New Tesla Mannequin 3 autos on a truck at a logistics drop zone in Seattle, Washington, on Aug. 22, 2024.
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Tesla is voluntarily recalling about 239,000 of its electrical autos within the U.S. to repair a problem that may trigger its rearview cameras to fail, the corporate disclosed in filings posted Friday to the Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration’s web site.
“A rearview digicam that doesn’t show a picture reduces the motive force’s rear view, rising the danger of a crash,” Tesla wrote in a letter to the regulator. The recall applies to Tesla’s 2024-2025 Mannequin 3 and Mannequin S sedans, and to its 2023-2025 Mannequin X and Mannequin Y SUVs.
The corporate additionally stated within the acknowledgement letter that it has already “launched an over-the-air (OTA) software program replace, freed from cost” that may repair a number of the autos’ digicam points.
In 2024, Tesla issued 16 remembers within the U.S. that utilized to five.14 million of its EVs, in accordance with NHTSA information. The recall cures included a mixture of over-the-air software program updates and elements replacements. Greater than 40% of final yr’s remembers pertained to points with the most recent car within the firm’s lineup, the Cybertruck, an angular metal pickup that Tesla started delivering to clients in late 2023.
Concerning the newest recall, the corporate stated it had acquired 887 guarantee claims and dozens of area experiences however instructed the NHTSA that it was not conscious of any injurious, deadly or different collisions ensuing from the rearview digicam failures.
Different clients with autos that “skilled a circuit board failure or stress which will result in a circuit board failure,” which trigger the backup digicam failures, can have their autos’ computer systems changed by Tesla, freed from cost, the corporate stated.
Tesla didn’t instantly reply to CNBC’s request for remark.
