Exterior Lighting Related Problems of the 2013 Tesla Model S

Table 1 shows three common exterior lighting related problems of the 2013 Tesla Model S. The number one most common problem is related to the exterior lighting (seven problems). The second most common problem is related to the turn signal (five problems).

Table 1. Exterior Lighting related problems of Tesla Model S

Problem Category Number of Problems
Exterior Lighting problems
7
Turn Signal problems
5
Headlights problems
2

Recently reported Exterior Lighting problems of the 2013 Tesla Model S

The Exterior Lighting problem

Vehicle lights turned off while driving home with my family. Pulling over and turning off and on the car reset the problem. When lights turned off I received a warning light identifying a faulty right headlight and faulty left headlight.   Read details...

The Turn Signal problem

The media control unit (mcu) in my 2013 Tesla Model S stopped working when I rebooted the car while stationary (commonly needed to restore lost functionality), apparently due to a failure of the embedded multi-media card (emmc) memory.   Read details...

The Headlights problem

The main/center screen blacks out on my Tesla, which is where all the car controls and back-up camera is viewed. Even when it doesn't completely black out, the back up camera doesn't function as it just stays frozen a lot of the time.   Read details...


Exterior Lighting related problems in other Tesla Model S model year vehicles:



Model S Service Bulletins
Model S Defect Investigations