Tesla has formally issued a recall on over 200,000 automobiles 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 significant situation with a brand new model of its onboard “Full Self-Driving laptop,” AI4.1, failing resulting from a brief circuit, and Tesla should exchange the computer systems.
We discovered examples of the difficulty arising way back to July. The issue can begin shortly, inside a couple of miles on a brand-new automotive or after a couple 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 switch the pc utterly, however sources additionally talked about a brief software program repair to allow a number 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 situation a recall concerning this situation regardless of having to take action since these automobiles have grow to be non-compliant with NHTSA with out rear-view cameras.
Right now, Tesla formally launched a recall over the difficulty. For the primary time, we get a greater thought of the affected inhabitants, which provides as much as 239,382 automobiles:
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 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 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 way bigger than that as your entire 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 threat and non-complaint.
Tesla says that it seen the upper fee of laptop failure on November 21, 2024. It began investigating and after a couple of month, it believes it has an thought 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 quick the first and/or secondary energy parts.
As of December 30, 2024, Tesla has recognized 887 guarantee claims associated to this situation.
Within the treatment part of the recall, Tesla explains that it’ll push the software program repair to your entire inhabitants, however it should additionally proceed to supply laptop alternative for automobiles who expertise shorting:
On or shortly after December 18, 2024, for gratis to clients, affected automobiles started receiving an over-the-air (OTA) software program replace that adjustments the car 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 can be 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 which will result in the shorting failure situation. Tesla is actively working to determine which affected automobiles, if any, skilled stress which will result in the shorting failure situation. If an affected car skilled the shorting failure situation or stress which 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 exchange the car’s automotive laptop for gratis to the shopper.
We reported that some clients experiencing this situation are having to attend for months for a pc alternative.
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