It's fairly rare that a modern vehicle recall requires owners to head to a physical service center, but that's the case with the latest recall of certain Tesla vehicles. Tesla is recalling 2016 model year Model X sports utility vehicles because of an issue with roof trim adhesion. Certain pieces of the roof's cosmetic trim were adhered without primer, which could cause them to detach from the vehicle and create a hazard on the road.
Roughly 10% of 2016 model year Model X SUVs -- 9,136 vehicles -- are potentially affected with this issue, according to a notice the company filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration . This isn't the only physical recall Tesla has issued in recent months. In April, the entire batch of 2024 model year Cybertrucks were recalled on account of an issue that could cause the accelerator pedal to get stuck.
The notice Tesla filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration acknowledged a total of 3,878 affected vehicles. Whether or not you drive a Tesla, anyone who owns an electric vehicle is likely to have experienced a recall. If it hasn't happened to you yet, it probably will.
Statistically, EVs are more likely to be affected by recalls . In some cases, the electric vehicles are being made by new companies or companies using new technologies that haven't had decades of improvements, unlike with internal combustion cars. But that doesn't mean owners or potential buyers of electric vehicles should panic, even when compani.