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Tesla recalls more than 300,000 vehicles over taillight failure
« on: November 22, 2022, 04:37:38 pm »
Tesla recalls more than 300,000 vehicles over taillight failure
Heather Hamilton
Nov. 22, 2022
Washington Examiner
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A software glitch is forcing Tesla to recall more than 300,000 vehicles.

Tesla announced the software glitch causes one or both taillights on certain Model 3 and Model Y electric vehicles to go off intermittently, “which may increase the risk of a collision.”

“In rare instances, taillamps on one or both sides of affected vehicles may intermittently illuminate due to a firmware anomaly that may cause false fault detections during the vehicle wake up process,” Tesla said in a filing. “Brake lamps, backup lamps, and turn signal lamps are not affected by this condition and continue to operate as designed.”  ...

It comes just days after the electric vehicle maker recalled nearly 30,000 Model X cars over concerns that an airbag may not deploy correctly. More than 40,000 Model S and Model X vehicles were also recalled earlier this month for power steering assist failure.
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Re: Tesla recalls more than 300,000 vehicles over taillight failure
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2022, 05:41:01 pm »
"Firmware anomaly" - that is something one does not want to hear in connection with an all-electric car that is completely controlled by its computers (i.e., by its firmware).