Tesla recalls 200,000 vehicles with faulty on-board computers

Tesla issued a callback for complete 200,000 electrical vehicles owed to an rumor pinch its latest machine hardware that tin short circuit and disable immoderate information features including the rearview camera.

Tesla submitted the callback connected January 6th, which acknowledges faulty computers are successful immoderate of the astir caller builds of Model 3, Model Y, Model S, and Model X vehicles. It includes ones pinch manufacturing dates ranging arsenic early arsenic January 25th, 2023 for immoderate Model Xs, and arsenic precocious arsenic December 16th, 2024 for immoderate Model Ys (with different models overlapping successful between).

The latest callback is owed to non-compliance pinch the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which has stringent rules connected rearview camera reliability. Tesla issued a abstracted callback for problematic rearview cameras successful January 2024 and one for Cybertrucks pinch laggy rearview cameras successful October. Both were fixed pinch over-the-air (OTA) package updates.

Tesla is again leveraging its OTA abilities to remedy this caller recall, which started rolling retired connected December 18th and was added to recently manufactured vehicles connected December 16th, according to the information callback report.

But arsenic Electrek reports, the update can’t hole the broader machine issue, which has been identified successful 887 warranty claims and 68 section reports arsenic of December 30th. The issues are reportedly affecting Tesla’s latest HW4 (also known arsenic AI4) computers, which are expected to support the company’s modulation to afloat autonomy.

Tesla says it will switch computers successful cars that don’t get fixed pinch the OTA update. But the institution will undoubtedly request to switch them soon, particularly if CEO Elon Musk wants to build retired the robotaxi service he has promised for years.