Tesla has officially issued a withdrawal of more than 200,000 cars in the United States in relation to the internal autonomous PC of the vehicle’s short circuit and to work.
This is an in which Electk has been informing for a month.
In December, Electrek released an exclusive report about Tesla having a major issue with a new version of its onboard “Full Self-Driving computer,” AI4.1, failing due to a short circuit, and Tesla must replace the computers.
We found examples of the issue arising as far back as July. The problem can start quickly, within a few miles on a brand-new car or after a few hundred to a few thousand miles.
When the PC fails, many characteristics of the vehicle stop working, such as active protection characteristics, windshield wiper, automotive road areas, cameras and even GPS, navigation and estimates.
Tesla’s fix was to replace the computer completely, but sources also mentioned a temporary software fix to enable some of the features in the meantime.
We follow a previous report this week that highlighted how it leaves consumers in a difficult scenario without the capacity and with a faster battery degradation because the PC seems stuck in an automatic mode that drains five kWh consistent with Dayarray
In the latest report, we also discussed that Tesla has yet to factor in a recall related to this factor despite doing so, as those cars have not failed NHTSA to comply without rearview cameras.
Today, Tesla officially released a recall over the issue. For the first time, we get a better idea of the affected population, which adds up to 239,382 vehicles:
The topics population includes a safe-style year (MY) 2024-2025 Model 3, my style and 2023-2025, my 2024-2025 style and my style styles x 2023-2025 that were supplied with safe automotive computers and exploiting a Edition software that is yielded before 2024. 44. 25. 3 or 2024. 45. 25. 6
In the reminder notice, Tesla describes the breach:
In a small percentage of affected vehicles, when driving the vehicle, an existing opposite can cause a short-circuit fault in the car’s PC board, resulting in the loss of rearview camera capability, which complies with FMV 111, S5. 5 and S6. 2
Again, the challenge is much bigger than that, as the entire PC fails, however, the automaker only mentions the camera in the background, as that’s the component that makes it a security threat and a non-conforming one.
These things take place when new portions are used, I get it. But Tesla will have to be more transparent on the issue, and also publicly swoon over a plan to update them as temporarily as possible. It’s just bad business to handle it this way.
Tesla says that he saw the fault rate of the upper PC on November 21, 2024. He began to investigate and after approximately a month, he believes that he has a concept of the cause, which would be several points that are executed together:
This sequence of specific software and hardware configurations, coupled with colder temperatures, could increase reverse current, which could short the primary and/or secondary power components.
As of December 30, 2024, Tesla knew 887 judicial cases similar to this issue.
In the remedy section of the recall, Tesla explains that it will push the software fix to the entire population, but it will also continue to provide computer replacement for vehicles who experience shorting:
In a while after December 18, 2024, without charge to customers, affected cars began to receive an air software update (OTA) that adjusts the vehicle’s force series to save the short circuit failure condition in the Number one and/or secondary force component. Additional action of affected car owners is not required that are supplied with the 2024. 44. 25. 3, 2024. 45. 25. 6, or a subsequent release if an affected vehicle has not experienced the condition of failure or tension that would possibly result in the condition of short circuit failure. Tesla acts actively to identify the affected cars, if any, that would possibly result in the short -circuit failure condition. If an affected vehicle has experienced the failure condition or a failure restriction that would. Possibly, it results in the short -circuit failure condition before installing Edition 2024. 44. 25. 3, 2024. 45. 25. 6, or later, Tesla will update the vehicle’s car PC without charge to the customer.
We have indicated that some consumers who faced this challenge were to wait until months to replace the computer.
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