Air Bag Problems of Tesla Model X

Tesla Model X owners have reported 45 air bag related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 4 most common air bag problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's air bag (40 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's air bag/restraint control module (2 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Air Bag related problems of Tesla Model X


Recently reported Air Bag problems of Tesla Model X

The Air Bag problem

The front passenger seat sensor failed. Without the sensor properly detecting weight, the airbag will deploy no matter the weight of the front seat passenger. Tesla has fixed the sensor placement in newer models as the service tech told us this is a common issue in later models where the only fix   Read details...

The Air Bag/restraint Control Module problem

The contact owns a 2017 Tesla Model X. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle, the message "restraint system fault" remained displayed. The vehicle was taken to the local Tesla service center who diagnosed that the restraint system sensor was faulty and needed to be replaced.   Read details...

The Air Bag Not Deploy problem

The contact owns a 2018 Tesla Model X. While pulling into a parking space, the brake pedal was depressed but the vehicle inadvertently accelerated over a curb before crashing into a cement light pole. The front end of the vehicle was severely damaged, and the air bags did not deploy.   Read details...

The Warning Light On problem

" passanger safety restraint system fault" is the warning message popping up on the display we noticed that the warning light sometimes goes away when moving the passanger seat, we first tought that this was just a problem that we may have caused but once doing reaserach we noticed that   Read details...




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