Once again, Tesla is withdrawing thousands of its vehicles due to a defect related to the central touch screen.
The withdrawal affects nearly 130,000 vehicles in the Model S and Model X 2021 and 2022 lines, as well as the Model 3 and Model Y lines in 2022. It was issued Tuesday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) .
The problem starts when the vehicles are “recharged” or recharged quickly, which allows the vehicles to be fully charged within half an hour. When the car is charging fast, it can cause the CPU or CPU in the car to overheat, causing the car’s touch screen to freeze or slow down.
Because so many key features of these vehicles – including turn signals, spare cameras and, in some cases, full gearshift – are controlled by the touch screen, this problem can lead to loss of control while driving.
“A lagging or restarting processor can prevent the central screen from displaying the rear view camera image, gear selection, windshield visibility control settings and warning lights, increasing the risk of an accident,” NHTSA said in a letter to Tesla on Monday. .
Tesla first caught this, according to an internal file, during “routine” testing of the Model 3 and Y “vehicle platform processor” in late 2021. The processor began throttling due to “thermal protection enabled”. A few weeks later, the Model S’s processor was replaced as its touchscreen restarted due to overheating – apparently the first time Tesla saw a faulty central screen during repairs.
Between January 2022, when the fault was first identified internally, and May 2022, Tesla received 59 warranty claims and 59 field reports that were potentially related to this defect.
The company said there were no known crashes, injuries or deaths related to this error on the touch screen.
But this is the second time in two years that the company has had to release massive touch screen downloads and another breakthrough in the brand’s safety reputation.
In 2021, the NHTSA Defects Investigation Service found that certain 2012 S 2018 vehicles and 2016-2018 Model X vehicles were prone to touch screen failure when “storage capacity the car will be reached. ” He demanded that approximately 158,000 vehicles be withdrawn, which the company eventually agreed to after the first refusal.
This is in addition to the many withdrawals in the last six months concerning the defrosting of the windscreen, the deployment of the airbag and its controversial boombox function, which violates federal safety regulations.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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