Tesla has formally issued a recall on over 200,000 autos within the US over the self-driving laptop contained in the car 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 serious problem with a brand new model of its onboard “Full Self-Driving laptop,” AI4.1, failing because of a brief circuit, and Tesla should change the computer systems.
We discovered examples of the problem arising way back to July. The issue can begin rapidly, inside a number of miles on a brand-new automotive or after a number of hundred to a couple thousand miles.
When the pc fails, many car options cease working, like lively security options, auto wipers, auto excessive beams, cameras, and even GPS, navigation, and vary estimations.
Tesla’s repair was to interchange the pc fully, however sources additionally talked about a short lived 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 prospects in a tough state of affairs 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 problem a recall relating to this problem regardless of having to take action since these autos have develop into non-compliant with NHTSA with out rear-view cameras.
In the present day, Tesla formally launched a recall over the problem. For the primary time, we get a greater concept of the affected inhabitants, which provides as much as 239,382 autos:
The topic inhabitants consists of sure Mannequin Yr (MY) 2024 – 2025 Mannequin 3, MY 2023-2025 Mannequin Y, MY 2024-2025 Mannequin S and MY 2023-2025 Mannequin X autos 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 autos, upon car energy up, a reverse present might trigger a shorting failure on the automotive laptop board, ensuing within the lack of rearview digital camera performance, which doesn’t adjust to FMVSS 111, S5.5 and S6.2
Once more, the issue is far bigger than that as all the laptop fails, however the automaker solely mentions the rear-view digital camera as a result of that’s the half that makes it a security danger and non-complaint.
Tesla says that it observed the upper charge 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 components working collectively:
This sequence of particular software program and {hardware} configurations, coupled with colder temperatures, may enhance 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 problem.
Within the treatment part of the recall, Tesla explains that it’ll push the software program repair to all the inhabitants, however it should additionally proceed to offer laptop alternative for autos who expertise shorting:
On or shortly after December 18, 2024, without charge to prospects, affected autos started receiving an over-the-air (OTA) software program replace that adjustments the car energy up sequence to stop the shorting failure situation to the first and/or secondary energy part. No additional motion is important from house owners of affected autos which are outfitted with software program launch 2024.44.25.3, 2024.45.25.6 or a later launch if an affected car 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 autos, if any, skilled stress that will result in the shorting failure situation. If an affected car 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 car’s automotive laptop without charge to the shopper.
We reported that some prospects experiencing this problem are having to attend for months for a pc alternative.
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