The brakes and systems, which added the autopilot function, were components of the investigation, a Transport Decomposition official said Wednesday.
The ministry refused to give additional details, but South Korean media said Tesla’s Model 3 is under investigation and that the investigation can take between six months and a year.
Tesla would cooperate with the investigation, an official at its South Korean unit said.
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board last year cited driver errors and Tesla’s Autopilot design as the probable cause of a January 2018 crash of a Model S in California.
In Hyundai’s home market, Tesla had its best month in June, with its Model 3 beating Hyundai’s Kona EV, as well as premium models from BMW and Audi.
(Reporting by Joyce Lee and Hyunjoo Jin; editing by Stephen Coates)
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