Tesla has formally issued a recall on over 200,000 automobiles within the US over the self-driving laptop 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 laptop,” AI4.1, failing as a result of a brief circuit, and Tesla should change the computer systems.
We discovered examples of the difficulty arising way back to July. The issue can begin rapidly, inside just a few miles on a brand-new automotive or after just a few hundred to a couple 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 interchange the pc utterly, however sources additionally talked about a brief software program repair to allow a few of the options within the meantime.
We adopted up with one other report earlier this week that highlighted how it’s leaving clients in a tough scenario 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 concerning 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.
Immediately, Tesla formally launched a recall over the difficulty. For the primary time, we get a greater concept of the affected inhabitants, which provides as much as 239,382 automobiles:
The topic inhabitants contains sure Mannequin Yr (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 laptop board, ensuing within the lack of rearview digicam 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 laptop fails, however the automaker solely mentions the rear-view digicam as a result of that’s the half that makes it a security danger and non-complaint.
Tesla says that it seen the upper price of laptop failure on November 21, 2024. It began investigating and after a couple of 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, may improve reverse present, which may brief 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’ll additionally proceed to supply laptop alternative for automobiles who expertise shorting:
On or shortly after December 18, 2024, without charge to clients, affected automobiles started receiving an over-the-air (OTA) software program replace that adjustments the automobile energy up sequence to forestall the shorting failure situation to the first and/or secondary energy element. No additional motion is critical from house owners 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 that will result in the shorting failure situation. Tesla is actively working to establish which affected automobiles, if any, skilled stress that will result in the shorting failure situation. If an affected automobile skilled the shorting failure situation or stress that 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 change the automobile’s automotive laptop without charge to the client.
We reported that some clients experiencing this subject are having to attend for months for a pc alternative.
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