On Wednesday, Over 2 million Tesla vehicles were recalled and the company will offer a free software update. It was announced by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. It came over over issues concerning the cars’ autopilot feature. The news of ” Tesla Car Recalls 2023″ has surely moved the tesla fan base to a huge height.
Tesla Car Recalls 2023
This is not the first recall notice from Tesla this year, which is led by the billionaire and CEO of TESLA, our man that’s Elon Musk. As of December 13, the electric car company had surely given all its owners notice of 13 different recalls of its various vehicles. It is from the Model X to Semi trucks concerning a huge set of issues.
Documents posted by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) state that Tesla will soon send out a software update. An attempt which could help them fix the problem.
It comes in the view of a two-year, ongoing investigation by NHTSA. It is into a series of crashes that supposedly happened while the Autopilot system was in use.
How does this impact Washington drivers?
There are 150,00 electric vehicles registered in Washington, a segment of passenger vehicles that has surely led to a growth of six fold in five years.
EV ownership in Washington is concentrated west of the cascades. It was about half of the state’s 150,000 EVs registered in King County.
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List of Tesla vehicle models recalled this year
- Feb. 27 recall: Model Y
- Potential vehicles affected: 3,470
- Models affected: Certain 2022-2023 Model Y vehicles
- March 24 recall: Semi trucks
- Potential vehicles affected: 35
- Models affected: Certain 2023 Tesla Semi trucks
- March 31 recall: Model 3
- Potential vehicles affected: 422
- Models affected: Certain 2018-2019 Model 3 vehicles
- April 5 recall: Model X
- Potential vehicles affected: 38
- Models affected: Certain 2023 Model X vehicles equipped with a full self-driving computer 4.0 and running software release version 2023.2.200
- May 30: Model Y recall
- Potential vehicles affected: 137
- Models affected: Certain 2022-2023 Model Y vehicles
- June 13 recall: Semi truck
- Potential vehicles affected: 36
- Models affected: Certain 2023 Semi vehicles
- June 19 recall: Model 3, Model Y
- Potential vehicles affected: 26
- Models affected: Certain 2023 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles
- July 15 recall: Model S, Model X and Model Y
- Potential vehicles affected: 1,337
- Models affected: Certain 2023 Model S, Model X and Model Y vehicles
- July 15 recall:
- Potential vehicles affected: 15,869
- Models affected: Certain 2021-2023 Model S and Model X vehicles
- Oct. 11 recall: Model X
- Potential vehicles affected: 54,676
- Models affected: Certain 2021-2023 Model X vehicles
- Nov. 3 recall: Model S, Model X
- Potential vehicles affected: 159
- Models affected: Certain 2021-2023 Model S and Model X vehicles
- Dec. 12 Tesla recall: Model S, Model X, Model 3, Model Y
- Potential vehicles affected: 2,031,220
- Models affected: 2012-2023 Model S, 2016-2023 Model X, 2017-2023 Model 3, and 2020-2023 Model Y vehicles equipped with all versions of Autosteer leading up to the version(s) that contains the recall remedy
What does the recall include?
The recall will include something that is like an over-the-air software update to the Autopilot system in models Y,S,3 and X. It is produced between October 5, 2012 to December 7,2023, according to NHTSA.
The update will surely lead to addition of more controls and alerts to affected vehicles to “ Further encourage the driver to adhere to their continuous driving responsibility” while Autosteer is engaged. The include keeping hands on the steering wheel. It also includes paying attention to the roadway, according to the recall.
Recall of 2023:
Depending on the vehicle, the additional controls may even include increasing visual alerts. This even leads to simplification in the engagement and disengagement of Autosteer. Also there would be additional checks on engaging the system while using it outside highways.
