Tesla announces partial recall on Model S vehicles

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Some Tesla Model S vehicles may contain a defect, the electric car maker announced Wednesday.

According to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Model S vehicles produced between May 10 and June 8 of this year could contain an issue with the mounting bracket on the left-hand latch of the second row seat. Musk specifically said that the mounting bracket could be “weaker than intended.”

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“This reduces our confidence that the left hand seat back will be properly retained in the event of a crash,” Musk wrote in a blog post Wednesday.

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