2023 Model X Plaid Safety

The NHTSA hasn't yet tested the 2022 or 2023 model, but the 2021 Tesla Model X returned a five-star overall safety score. In every single category, it emerged with a five-star rating. The SUV hasn't been evaluated by the IIHS yet, but considering that the smaller Model Y walked away with a 2023 Top Safety Pick Plus award, we wouldn't be surprised if the Model X did the same.

2023 Model X Plaid Key Safety Features

The Tesla Model X Plaid is packed with some of the most advanced driver-assist features around. Autopilot uses a series of cameras and sensors that enables the SUV to accelerate, brake, and steer automatically. Other features like cruise control, lane-departure warning, automatic emergency braking, and forward-collision warning are standard. Enhanced Autopilot costs $6,000 and adds navigation on Autopilot, auto lane change, auto park, and summon. The Full Self-Driving Capability suite costs $15,000 and includes all of the Enhanced Autopilot's features, in addition to a full self-driving computer and traffic light/stop sign control. Autosteer on city streets is coming at a later point. Because Tesla is continuously updating these features, they can be improved and added to over time with over-the-air updates.

Although these features are impressive, Autopilot and the Full Self-Driving suite have been at the center of some controversial accidents and recalls, so they should always be used with caution.

More conventional safety equipment includes a rearview camera, stability control, and a full suite of airbags. This includes curtain airbags and knee airbags for both front occupants.

2023 Model X Plaid Reliability

The Tesla Model X's reliability record doesn't exactly make for pleasant reading. At the time of writing, the 2023 Model X had already succumbed to five recalls. Many recalls related to safety systems, such as a failure of the vehicle to adhere to the speed limit or travel through intersections safely because of a fault with the Full Self-Driving (Beta) software, a misaligned forward-facing camera, a blank backup-camera display, a detaching seatbelt, and an incorrectly deploying passenger airbag. The 2022 model was subject to a worrying 12 recalls, and the 2021 model to even more - 14.

With all these problems, the four-year/50,000-mile warranty becomes crucial. Electric powertrain components have more generous coverage of eight years regardless of miles traveled.

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