be as safe without a sticker most of us rarely see?
Whatever... There's still gotta be 1000's of takata air bags out there, no biggie. Prius inverters are catching fire at 10 times the rate of ICE's, pphtpth! I'm sure those 27 will feel soooo much better.

 

[M109Rider]

My 2018 has one, but it’s not a sticker. It’s sort of a vinyl transfer thing, that can’t be peeled off. At least it looks like it can’t.
They are ugly, wished I did t have one.

 

[KenC]

Lucky defect!

 

[CharleyBC]

My 2018 has one, but it’s not a sticker. It’s sort of a vinyl transfer thing, that can’t be peeled off. At least it looks like it can’t.
They are ugly, wished I did t have one.

There goes that theory. I thought maybe you didn't have the stickers in Canada. Wrong.

So here's a business idea for someone: If you live in a country that doesn't have stickers on the visors, you can buy them from the parts department at your local Tesla store, and then sell them to people in the US and Canada that would like stickerless visors. [I'll take a 10% cut for having the idea. ]

 

[Msjulie]

Failure to provide the air bag warning information increases the risk of injury.

A remnant of an ancient time when we didn't know what airbags were ... like this, kinda... Air Force finally retires 8-inch floppies from missile launch control system

 

[Kleenerth3]

A remnant of an ancient time when we didn't know what airbags were ... like this, kinda... Air Force finally retires 8-inch floppies from missile launch control system

Wait a minute... I have reservations about clicking on that, LoL!

 

[Msjulie]

@Kleenerth3 It was a semi-successful attempt at making fun of them about their some antiquated warning as compared to the good old air force finally getting into the modern era