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2012 Tesla Model S Engine problems

Owners have filed 1 complaint about the 2012 Tesla Model S's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 2% of all its complaints, most recently on March 17, 2023. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.

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0
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0
Injuries
0
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0

Engine complaints

Engine & cooling

Motor is starting to make sounds and according to teslamotorsclub.com the motor will fail eventually. Many have to had to have the motor switched out multiple times. It is quite evident that there was a design flaw which Tesla corrected in later years.

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 11512319

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