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(Photo via Getty Images) 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...

Close icon Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification. Tesla's vice president of legal pushed back at the NHTSA's definition of a "defect." Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images Tesla agreed to recall more than 134,000 of its cars over faulty touchscreens this week.  US regulators said the failing displays could affect essential components like the rear-view camera. Tesla agreed to the recall, and said its screens shouldn't be expected to last more than 5-6 years.  Tesla ...

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 

Tesla is being asked by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to recall a total of 158,000 cars after finding issues with the vehicles’ central touchscreen displays. The NHTSA stated that it is defective after discovering the display revealed deactivates safety features, Including the backup cameras. In a letter sent by the agency that was addressed to Mr. Al Prescott, Tesla’s Vice President of Legal and Acting General Counsel, the NHTSA detailed their finding regarding the Tesla car unit’s faulty screen. The agency told Prescott that they found the touchscreen to be defect...

U.S. vehicle safety agency asks Tesla to recall 158,716 older vehicles over touchscreen glitches CNBC 1/14/2021 Lora Kolodny The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration asked Tesla on Wednesday to recall more than 158,000 of its older Model S sedans and Model X SUVs, due to touchscreen failures. The recall effects 158,716 vehicles made by Tesla, representing around 10% of the company's total vehicles produced through the end of 2020. The glitch is related to a memory device within the media control unit of older Model S and Model X Teslas-- the device has a limited wr...