{"id":75950,"date":"2024-08-21T09:03:44","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T13:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=75950"},"modified":"2024-08-21T09:03:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T13:03:44","slug":"tesla-recalls-more-than-9000-2016-model-x-suvs-over-roof-trim-piece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=75950","title":{"rendered":"Tesla recalls more than 9,000 2016 Model X SUVs over roof trim piece – Autoblog"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tesla<\/a> is recalling<\/a> 9,136 Model X<\/a> sports utility vehicles from the 2016 model year over a trim on the roof that could separate, increasing the risk of a crash, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration<\/a> (NHTSA<\/a>) said. Vehicles affected by this recall include those from the start of production through July 31, 2016. The vehicles in question were recalled back in 2020 for a similar issue<\/a>, but as time went on, Tesla determined the original fix may not have been sufficient.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This marks a rare physical recall for the Austin, Texas-based automaker, which usually fixes issues in its vehicles through over-the-air software updates.<\/p>\n

Tesla recalled nearly 2.6 million vehicles due to safety concerns in the first six months of the year, only behind Ford<\/a> Motor which has recalled about 3.6 million vehicles in the U.S., according to recall management platform developer Bizzycar.<\/p>\n

“The front and center roof cosmetic trim pieces may be adhered to the vehicle without primer. As a result, one or both pieces of trim may separate from the vehicle,” the U.S. auto safety<\/a> regulator said in a letter dated Aug. 20.<\/p>\n

If the trim’s adhesion to the surface lacks primer, the part could separate from the vehicle over time, creating a road hazard and increasing the risk of a crash, NHTSA’s safety recall report said.<\/p>\n

“Prior to separating, an applique without primer may create a detectable noise inside the cabin for either a short or prolonged period of time. Separately, the customer may observe the applique coming loose,” Tesla reports in NHTSA’s documentation.<\/p>\n

The letter said the EV maker will test adhesion of the roof trim and reattach the trim pieces as necessary at no cost to owners of the vehicles.<\/p>\n

Material from Reuters was used in this report<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tesla is recalling 9,136 Model X sports utility vehicles from the 2016 model year over a trim on the roof that could separate, increasing the risk of a crash, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said. Vehicles affected by this recall include those from the start of production through July 31, 2016. The vehicles […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":75951,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/75951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}