Tesla is facing it’s fourteenth recall this year.
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Tesla is recalling more than 120,000 cars due to doors that could open during crashes. The issue could occur in some Model S and Model X vehicles, the company said.Last week, around 2 million Teslas were recalled in the US over the Autopilot feature.
Tesla is recalling more than 120,000 vehicles in the US after engineers discovered that doors on certain models could open during a crash.
The faulty doors have been found in some 2021-2023 Model S and Model X vehicles.
In a filing with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Tesla said that in testing earlier this month, engineers had “observed a cabin door unlatch after impact on the non-struck side.”
The test vehicle was found to be “operating without the lockout functionality,” which the company said had been “inadvertently excluded from the affected vehicles” through software updates it began releasing in late September 2021.
The issue means that the vehicles fail to meet federal safety standards for side-impact protection.
The company said it was “not aware of any warranty claims or injuries relating to this condition,” and it has issued a free over-the-air software update in an attempt to rectify the situation, with owners of the affected vehicles due to be notified on February 17, 2024.
The NHTSA told Reuters that it had not evaluated the company’s solution “because it only received the software update on the vehicles it owns a few days ago.”
The Model X is Tesla’s large family SUV.
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It comes just a week after the company had to recall almost all of its US vehicles over an issue with its Autopilot feature.
Around 2 million Tesla vehicles were part of the recall, which followed a two-year NHTSA investigation that found that the driver-assistance system did not do enough to prevent drivers from misusing it.
Tesla is offering a free software update to some 2012-2023 Model S; 2016-2023 Model X; 2017-2023 Model 3; and 2020-2023 Model Y vehicles equipped with Autosteer.
Tesla did not immediately respond to BI’s request for comment.
