Tesla is recalling more than 125,000 vehicles to fix a seat belt warning system that may increase the risk of an injury in a collision.

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.
  • redcalcium@lemmy.instituteEnglish
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    4 months ago

    The software update will remove dependency on the driver seat occupancy switch from the software and only rely on driver seat belt buckle and ignition status to activate the seat belt reminder signals.

    Now I’m interested how it worked before and under what circumstances it failed. When the driver is too skinny? Squatting to hover their ass over the seat?