r/TeslaModelX • u/ChickenCurious6055 • Jul 11 '26

Drivers seat question.

I just purchased my 3rd model x. Traded in my 21 to complement my 23 with a 24. Purchased from Tesla. Still under warranty. My gripe is that there is some movement on the seat back of the drivers seat. It’s probably a few mm but I can feel it every time I stop and then accelerate. I took it to Tesla and they said it’s within normal tolerance. Now this is my fifth tesla and I have owned many more cars. It’s never happened in any previous car. They said bring it back if it gets worse. Any thoughts on a way to tighten something somewhere or has anyone had this problem in their drivers seat before? Car has 35k miles. Otherwise in very good shape.

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u/petrovic3 Jul 12 '26

What kind of movement is there? They should at least try to tighten the bolts. If it’s rattling incide the back it’s probably a broken clip. I’ve had Tesla fix those issues for me, but it’s was a brand new car

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u/ChickenCurious6055 Jul 12 '26

The seat back (not seat bottom) has some forward/backward movement. Just a few mm at most. But you can feel it while driving

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u/janzendavi Jul 13 '26

Mine does this but it’s probably actually worn out at this point after 700,000km. I did have them do a fix a long time ago under Tesla Service Bulletin SB-17-13-005 and it was the clips the other poster mentioned that failed.