Why Tesla is recalling nearly 54,000 vehicles

A 2021 Mannequin 3 sedan sits in a near-empty lot at a Tesla dealership in Littleton, Colo., on June 27, 2021. Tesla is recalling almost 54,000 automobiles as a result of their “Full Self-Driving” software program lets them roll by way of cease indicators with out coming to a whole halt. Paperwork posted Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022, by U.S. security regulators say that Tesla will disable the characteristic with an over-the-internet software program replace.

David Zalubowski, Related Press

Tesla is recalling almost 54,000 vehicles and SUVs as a result of the “full self-driving” characteristic program slowly rolls by way of cease indicators as an alternative of coming to a whole cease.

• The recall that Tesla will replace the software program over the web pertains to Mannequin S, X, 3 and Y automobiles, in response to The Related Press.

The expertise permits these vehicles to obey visitors guidelines like stopping for crimson lights however in some instances, it has been inconsistent, alarming customers. The “rolling cease” characteristic permits automobiles to undergo intersections with cease indicators at as much as 5.6 miles per hour.

“Failing to cease at a cease signal can enhance the danger of a crash,” the Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration stated in a letter to Tesla confirming the recall, which was made public on Tuesday.

• “The Car Security Act prohibits producers from promoting automobiles with defects posing unreasonable dangers to security, together with intentional design selections which are unsafe,” the company stated. “If the knowledge exhibits that a security danger might exist, NHTSA will act instantly.”

Per CNN, Tesla’s “full self-driving” characteristic requires an attentive driver who is able to take full management of the automotive at any given time.

Tesla’s “full self-driving” software program, which prices $12,000, remains to be in its take a look at part and requires energetic engagement by a human driver. Solely a choose few clients, appropriately 60,000, are allowed to make use of it, in response to The New York Occasions.

The NHTSA can also be investigating Tesla’s “auto-pilot” driver-assist system which has allowed vehicles to repeatedly crash into emergency automobiles parked on roadways, per The Related Press.

Musk believes this software program will permit the vehicles to drive extra safely than people by the top of this yr.