Tesla Sold 5 Model S Sedans With Prototype Part That Must Now Be Recalled | Carscoops carscoops
with the new part might not meet frontal passenger airbag requirements for unbelted and out-of-position occupants. The new part could alter the vehicle crash pulse in certain scenarios, meaning that the deployment of the front passenger airbag might not meet Tesla’s airbag configuration used for certification under Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208, section 23.
Put simply, in some low-speed crashes where the front seat passenger is unbelted and out of position -not a hard-to-imagine– there is an increased risk of injury because of the way the new ankle catcher interacts with the rest of the crash structure. Fortunately, there have been no reports of injury or death as a result of this fault and the company decided to issue a voluntary recall on the same day it ran the physical
and discovered that a small number of the vehicles fitted with the prototype ankle catcher were delivered to customers.if they are one of the five unlucky customers. Instead, Tesla will replace the part with one that complies with passenger airbag requirements. It plans to start reaching out to notify owners starting on September 19.
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