Tesla is being asked to call in 158,000 vehicles due to potentially dangerous exhibits months after the company owned by Elon Musk recalled 9,500 Model Y with faulty roofs.
- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has sent a letter to Tesla
- The letter calls on Tesla to recall 158,000 Model S and Model X vehicles
- All Model S cars were sold in 2012-2018 and Model X vehicles from 2016-2018
- The issues stem from a memory card that completely disables features
- The memory card is partially filled each time the vehicle starts
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is asking Tesla to call in about 158,000 vehicles due to potential hazards due to touch screen faults.
NHTSA recently sent a letter to the firm Elon Musk stating that it is investigating a possible defect affecting truck cameras and air conditioning systems that expose windows.
The document specifically mentions Model S vehicles manufactured from 2012 to 2018 and the Model X from 2016 to 2018 – these models are designed with a certain processor that fails when the storage capacity is reached.
NHTS is appealing to Tesla to notify owners of the said vehicles of the recall, if the firm declines, it should provide an explanation of the decision.
The letter comes just months after Tesla was forced to recall 9,000 Model X cars due to improperly placed roof finishes and bolts that caused roofs to fly off while driving.
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The document specifically mentions Model S vehicles manufactured from 2012 to 2018 and the Model X (pictured) from 2016 to 2018 – these models are designed with a certain processor that fails when the storage capacity is reached.
From 2012 to 2018, Tesla sold a total of about 531,500 vehicles and the recalled cars could account for about 15 to 20 percent that are currently on the road.
The problem stems from the Nividia memory chip with an integrated eight-gigabyte flash memory device, which is partially filled each time the vehicle starts.
And when full capacity is reached, the hardware fails.
The errors were observed in the rear view / backup camera and the loss of air condition that thawed and thawed windows.
Model S (photo) and Model X vehicles are a possible flaw affecting rear view cameras and air conditioning systems that expose windows.
The bug also affects Autopilot’s advanced driving system, along with flashers, audible chimes, driver observation, and alerts related to these vehicle functions. ‘
“During our review of the data, Tesla gave a confirmation that all units will inevitably fail, given the finite storage capacity of the memory device,” said Stephen Ridella, director of NHTSA’s office for investigation into defects, in the letter.
NHTSA opened the investigation last June, in which Tesla tried to correct it with software updates on the Internet.
However, the agency notes that the attempt was ‘procedurally and substantively inadequate’.
The email comes just months after Tesla’s NHTSA mandate killed about 9,500 2016 Model X cars in November to cut off what could separate and bolts that might not be properly tightened.
NHTS appeals to Tesla to notify owners of the said vehicles of the recall, if the firm refuses, it must provide an explanation of the decision (the photo is a Model X)
NHTSA said the cosmetic roof finish on the front and spine may have been attached without first using a primer, and one or both pieces of finish may separate from the vehicle while driving.
In October, a Tesla customer from California posted a video on social media showing him driving his brand new Model Y on a highway after its roof flew just two hours after he drove it off the premises.
“Hey @elonmusk, why did you not tell us that Tesla now sells convertibles?” wrote the driver.
“Because the roof of our brand new Model Y fell off the highway.”
The driver also wrote: ‘I heard there were problems with Tesla’s quality assurance, but I do not know how you can miss something as important as the roof that hangs on it.
The driver said the roof literally fell off the dealer where he bought the car two hours after he left the parking lot.
He writes that he immediately returned the vehicle to the dealer.