Does the Tesla Model S fail the MOT on seat belts and airbags more than it should?

The Tesla Model S records 0.22 seat belts and airbags failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.29 expected for a ev of the same age mix: about as expected for its class and age (the difference is within its interval or under 0.5 items per 100 tests) (−0.07, 95% interval −0.12 to −0.02). It ranks 313 of 627 models on seat belts and airbags (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on seat belts and airbags · check a Tesla Model S by registration

What exactly fails on seat belts and airbags?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Tesla Model S is “An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction”, recorded 83 times in 2019–2024.

Tesla Model S: most frequent seat belts and airbags defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction	83	0.17

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 49,990 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

Does the Tesla Model S fail the MOT on seat belts and airbags more than it should?

What exactly fails on seat belts and airbags?

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