NHTSA Complaint #11561188 — 2019 TESLA MODEL S

VISIBILITY/WIPER issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number	11561188
Vehicle	2019 TESLA MODEL S
Component	VISIBILITY/WIPER
Date of Incident	December 20, 2023
Date Filed	December 20, 2023
Mileage	N/A miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	CA

Consumer Description

The intermittent wipers do not work at all. I created a service ticket with Tesla and they informed me that this is a known bug affecting Model S & X vehicles and that there is currently no known date for a fix to be released.

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