Tesla announces Model S recall

Tesla announced a recall of some of its recently-built Model S early Wednesday.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney)

CEO Elon Musk announced the recall with a tweet and a blog post early Wednesday.

Musk said Tesla has discovered a problem with a weld that could allow one of the back seats to come loose in the case of an accident.

The electric car maker will contact the affected vehicles' owners and arrange to pick up the cars at their convenience, give them a loaner Model S if necessary, and return their cars within a few hours.

Musk said there had been no customer complaints, no injuries or near injuries caused by the problem, and that it was not brought to the company's attention by any safety regulator.

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The cars being recalled were built over four weeks in May and early June. Given that Tesla said it planned to build about 5,000 Model S in the quarter, suggesting that about 1,600 cars could be affected by the recall, though the announcement did not give a specific number. It is not known how many of the affected vehicles had already been sold and delivered to customers.

The Model S has won rave reviews, with Consumer Reports calling it the best car it has ever tested and Motor Trend giving it Car of the Year honors.

Tesla's announcement is in stark contrast, in both size, seriousness of the problem and automaker response, to Tuesday's news that Chrysler Group was relenting and recalling 2.7 million Jeeps. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration believes the Jeeps pose an increased fire risk if hit from behind.

Chrysler had initially insisted it wouldn't do a recall and continued to say the older model Grand Cherokees and Libertys are safe. But it agreed to the recall when faced with the prospect of a public hearing into the problem and the deaths that occurred.

Related: Chrysler relents, agrees to recall 2.7 million Jeeps

The shares of Tesla (TSLA), which have tripled in value so far this year, were down in premarket trading on the recall announcement.

Start-up Tesla had its first recall in 2010. It recalled 429 of its Roadsters after a single customer incident prompted it to replace a power cable.

First Published: June 19, 2013: 8:23 AM ET

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