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2023 Tesla Model X Seat belts Problems

Complaints
9about this part
Share
5%of 195 total for the year
Median mileage
—not reported
Trend
Too newThis model year is less than 4 years old, so a trend is not meaningful yet.

NHTSA recorded 9 complaints about the seat belts of the 2023 Tesla Model X, 5% of the 195 complaints for this model year. 1 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers. 2 recall campaigns on record are filed under a similar system.

Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“I just had a forth occurence of the safety restraint system error message on my Tesla. I say forth, because the three times previous, I had to go into Tesla to have them fix the issue, only for it now, to happen again for the 4th time. I don't think this is a small issue, and you guys need to know about it. Not sure, this is just faulty service teams, or inexperience, or. they are just failing to fix it properly. But given that the messaging has to do with seatbelts and/or air bags, I think this is pretty important.”

NHTSA complaint #11600483, filed 2024-07

“On November 29, 2023, my car indicated there was a Rear left safety restraint system fault , code RCM2_a160. I've taken it in for service 3 times and Tesla has been unable to identify the issue or correct the issue. I have since sent them documentation under the Texas law and they have not responded. The technician advised me that if someone were to be sitting in the left rear passenger seat and I stopped quickly the seat belt pretension would not engage and the passenger would not be properly restrained. Obviously I can not have anyone sit in that seat safely.”

NHTSA complaint #11574352, filed 2024-02

“Seat belts in rear seats are not installed correctly. The tongue of the seatbelt does not fit into the buckle properly/ correctly. The service center was notified of this issue. A service apportionment was set up. The service technician identified that they see the problem. The car was left to be serviced and the problem to be corrected. However when we were notified that the service of complete and the car was ready to picked up, upon picking up the car there was no change. The seatbelts are the exact same way as when we dropped it off. We were told that seatbelts function as expected. …”

NHTSA complaint #11580861, filed 2024-04

“The vehicle has start throwing a safety restraint error. We got into the service mode and it shows there is electrical problems with the driver side airbag system and that it may not deploy in the event of an accident. Tesla is delaying the appointment to review this for 12 days. Their app advised to not drive the car due to a safety issue as all safety measures may not work appropriately. Seems to be a safety level recall.”

NHTSA complaint #11691180, filed 2025-10

“Reat seatbelts become twisted and are not safe. Tesla claims this is a maintenance issue and not a defect in the mechanism. I disagree and this should be investigated by the government as it is a safety issue.”

NHTSA complaint #11701934, filed 2025-11

Related recalls

Seat belts: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2025213%
202427%
202395%
202275%
202022%
201911%
201884%
201762%
201620%

Other parts of the 2023 Tesla Model X

Other or unknown
91 complaints
Steering
46 complaints
Electrical system
21 complaints
Forward collision avoidance
20 complaints
Brakes
12 complaints
Body and structure
12 complaints
Air bags
9 complaints
Lane departure
8 complaints
Vehicle speed control
7 complaints
Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
6 complaints
Suspension
5 complaints
Back-over prevention (rear camera)
4 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2023 Tesla Model X

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

To check a specific vehicle for open recalls, use its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Methodology