Tesla’s 15th recall of 2014 hits 700,000 Cybertruck, Model 3, and Model Y Owners

Tesla is issuing a major recall on nearly 700,000 vehicles, including its 2024 Cybertruck.

In a report Tuesday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said three Tesla models are affected by the issue: certain 2024 Cybertruck, 2017-2025 Model 3, and 2020-2025 Model Y vehicles.

The pressure monitoring system warning light on the vehicles might fail to warn drivers about low tire pressure. “On affected vehicles, upon detection of a malfunction with the tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS), the TPMS malfunction telltale does not persist between drive cycles where the vehicle is off or asleep between the drive cycles,” the recall report said.

At a 2023 event at the Tesla headquarters in Austin, CEO Elon Musk praised the strength of the Cybertruck. “The apocalypse can come along any moment, and here at Tesla we have the best in apocalypse technology,” the tech mogul said. But the latest recall is the seventh this year for Cybertruck. Eight more recalls have affected other Tesla vehicles, bringing the 2024 total for the company to 15.

In February, two million vehicles were recalled due to the their safety warning signals appearing in too small a font size. Five months later, the company recalled 1.8 million vehicles after it received reports of “unintended hood opening events.” And just last month, it issued a recall on 2,400 vehicles over a drive-inverter issue that the company said “may cause a loss of drive power to the wheels.”

In December of last year, Tesla issued another major recall, too, over a serious auto-pilot issue that the NHTSA suspected led to multiple crashes—some which caused deaths. At the time, it recalled 2,031,220 vehicles, all of which had the defect. The official recall report explained that if Autopilot was engaged the driver is still “responsible for the vehicle’s movement with their hands on the steering wheel at all times, remaining attentive to surrounding road conditions, and intervening (e.g., steer, brake, accelerate, or apply the stalk) as needed to maintain safe operation.”

Prior to the string of recalls, Tesla was plagued by Cybertruck design and quality issues, which caused the release date for the vehicle to be pushed back by two years. Adrian Clarke, a professional car designer previously told Fast Company that the issues were predictable. “As soon as we saw [the Cybertruck], everyone I know in the industry started laughing. We just thought there is no way they’re gonna be able to get that into production.”

In regard to the latest recall, the automaker is providing a free software update to owners to address the issue and said notification letters will be sent to drivers by Feb. 15, 2025.