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Tesla Model S 2021–2022technical service bulletin

Bulletin SB-23-17-002 · NHTSA communication 10234055 · issued Mar 23, 2023

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Back Over Prevention
component
2021–2022
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

In 2021 - 2022 Model S vehicles running firmware version 2022.20.9 or later, Autopilot and Active Safety Features that were using front radar sensor data transitioned to using camera data (Tesla Vision), making the front radar sensor unnecessary.

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.