Summary:
- Tesla is recalling more than 125,000 vehicles to fix a seat belt warning system that may increase the risk of injury in a collision.
- The recall includes certain models from 2012 to 2024 for Model S, 2015 to 2024 for Model X, 2017 to 2023 for Model 3, and 2020 to 2023 for Model Y vehicles.
- The seat belt warning system failed to provide audible and visual reminders as required by federal safety regulations.
- Tesla identified 104 warranty claims related to the issue but reported no collisions, fatalities, or injuries.
- Tesla plans to deploy a free over-the-air software update in June to address the seat belt reminder issue.
- Previous recalls by Tesla include Cybertrucks for accelerator pedal issues and 2.2 million vehicles for small warning lights on the instrument panel.
It’s Tesla. It’s always going to be a OTA update.
I’m sure they’ll find a way to OTA update hardware issues.
I enjoy that they literally did. The article says the OTA update is just to ignore a hardware sensor
Which begs the question, why was that sensor needed originally?