2026 Tesla Model S Recalls

No recalls on record Updated July 2026

No NHTSA recalls on record for the 2026 Tesla Model S. That means NHTSA has no open safety campaign for this vehicle — it does not guarantee the absence of problems. Owners have filed 6 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the forward collision avoidance. Last updated July 5, 2026.

Complaints by component

FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL
2
LANE DEPARTURE: ASSIST
1
SERVICE BRAKES
1
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
1
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
1
Total complaints6

What owners report

Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal information removed.

“Supervised fsd does not have a remedy if it assigns an incorrect speed limit to the current roadway. The only action available is to disengage fsd. This incorrect speed limit happens quite often, especially in construction zones with temporary speed limit changes. Tesla used to have a ‘max…”

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL · reported 2026-05-28

“Supervised fsd does not have a remedy if it assigns an incorrect speed limit to the current roadway. The only action available is to disengage fsd. This incorrect speed limit happens quite often, especially in construction zones with temporary speed limit changes. Tesla used to have a ‘max…”

FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL · reported 2026-05-28

“Supervised fsd does not have a remedy if it assigns an incorrect speed limit to the current roadway. The only action available is to disengage fsd. This incorrect speed limit happens quite often, especially in construction zones with temporary speed limit changes. Tesla used to have a ‘max…”

LANE DEPARTURE: ASSIST · reported 2026-05-28

“Car will just brake on the highway with out warning. Cruise control will just randomly change speeds. I was traveling on an overpass and speed dropped to 35 then jumped to 60mph.”

SERVICE BRAKES · reported 2025-10-27

“Car will just brake on the highway with out warning. Cruise control will just randomly change speeds. I was traveling on an overpass and speed dropped to 35 then jumped to 60mph.”

FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL · reported 2025-10-27

“I was using full self-driving (fsd) supervised capability. We were turning left and the car took us into an oncoming turn lane. I had to take over to get us out of the lane.”

UNKNOWN OR OTHER · reported 2025-10-10

Defect investigations

Investigation EA26002 Opened 2026-03-18 · open

FSD Collisions in Reduced Roadway Visibility Conditions

The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) is opening this Engineering Analysis to evaluate Tesla’s Full Self Driving Beta and Full Self Driving (Supervised) (collectively, FSD) degradation detection system. The focus of this investigation will be to assess the system’s ability, when encountering reduced roadway…

Sources & methodology

Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL, FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2026 Tesla Model S as of July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page contains ads and affiliate links. Full methodology.