Delivery/Installation: Rear Facing Child Seats

[SFOTurtle]

Ah, and now we find out why the seats cannot be installed by service centers after delivery. FYI, my son hit this button just yesterday and it freaked my wife out since I didn't know about it either. Turns out it only works when the car is in park. Thank goodness!

I ran into another MS owner at the Gilroy SC today and he told me that rear facing seats cannot be installed after delivery. I don't remember hearing this before I ordered and my wife and I both thought this could be done after delivery. Is there information posted on the Tesla website about this? Is it that hard of a change to make besides this magic button?

 

[JPP]

Old news...there are major structural mods to the rear bumpers for the rear facing seats. Early production vehicles came with the mods, but presumably to save $$, later production was altered.

 

[bollar]

It depends on how old your vehicle is.

Newer cars have a different design in the rear safety envelope depending on the presence of rear-facing seats. If you check the design studio now, it's clear that the seats can't be added later.

I think there's a thread here that describes the VIN range.

 

[SFOTurtle]

It depends on how old your vehicle is.

Newer cars have a different design in the rear safety envelope depending on the presence of rear-facing seats. If you check the design studio now, it's clear that the seats can't be added later.

I think there's a thread here that describes the VIN range.

Thanks, I just found this. Appreciate the tip as a prior search didn't yield the answer.

3rd Row Child Seats Now Factory Only

 

[DrTaras]

It depends on how old your vehicle is.
Newer cars have a different design in the rear safety envelope depending on the presence of rear-facing seats. If you check the design studio now, it's clear that the seats can't be added later.
I think there's a thread here that describes the VIN range.

So a benefit (private resale point) of having an older Model S that does not have a 3rd row,
over a newer Model S that does not have a 3rd row is that
the older one can still be modified by a new owner to install the 3rd row whereas the newer car can not!

 

[SFOTurtle]

The other thread seemed to conclude with a post that Tesla will no longer make any modifications to add these rear facing seats after delivery, regardless of VIN. Does anyone have any data one way or the other on this other than what's reported in the other thread?