# 2023 TESLA MODEL S — STEERING
> NHTSA complaint `2011060` · 2024-07-26 · Tesla, Inc.
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** TESLA
- **Model:** MODEL S
- **Year:** 2023
- **Manufacturer:** Tesla, Inc.
- **Component:** STEERING
## Narrative
There is a design flaw with the horn on the steering yoke.  It is not easily located especially in times of stress or eminent collision.  I have been driving for 50 years and all horns in my past vehicles have horns in the center of the steering wheel.    Last April, I was backing up in a parking lot and through the rear camera, I saw a car behind me backing up.  I stopped my car and could not get to the horn quick enough to alert the other diver and he continued to back up and he backed into my car causing $3,500 in damage.    Yesterday, I was driving, and someone made a very unsafe turn that needed a horn to alert them, and I could not find the little button on the yoke to activate the horn.  Yesterday's event, a near miss caused me to file this notice, although I should have done it sooner.    Not as much of an issue, but the turn indicators are buttons too, and it is confusing to use them as opposed to a strike.  I find myself not using the indicators as much in situations requiring a quicker need, typically like on the freeway.    NHTSA should consider making all horns to be in the center of the steering wheel and all turn indicators to be strikes.
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