Tesla Recalls Over 800,000 Vehicles for Seat Belt Chime Defect

Tesla Recalls Over 800,000 Vehicles for Seat Belt Chime Defect
People stand in a Tesla showroom at a shopping mall in La.,, on April 25, 2019. Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images
Nicholas Dolinger
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Tesla has issued a recall of 817,143 vehicles over a defect that causes seatbelt chimes to go silent under particular circumstances.

“The audible chime may not activate when the vehicle starts and the driver has not buckled their seat belt,” the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said in their recall report (pdf).