Tesla is recalling greater than 125,000 autos to repair a seat belt warning system which will improve the chance of an damage in a collision.
The Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration mentioned that the recall contains sure 2012-2024 Mannequin S, 2015-2024 Mannequin X, 2017-2023 Mannequin 3, and 2020-2023 Mannequin Y autos.
The seat belt warning system is meant to supply audible and visible seat belt reminder alerts to drivers to alert them that their seat belt isn’t fixed. The NHTSA mentioned that on sure autos, the audible and visible seat belt reminder alerts weren’t going off on the time they have been imagined to, which doesn’t adjust to federal security necessities.
The NHTSA mentioned that as of Tuesday, Tesla had recognized 104 guarantee claims which may be associated to the situation. The corporate isn’t conscious of any collisions, fatalities or accidents which may be associated to the situation.
Tesla, which is headed by billionaire Elon Musk, plans to begin deploying an over-the-air software program replace to the affected autos freed from cost in June. The software program replace will take away dependency on the driving force seat occupancy change from the software program and solely depend on driver seat belt buckle and ignition standing to activate the seat belt reminder alerts.
Final month Tesla recalled 3,878 of its 2024 Cybertrucks after it found that the accelerator pedal can change into caught, probably inflicting the car to speed up unintentionally and improve the chance of a crash.
In February the NHTSA introduced the recall of almost 2.2 million Tesla autos offered in the US as a result of some warning lights on the instrument panel are too small. The company additionally mentioned on the time that it had upgraded a 2023 investigation into Tesla steering issues to an engineering evaluation, a step nearer to a recall.
In April the NHTSA mentioned that it was investigating whether or not final yr’s recall of Tesla’s Autopilot driving system did sufficient to ensure drivers take note of the highway.
