Tesla will recall 362,758 cars in the United States after defects were found in driver assistance software that could cause the vehicle to behave in a potentially dangerous manner at intersections, it announced Thursday.
This “recall” affects all models of the S, X, Y and model 3 line, equipped with “software” FSD (Full Self-Driving, or Total Autonomous Conduction, in Portuguese), but in different production periods, reassembly, in some cases by 2016.
The FSD, which is in the testing phase, is a “software” called level 2, which is more concerned with driver assistance than the autonomous driving system, the agency France-Presse (AFP) reported.
According to the warning issued by the National Highway Safety Agency (NHTSA, for its acronym in English) of the United States, “software” malfunctions, if activated, can cause the vehicle to continue in a straight line when entering a roadway that theoretically forced him to turn around.
A car with activated FSD software can also cross an intersection with ‘Stop’ signs without registering a full stop or pass through an intersection with amber traffic lights without braking.
Affected vehicles may also “not respond adequately to signaled changes in speed limits” or fail to intervene when a driver exceeds the maximum allowed speed, according to the US agency.
To correct these defects, Tesla intends to perform a software update at its own expense as directed by NHTSA.
This “recall” also does not require the vehicle owner to return the car to a Tesla checkpoint.
“The term ‘recall’ to qualify a software update is anachronistic and simply wrong,” Elon Musk, CEO of the electric car giant, stressed via the social network Twitter in response to the statement.
In June 2022, the NHTSA released a report stating that Teslas equipped with driver assistance “software” that was active at any point in the past 30 seconds were involved in 273 traffic accidents in the United States.
The US Department of Justice has opened an investigation into Tesla’s driver assistance systems, according to a document published by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in late January.
In the document, Tesla reminded that the FSD and the other “software,” known as Autopilot [Piloto Automático, em português]were “developed to be used by an alert driver, hands on the wheel and ready to take control at any moment”.
But Elon Musk promised many more of these vehicles for years and in 2019 presented a vehicle capable of driving completely autonomously, without any passenger intervention.
To date, no vehicle in the range is currently equipped with this ‘software’.
Source: DN
