NHTSA Safety Recalls
Zero DS Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 2 recall campaigns for the Zero DS, across 2 model years from 2013 to 2015. The 2015 has the most (1); the fewest among years with a recall is 2015 (1).
- Model years
- 2
- Recall campaigns
- 2
- Most recalls
- 2015
- Owner complaints
- 5
2013–2015, with a recall
1 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 5 complaints with NHTSA about the Zero DS across 4 model years; the most, 2, concern the 2012.
Owners marked a crash on 1 of the Zero DS complaints (20%) and a fire on 0.
Across all Zero DS model years, owners name the electrical system most often (at least 4 complaints), then the engine (2).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the Zero DS in 2018: 2, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the Zero DS is electrical system: software, in 1 model-year listing.
The newest Zero DS recall, 16V610000, was reported on August 22, 2016 and concerns the exterior lighting.
Zero DS years to avoid
Too few Zero DS model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 0 of the 5 needed.
The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method
Recalls and complaints by model year
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Zero DS years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the Zero DS
- ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE1
- EXTERIOR LIGHTING1
Zero DS model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every Zero DS recall campaign (2)
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Zero DS. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: January 9, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted