Every time a passenger sits on the front passenger seat, an alert " passenger seat restraint system fault" comes on. First time it was repaired under warranty back in 2009 and now the same issue has come back Feb/ March2022. The car is no longer under warranty and Tesla said this repair will the responsibility of the car owner.
2018 Tesla Model 3 seats complaints
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Because I hit a small puddle of water on the road, my vc right got water inside and the passenger seat started tilting forward, then move forward then tilt back. All moves to the maximum range. If someone would've been sitting on it, the best case would've been some broken legs, worst case death. I was unable to operate the passenger seat with the controls. Had to go to service for emergency, and they said that 2018 models have a problem that lets outside water inside and shortcuts vc right. They replaced that vc right computer and said they retrofitted it and hope it does happen again. Now I have 2 model 3's and when I asked service to retrofit the other one too, the asnwer was well if it didn't happen it's okay no need. I'm not feeling safe to put my loved ones on passenger seat if it's raining, car wash, or anything that involves water.
Driving on rural dirt road. Dust coming in from rear seat bottom, trunk, seat belt holes. So much dust it is unbearable, can't breathe and hard to keep eyes open while driving.
Over 5000 miles of driving, there is a significant amount of vibration and buffeting in car at any speed over 45mph. Tesla service has had eight opportunities to resolve this, to no avail. The tires have been replaced to eliminate this as a possibility, and the wheels checked for runout - all measure very good. Suspension components or control arms are the likely culprits. In addition to the suspension components failing after less than 5000 miles, the drivers seats on most all model 3 are loose and rock back and forth, with tesla saying it is 'within specifications'. This could be another serious safety concern in the event of a crash, as it is unclear why the seat disturbing becomes loose with normal use. After discussing with other model 3 owners with identical issues, it is clear that this is a inherent vehicle / parts problem, and tesla is doing the least possible to address these concerns.
Seat headrest bubbling and having oozing stuff. Looks like many other people have the same issue. Yesterday I went and they said they have never seen it before and then I find in many online forums people are complaining about this. And for some people they gave a free replacement. Charged me $330 for this. Even the replacements are starting to show same issue https://www.reddit.com/r/teslamodel3/comments/cy0zwu/tesla_model_3_headrest_bubbling_big_time/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x
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