SAN FRANCISCO: Elon Musk-run Tesla is recalling greater than two million autos — virtually the entire vehicles it offered within the US — as a consequence of incorrect font dimension on warning lights.
In response to a recall discover filed with the US Nationwide Freeway Site visitors Security Administration (NHTSA), the recall of virtually 2.2 million autos contains almost all Tesla EV fashions, together with Mannequin S, Mannequin X, 2017-2023 Mannequin 3, Mannequin Y, and 2024 Cybertruck autos.
“An incorrect font dimension is displayed on the instrument panel for the Brake, Park, and Antilock Brake System (ABS) warning lights. As such, these autos fail to adjust to the necessities of Federal Motor Car Security Normal quantity 105, ‘Hydraulic and Electrical Brake Programs’ and 135, ‘Mild Car Brake Programs’, ” the discover reads.
The NHTSA additionally famous that warning lights with a smaller font dimension could make crucial security info on the instrument panel troublesome to learn, rising the chance of a crash.
Tesla has began releasing an over-the-air software program replace freed from cost to repair the difficulty.
In response to the company, proprietor notification letters are anticipated to be mailed on March 30, 2024.
In current months, security issues have prompted Elon Musk’s electrical automobile firm to problem a number of recollects.
Final month, Tesla recalled greater than 4, 000 Mannequin 3 and Mannequin Y autos made between 2022 and 2023 in Australia as a consequence of a software program problem.
In December final yr, Tesla recalled greater than 2 million autos within the US to handle a “defect” with Autopilot, the corporate’s controversial superior driver-assist system.