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Tesla has agreed to recall roughly 135,000 Model S and Model X electric vehicles due to faulty display consoles.
The move comes less than three weeks after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration requested a recall of 158,000 EVs, citing a potential safety-related defect concerning media control units in certain model year 2012-18 cars.
At the heart of the problem is the Nvidia Tegra 3 processor s integrated 8GB eMMC NAND flash device, which gets overwritten each time the vehicle is started. Overwrite the drive enough times, and it will reach capacity and break down, causing Tesla s connected MCU to go blank. A vacant touch screen isn t the end of the world except when it controls certain aspects of driving performance, including loss of the rearview/backup camera and defogging/defrosting settings, as well as certain Autopilot and turn-signal functionality.
Tesla is recalling some 135,000 cars in the US after intervention from NHTSA
Owners reported issues with screens in pre-2018 Model S and Model X cars
Malfunctioning 8GB media cards would mean the screens went blank, preventing the use of rear-view cameras and the windscreen demister
Having agreed to the recall, Tesla s legal vice president said the components in early screens were not designed to match the life-span on the cars themselves
Tesla UK has outlined details of the recall for drivers impacted in Britain
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Tesla Recalls Model S, Model X Vehicles Following Safety Investigation
On 2/2/21 at 9:58 AM EST
Tesla is recalling some Model S and Model X vehicles following safety concerns raised by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
The recall is expected to begin on March 30 and 134,951 units of the electric car could potentially be affected, according to the latest report by the NHTSA.
It comes after the federal agency made a formal request made for the recall of 158,000 Model S and Model X vehicles in mid-January, following an upgraded safety investigation last November. That investigation concluded that some 2012-2018 Model S and 2016-2018 Model X vehicles contain a defect related to motor vehicle safety.