9 NHTSA safety recalls cover the 2014 Tesla Model S. Owners have filed 365 complaints with NHTSA about this model year. Every recall repair is free at any Tesla dealer.
Is yours affected? Recalls cover ranges of VINs, not every 2014 Tesla Model S. Check your Model S by VIN and confirm open recalls at NHTSA.gov.
Each campaign as NHTSA published it: what is wrong, what can happen, and the fix. Newest first.
Owners filed 365 complaints with NHTSA about the 2014 Tesla Model S, reporting 52 crashes, 9 fires, 19 injuries, 13 deaths. Tesla has issued at least 110 technical service bulletins (repair instructions to dealers) for this model year. Complaints are unverified owner reports; a recall is the manufacturer’s admission of a safety defect.
Read Tesla Model S owner complaints and bulletins, every year
NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation lists this model year in 12 investigations. An investigation is not a recall; it is how NHTSA decides whether one is needed.
Owners have filed 365 complaints with NHTSA about the 2014 Tesla Model S. A few in their own words, shortened. Complaints are unverified and are not proof of a defect or of any recall.
“I have been driving my Model S Tesla for 13 years. On 30 April as I was pulling into a parking space at my local grocery store, I applied the brakes to ease into the space and my car surged forward with unintended acceleration.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11741164
“The contact owned a 2014 Tesla Model S. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed on the highway, the vehicle exited into a tunnel.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11717659
“Three separate reports from car to Tesla: Traction Control Disabled Stability Control Disabled Automatic Emergency Braking Disabled Two hours later my car caught on fire while parked at my home. It was declared a total loss.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11545459
“Car was parked in a lot for 15 minutes and suddenly accelerated, jumping the curb and hitting a structure. The car seemed possessed.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11504176
“On Hwy 156, a farm country road near Hollister, California, a motorist travelling immediately behind a white Tesla reported that the Tesla suddenly and inexplicably accelerated from 55 mph to 65 mph and crossed the double yellow lines.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11491988
Search the official database: NHTSA. Excerpts are quoted from the public record, shortened at a sentence and with personal details removed.
Not every 2014 Tesla Model S is in every recall. Enter your 17-character VIN to see the recalls on record for your exact vehicle, then confirm which are still open at NHTSA.gov or with any Tesla dealer.