Tesla Model S 2021 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SB-21-20-007 · NHTSA communication 11018847 · issued May 2, 2025
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Air Bags
component
2021
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Certain Model S and Model X vehicles were equipped with driver airbags that do not meet internal quality standards.
Vehicles covered
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.