Tesla recalls 14,575 Model Y SUVs over missing weight certification label ( jetcityimage / Getty Images)Tesla is recalling 14,575 Model Y SUVs in the U.S. after a factory tool failed to confirm that each vehicle received a weight certification label, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Friday.Federal regulations require each vehicle to carry a label showing its maximum loaded weight, tire specifications, and manufacture date — information Tesla places on the inside of the driver's side door. Without that label, NHTSA warned, drivers may not know the vehicle's load limits — a gap regulators say raises crash risk. As of the recall filing, Reuters reported that NHTSA had received no injury or crash complaints tied to the missing labels.The affected vehicles were produced at Tesla's Fremont, California factory between Nov. 17, 2025 and April 21, 2026, according to Electrek. The root cause was a malfunctioning automated vision-scanning tool at the Fremont plant that had been unreliably verifying label installation throughout that production window. A missing label discovered on April 17 during a quality check led engineers to investigate and ultimately pin the failure on the scanning system. Tesla has repaired the scanning tool and introduced a human verification step on the line to prevent a recurrence. Tesla estimates that only about 45% of the 14,575 affected vehicles are actually missing the label, according to Electrek.AdvertisementAdvertisementBecause the defect is physical rather than software-based, a remote fix is not possible — owners will need to bring their vehicles in for inspection. At service visits, technicians will check whether the label is present and affix a replacement if it is not, according to NHTSA. Notification letters are scheduled to go out July 17; drivers who want to act sooner can reach Tesla directly at 1-877-798-3752. The recall is filed under number SB-26-19-002, according to Electrek.The recall is the latest in a series of safety actions involving Tesla vehicles. The company recalled more than 218,000 vehicles earlier this year after a software defect caused rearview camera images to lag when drivers shifted into reverse — an issue Tesla resolved with an over-the-air fix. Tesla recalled more than 662,000 vehicles across the first three quarters of 2025. A comparable label omission surfaced on Model 3 units back in 2019, though Electrek noted that episode involved just five days' worth of vehicles — far shorter than the current six-month span.