Tesla has issued a ‘security recall’ on 1.8 million electrical autos, however the excellent news is that it’s only a software program repair – though an essential one as it should forestall the hood from flying open whereas driving.
Tesla was first made conscious of an issue with its hood’s latch in China earlier this 12 months. It took a couple of months, however it found out a problem that might end in drivers not being notified that the latch wasn’t correctly closed earlier than beginning to drive:
After a buyer motion opens the hood, the latch meeting might not detect an open situation and forestall driver notification of the hood open state when the car is positioned into drive.
As famous within the recall discover, that may be harmful because it may fly open and hinder the driving force’s view:
Unknowingly driving a car with an unlatched hood might outcome within the hood absolutely opening and obstructing the driving force’s view, rising the chance of a collision.
Following the findings in China, Tesla performed investigations in Europe and North America and it discovered the identical drawback and a few guarantee claims matching the issue.
It determined to do a security recall involving 1.8 million autos:
The topic inhabitants consists of sure Mannequin 12 months (MY) 2017-2024 Mannequin 3 autos manufactured between September 6, 2017 – July 15, 2024, geared up with a hood latch produced in China, and all delivered MY 2013-2024 Mannequin S, MY 2016-2024 Mannequin X, and MY 2020-2024 Mannequin Y autos.
Tesla has already began to deploy the software program repair to its fleet by means of the 2024.20.100 software program replace.