On December 31, the State Administration of Market Regulation documents show that Tesla Motors urgently recalled two batches of imported and domestic Model 3 cars, and the vehicle has a large safety hazard, which may lead to accidents such as collisions among car owners.
Tesla Motors (Beijing) Co., Ltd. recalled a portion of the imported Model S vehicles manufactured between January 21, 2015 and November 18, 2020, totaling 19,697 units, and recalled a total of 35,836 imported Model 3 vehicles manufactured between October 4, 2018 and November 20, 2019.
Tesla (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. recalled a total of 144208 domesticAlly produced Model 3 vehicles manufactured between October 14, 2019 and December 27, 2020, for a total of 199741 vehicles.
Among them, the position of the 19697 imported Model S front load compartment lock latch and the lock buckle is slightly deviated, which does not affect the primary lock latch lock, but may affect the secondary lock latch lock. Once the first-level lock latch is accidentally released, the second-level lock latch is not locked, and the front trunk cover may suddenly open to block the driver's line of sight, increasing the risk of collision accidents, and there is a greater safety hazard.
The remaining 180044 imported/domestic Model 3 trunk cover after long-term use, may cause excessive wear of the trunk wiring harness, so that the core of the coaxial battery core is separated. This situation may cause the reversing image to not work properly, affect the driver's field of vision when reversing, and cause a collision when reversing, which is a safety hazard.
Tesla will inspect the secondary lock latch device of the front trunk cover for the imported Model S models within the scope of the recall free of charge, inspect the trunk wiring harness for the Model 3, and install a protective cover to prevent further wear and tear and eliminate the safety hazards existing in the vehicle. Tesla will contact the owner as soon as possible for maintenance and remind users to drive the vehicle cautiously before repairing.
It is understood that Tesla also recalled 475,000 vehicles in the United States for the same reason today, close to last year's total global deliveries. Although both problems are minor faults and there have been no accidents caused by the above defects, Tesla's action is still very timely.
It is this recall vehicle combined with almost 700,000 vehicles, follow-up maintenance work may take a lot of time, in the scope of the recall of the owner to seize to the nearest service center to check it.