Tesla has formally issued a recall on over 200,000 automobiles within the US over the self-driving pc contained in the automobile short-circuiting and failing to work.
This is a matter that Electrek has been reporting on for a month.
In December, Electrek launched an unique report about Tesla having a significant subject with a brand new model of its onboard “Full Self-Driving pc,” AI4.1, failing because of a brief circuit, and Tesla should exchange the computer systems.
We discovered examples of the problem arising way back to July. The issue can begin rapidly, inside a number of miles on a brand-new automotive or after a number of hundred to some thousand miles.
When the pc fails, many automobile options cease working, like energetic security options, auto wipers, auto excessive beams, cameras, and even GPS, navigation, and vary estimations.
Tesla’s repair was to switch the pc utterly, however sources additionally talked about a short lived software program repair to allow among the options within the meantime.
We adopted up with one other report earlier this week that highlighted how it’s leaving prospects in a tough state of affairs with out the options and with quicker battery degradation as the pc seems caught in an auto-update mode that drains 5 kWh per day.
Within the newest report, we additionally talked about that Tesla has but to subject a recall relating to this subject regardless of having to take action since these automobiles have turn out to be non-compliant with NHTSA with out rear-view cameras.
In the present day, Tesla formally launched a recall over the problem. For the primary time, we get a greater concept of the affected inhabitants, which provides as much as 239,382 automobiles:
The topic inhabitants consists of sure Mannequin 12 months (MY) 2024 – 2025 Mannequin 3, MY 2023-2025 Mannequin Y, MY 2024-2025 Mannequin S and MY 2023-2025 Mannequin X automobiles that have been outfitted with sure automotive computer systems and working a software program launch that was previous to 2024.44.25.3 or 2024.45.25.6
Within the recall discover, Tesla describes the non-compliance:
On a small proportion of affected automobiles, upon automobile energy up, a reverse present could trigger a shorting failure on the automotive pc board, ensuing within the lack of rearview digital camera performance, which doesn’t adjust to FMVSS 111, S5.5 and S6.2
Once more, the issue is way bigger than that as your complete pc fails, however the automaker solely mentions the rear-view digital camera as a result of that’s the half that makes it a security threat and non-complaint.
Tesla says that it seen the upper charge of pc failure on November 21, 2024. It began investigating and after a few month, it believes it has an concept of the trigger, which might be a number of elements working collectively:
This sequence of particular software program and {hardware} configurations, coupled with colder temperatures, might improve reverse present, which might quick the first and/or secondary energy elements.
As of December 30, 2024, Tesla has recognized 887 guarantee claims associated to this subject.
Within the treatment part of the recall, Tesla explains that it’ll push the software program repair to your complete inhabitants, however it should additionally proceed to offer pc substitute for automobiles who expertise shorting:
On or shortly after December 18, 2024, for free of charge to prospects, affected automobiles started receiving an over-the-air (OTA) software program replace that modifications the automobile energy up sequence to forestall the shorting failure situation to the first and/or secondary energy part. No additional motion is important from homeowners of affected automobiles which are outfitted with software program launch 2024.44.25.3, 2024.45.25.6 or a later launch if an affected automobile has not skilled the shorting failure situation or stress which will result in the shorting failure situation. Tesla is actively working to establish which affected automobiles, if any, skilled stress which will result in the shorting failure situation. If an affected automobile skilled the shorting failure situation or stress which will result in the shorting failure situation previous to putting in software program launch 2024.44.25.3, 2024.45.25.6 or a later launch, then Tesla will exchange the automobile’s automotive pc for free of charge to the client.
We reported that some prospects experiencing this subject are having to attend for months for a pc substitute.
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