2012 Tesla Model S Owner Safety Information

CONTENTS
CORRECT DRIVING POSITION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
ADJUSTING THE DRIVER’S SEAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
LOCATION OF AIRBAGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
TYPES OF AIRBAGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
FRONT PASSENGER DETECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
AIRBAG WARNING INDICATOR LIGHT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
INFLATION EFFECTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
USING SEAT BELTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
THREE SEAT BELT TESTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
HEAD SUPPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
ABOUT CHILD SAFETY SEATS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
CHOOSE A SUITABLE CHILD SAFETY SEAT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
TWO WAYS TO INSTALL CHILD SAFETY SEATS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
SAFETY SEATS FOR LARGER CHILDREN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
INSTALLING SEAT BELT RETAINED CHILD SAFETY SEATS . . . . . 9
INSTALLING LATCH-RETAINED CHILD SAFETY SEAT . . . . . . . . . 10
UPPER TETHER STRAPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
TEST BEFORE SEATING A CHILD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
OPENING THE TESLA REAR FACING CHILD SEATS . . . . . . . . . . . 12
STORING THE TESLA REAR FACING CHILD SEATS . . . . . . . . . . .  13
SEATING A CHILD IN THE TESLA REAR FACING CHILD SEATS. 14
BRAKING SYSTEMS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
BRAKE WEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
CHECK THESE LABELS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
MAINTAIN PROPER TIRE PRESSURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM (TPMS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
TEMPORARY TIRE REPAIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
INSPECTING AND MAINTAINING TIRES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
REPLACING TIRES AND WHEELS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
TIRE AND WHEEL SPECIFICATIONS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
UNDERSTANDING TIRE MARKINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
UNIFORM TIRE QUALITY GRADING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
WHEELS AND TIRES GLOSSARY  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
VEHICLE LOAD LIMIT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
VEHICLE TELEMATICS/DATA RECORDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 65. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
CONTACTING TESLA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
REPORTING SAFETY DEFECTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
For printed information on how to use the main features of Model S and how to
perform basic maintenance procedures,see the document titled“A QUICK GUIDE
FOR OWNERS,” included in your owner documentation package.
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P/N: 1016750-00-A REV: AE
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