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Zero Recalls

Zero has 23 model-year recall listings with NHTSA across 9 models and 2010–2020 model years. The model with the most is the Zero S, with 6.

Owners have filed 17 complaints with NHTSA about the Zero model years listed here; the most, 2, concern the 2018 DSR.

Complaints about Zero vehicles most often name the electrical system (at least 11), then the exterior lighting (5).

The Zero model with the most owner complaints is the S: 4 across 4 model years listed here.

The newest Zero recall here, 21V795000, was reported on October 13, 2021 and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: rotor.

Zero recalls most often concern the exterior lighting: brake lights: switch (5 model-year listings), then the electrical system: software (3).

Models
9
Recall listings
23

campaign × model year

Model years
2010–2020
Pages on file
15

year + model

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Zero models, most recalls first

Zero models ranked by total NHTSA recalls
ModelRecallsYears covered
Zero Zero S62012–2012(1)
Zero S52010–2018(4)
Zero SR32014–2018(3)
Zero DS22013–2015(2)
Zero SR/F22020–2020(1)
Zero X22012–2012(1)
Zero DSR12018–2018(1)
Zero FX12015–2015(1)
Zero SR/S12020–2020(1)

What gets recalled most on Zero vehicles

  • EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH5
  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE3
  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY3
  • EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS3
  • EXTERIOR LIGHTING3
  • SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER2
  • SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR1
  • ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE1
  • EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL1
  • SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS1

Models sold in large numbers over many years collect more recalls and complaints than niche ones.

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Newest record on this page: May 8, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted

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