The company has issued a recall notice for the following vehicles equipped with FSD beta: 2016-2023 Model S and Model X, 2017-2023 Model 3 and 2020-2023 Model Y.

what is known

At NHTSA’s request, although the process should be called a “recall,” it actually it will not be necessary to recall cars from owners and car dealerships: Tesla will release a free software update for them that will be distributed “over the air”, that is, over the Internet.

Elon Musk commented on the situation on his Twitter, using the term “recall”. “anachronistic and simply wrong”. In fact, Tesla will release a free update to the above models in the coming weeks to fix the issues that NHTSA has pointed out.

According to the department, Tesla’s autonomous driving system may not work properly in certain situations on the road, such as:

• When a car crosses an intersection with a long-lit yellow light (i.e. there is a risk that the red light will now come on).
• When the intersection is empty, he stops for a long time in front of the “Stop” sign.
• It sets the speed incorrectly if it changes according to road signs.

The company’s latest version of FSD can cause vehicles to behave dangerously at intersections, such as going straight through an intersection while in a turning lane, entering an intersection controlled by a stop sign without stopping, or exiting the intersection in the yellow. traffic light signal without due care,
– Says the message posted on the NHTSA website.

In response, Tesla voluntarily agreed to release a free update for the cars, stating that it was not aware of any incidents or deaths related to such situations.

Fully Automatic Driving

Despite the name Full Self-Driving, which alludes to the possibility of driving a car completely self-driving, in reality the company is still far from that. It copes with its task really well, but in various unforeseen situations it gives a lot of errors and sometimes even causes accidents.

For example, NHTSA is currently investigating 11 cases where the company’s autopilot cars were diverted to emergency vehicles such as ambulances, firefighters and police. In any case, their flashing lanterns were on and they were standing on the side of the road. It is also known as the “phantom braking” problem where the car suddenly brakes for no apparent reason, so the cars behind don’t have time to react or, conversely, accelerate when braking needs to be applied.