Tesla must recall nearly 54,000 vehicles, self-driving in question

This is yet another recall of tens of thousands of vehicles in the United States in one year for Tesla. Elon Musk’s firm must recall nearly 54,000 electric cars of various models in order to deactivate the functionality of ” roll-stop which can prevent vehicles from stopping at stop signs under specific conditions.

The recall was requested by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which sees it as a safety issue for road users.

An upcoming update to disable the roll-stop

In the United States, Tesla must recall some 53,822 vehicles of four different models: Model 3 from 2017 to 2022, Model S from 2016 to 2022, Model X from 2016 to 2022 and Model Y from 2020 to 2022. cause therefore, their functionality of roll-stopavailable on all cars equipped with the beta of the Full Self Driving (FSD), considered dangerous when crossing all way stop (four-way intersections each with a stop sign) by the National Highway Safety Agency. Decidedly, the latter makes life difficult for Tesla (and rightly so).

If it meets a certain number of conditions (arriving at less than 9 km/h, not detecting cars, pedestrians or cyclists moving at the intersection, having sufficient visibility, etc.), the car may engage at a speed not exceeding 9 km/h without stopping at the stop sign. A potentially dangerous feature that was deployed in October 2021.

Tesla and NHTSA met on January 10 and 19 to discuss the issue, and on January 20, a voluntary decision to recall the vehicles was filed. Tesla therefore plans to deploy during the month of February a new update for these 54,000 cars equipped with the FSD system in order to deactivate the functionality of roll-stop. The company nevertheless wanted to make it known that it had not received any report of an accident caused by the roll-stop.

Another vehicle recall for Tesla

Tesla has had a string of disputes with the NHTSA, especially in recent months. We remember the significant recall of hundreds of thousands of Model S for dangerous trunk in the United States at the end of last December following the detection of engineering errors also affecting the Model 3. These affected the integrity of the rear-view camera connection cable and caused the risk of the bonnet opening unexpectedly, which could block the driver’s vision.

Also in December, it was another affair that caused a lot of talk: the fact of being able to play video games on board your Tesla, games natively integrated into the central dashboard, while driving. The NHTSA had then pinned the company of Elon Musk after the publication of an article from the New York Times and Tesla had to backtrack by preventing drivers from initiating Passenger Play when the vehicle is in motion.

Sources: Neowin
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