Tesla, which disabled the in-car game feature last week on the grounds that it increased the risk of accident, received another ‘safety’ warning from the USA. Following the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s warning about reversing cameras, the company decided to recall 475,000 vehicles.
US-based electric car manufacturer of Elon Musk, the richest person in the world Teslahas been facing many security issues lately. The giant company announced last week that it had disabled the ‘Passenger Play’ feature, which allows drivers to play games while the vehicle is in motion.
This decision The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) It came just after he launched an investigation against the company, citing that the feature increased the ‘risk of accident’. Now NHTSA has warned the company due to different security issues. After that, Tesla decided to recall 475,000 vehicles.
475,000 Model 3 and Model S recalled
In the statements made today by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, some models of Tesla vehicles in rear view cameras, trunk and front hood ‘problems’increase the risk of accidents‘ was stated. After that, Tesla announced that it had recalled 475,000 Model 3 and Model S vehicles. This number also drew attention as it was close to the number of vehicles the company delivered last year.
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In the statements made by NHTSA, “In Model 3 sedans; opening and closing the trunk lid on the reversing camera may cause damage to images. Model S in vehicles front hood Problems in the latch may increase the risk of accident by causing the hood to open against the driver’s request. statements were included. Tesla, on the other hand, did not comment on NHTSA’s statements or recall of vehicles.
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https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-recalls-over-475000-electric-vehicles-2021-12-30/