Tesla Model 3, Model Y. Published by Transport Canada as 2026401 on 19 August 2026. System: Lights And Instruments.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain vehicles, the low beam headlights may be too bright. Canadian regulations specify a maximum brightness for low beam headlights.
Safety Risk:
Low beam headlights that are too bright could cause reduced visibility for the driver and/or glare for oncoming drivers and increase the risk of a …
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Checked against the register on 22 October 2026. 1 change in the wording since our daily reading began.
Changed since our daily reading began
21 October 2026: the comment was rewritten. Before and after
Transport Canada carries this recall as 2026401, dated 19 August 2026. The American register carries the same defect as campaign 26V507. They are the same defect because the manufacturer filed both under one internal campaign code, SB2417003.
| Canada | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Number | 2026401 | 26V507 |
| Dated | 19 August 2026 | |
| Register | Transport Canada | NHTSA |
These are the dates each register records against its own notice. They are separate administrative acts in two countries, recorded by two authorities under two sets of rules, and this page does not claim that one caused the other or that owners in either country were contacted on those days. What it shows is that the same manufacturer campaign reached the two registers on different dates.
Read the American notice 26V507, including every earlier version of its wording this site holds. The Canadian register explains why the manufacturer code is published there and what that makes possible. Canada and America sets every matched pair side by side.
Tesla MODEL 3 in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Tesla MODEL 3 is named on 34 American notices, 11 British, 4 European, 5 Japanese and 7 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The British register
The European register
The Japanese register
The Israeli register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2026401
- Recall date
- 19 August 2026
- Make
- Tesla
- Models
- Model 3, Model Y
- Model years
- 2018 to 2023
- Vehicle class
- SUV
- System
- Lights And Instruments
- Raised as
- Compliance TC
- Vehicles affected
- 454
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain vehicles, the low beam headlights may be too bright. Canadian regulations specify a maximum brightness for low beam headlights.Safety Risk:
Low beam headlights that are too bright could cause reduced visibility for the driver and/or glare for oncoming drivers and increase the risk of a crash.Corrective Actions:
Tesla will notify owners by email. The corrective actions for this recall are under development.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2026401.
Tesla elsewhere in this register
Tesla is named on 51 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2026239 · 19 May 2026 · Model Y · Label
- 2026221 · 5 May 2026 · Model Y, Model 3, Model S · Visual System
- 2025591 · 28 October 2025 · Cybertruck · Structure
- 2025559 · 15 October 2025 · Cybertruck · Lights And Instruments
- 2025526 · 2 October 2025 · Model Y · Lights And Instruments
- 2025142 · 19 March 2025 · Cybertruck · Structure
- 2025034 · 28 January 2025 · Model 3, Model Y · Steering
- 2025002 · 7 January 2025 · Model Y, Model X, Model S · Visual System
The same system: Lights And Instruments
900 notices in this register name Lights And Instruments. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2026404 · 20 August 2026 · Air · Lights And Instruments
- 2026406 · 24 August 2026 · 1500 · Lights And Instruments
- 2026412 · 26 August 2026 · Grand Star Class C Motorhome · Lights And Instruments
- 2026380 · 6 August 2026 · VNR, VNL · Lights And Instruments
- 2026358 · 22 July 2026 · S2 Chassis, Business Class M2 · Lights And Instruments
- 2026353 · 20 July 2026 · W230 · Lights And Instruments
Reading this against the source
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Tesla: 51 in the register, and 405 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2026.
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