Tesla recalls entire Model S fleet for seat belts

[RDoc]

I just got the email 20 minutes ago.

However, can someone explain what "the seat belt not being properly attached to the outboard lap pretensioner" means? Does the seat belt not keep its tension or could it become detached?

Also, how can this have any bearing on the stock price? This should be an easy and inexpensive fix.

No, it means that the system that tries to pretend that it's a full fighter jet grade harness system could be abandoned in disgust by the actual lap belt.

 

[msnow]

Yeah I just don't get that part.

"OMG.. Teslas have a lose bolt.. Sell all my shares now!!"

It's just a knee jerk reaction from people that don't know how much this will cost Tesla or if it's a big deal Indirectly It also plays into the recent CU report on build quality. Stock is only down less than 2% so far.

 

[GasKilla]

That's a tough one, but i think this is a repost

http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/showthread.php/57701-Tesla-recalls-entire-Model-S-fleet-for-seat-belts

Didn't see that one ... Guess the number of cars caught my eye. For some reason I thought Tesla would have produced more than 90k cars.

 

[grichard]

Yeah I just don't get that part.

"OMG.. A Tesla has a loose bolt.. Sell all my shares now!!"

Fixed it for you...

 

[bollar]

Didn't see that one ... Guess the number of cars caught my eye. For some reason I thought Tesla would have produced more than 90k cars.

Some cars are likely not subject to the recall. The ones produced after the accident, for example.

 

[HankLloydRight]

It's just a knee jerk reaction from people that don't know how much this will cost Tesla or if it's a big deal Indirectly It also plays into the recent CU report on build quality. Stock is only down less than 2% so far.

That would make sense if the stock price has any relevance to actual financials/fundamentals.. But it doesn't.

 

[HankLloydRight]

Fixed it for you...

Ha!

 

[GasKilla]

Also seems like the tread should be in the "production" category since this is most likely a production issue.

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Some cars are likely not subject to the recall. The ones produced after the accident, for example.

What accident? This article doesn't mention an accident.

 

[bollar]

Tesla Recalls All 90,000 Model S Sedans Over Possible Seatbelt Issue

Also seems like the tread should be in the "production" category since this is most likely a production issue.

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What accident? This article doesn't mention an accident.

You're right, of course. The word and was thinking of was "incident".

 

[iKhalid]

Just booked an appointment. Tomorrow and it takes 25 minutes.

 

[rvcMarin]

I got the email and went by my local service center to get the inspection done. No problem.

 

[msnow]

That would make sense if the stock price has any relevance to actual financials/fundamentals.. But it doesn't.

Except the financials aren't a great story either...yet.

 

[msnow]

I got the email and went by my local service center to get the inspection done. No problem.

Were you able to watch what they did to test it? I went out and yanked like an idiot on the outboard belt just to see if it was loose but I'm curious what the SC people do.

 

[Max*]

Were you able to watch what they did to test it? I went out and yanked like an idiot on the outboard belt just to see if it was loose but I'm curious what the SC people do.

They yank like professionals, duh.

 

[paulkva]

Sigh... I just had the car at the service center YESTERDAY for new tires. I just looked, no mention of it on my invoice. Oh well, might as well deal with this over the weekend before the big travel week...

 

[Drucifer]

Who uses seatbelts? I just sit on them.


(jk, but my granddad did just that in the 1970's)

 

[Rockster]

I dont' know why my posting of the email came out so large. Sorry!

The MyTesla dashboard seemed to have gotten overwhelmed, but now seems to be working again. I was just able to schedule for tomorrow.

Wow. Your email is way larger than the one they sent me. They must like you better.

 

[green1]

So Tesla finds one seatbelt problem out of over 3000 vehicles they inspected, no other known cases, and no injuries reported, and they issue a recall.

Other automakers have thousands of known cases, multiple deaths, know for years, and don't bother to do anything about common issues...

Appears I picked the right (if overly cautious) automaker!

 

[RAW84]

Should we try to keep track of how many people using these forums actually have their seatbelts replaced?

 

[ecarfan]

Appears I picked the right (if overly cautious) automaker!

Yep, and Tesla is doing the right thing here. It's a safety critical piece of equipment. It would only take one vehicle fatality blamed on the front seatbelt and it would be a disaster for Tesla.