Tesla has issued a recall for 1.8 million vehicles within the US, one of many largest remembers within the firm’s historical past.
The issue is that the automotive’s software program doesn’t detect an open hood. Reuters was reported on Tuesday. In response to the Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration (NHTSA), an unlocked hood “can open absolutely, obstructing the driving force’s view and growing the chance of a crash.”
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The recall impacts some 2021-2024 Mannequin 3, Mannequin S and Mannequin X autos, in addition to 2020-2024 Mannequin Y autos. The whole variety of probably affected autos is 1,849,648.
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Happily for Tesla and Tesla automotive homeowners, that is a kind of remembers that may be mounted by way of an over-the-air software program replace, and Tesla has already began rolling out a repair. The corporate additionally issued a smaller recall for the same problem in early July.
Tesla’s checklist of remembers is rising. Whereas most issues had been resolved with a software program replace, some, just like the current recall of almost all Cybertrucks attributable to an issue with the windshield wipers, required a go to to a Tesla service middle.
The most recent recall impacts nearly all of Tesla autos on the street, however just isn’t as in depth because the recall final December, which affected greater than two million Teslas, nearly all Teslas on the time.
Tesla maintains an official, albeit unusually sparse, Record of remembers affecting its autos on its web site.