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Tesla Motors recalls entire fleet of Model S cars over seatbelt issue

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Sam Thielman in New York
from Technology | The Guardian on (#V8BB)

Luxury automaker finds faulty seatbelt in European model of Model S car, forcing recall of the 90,000 vehicles currently on the road

Elon Musk's Tesla Motors is recalling every single Model S car because the luxury electric auto manufacturer found a faulty seatbelt in one of its European models.

"Tesla recently found a Model S in Europe with a front seat belt that was not properly connected to the outboard lap pretensioner," said the company in an unattributed statement emailed to customers and posted to its website on Friday. "This vehicle was not involved in a crash and there were no injuries. However, in the event of a crash, a seat belt in this condition would not provide full protection."

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