Tesla said on Friday that it was recalling 120,000 Model S and Model X cars in the United States because of the possibility of unlocked doors opening in the event of a collision.
Due to the potential for doors to become unlocked and open during a crash, Tesla (TSLA.O) is recalling slightly over 120,000 Model S and Model X cars in the United States, the carmaker announced on Friday.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Tesla published an over-the-air (OTA) software update for model years 2021–2023, which does not meet federal safety criteria for side-impact protection.
In a Friday filing with the NHTSA, Tesla reported that during a routine crash test earlier this month, it observed a cabin door unlatch following impact on the non-struck side.
Tesla found that the lockout feature, which was accidentally left out of the software updates it started releasing in late 2021, was not functioning in the test vehicle.
According to Tesla, there have been no injuries or warranty claims connected to the problem.
The largest-ever recall by Tesla to replace or repair a defective product in the United States occurred last week, affecting all 2.03 million of its cars on American roads. The NHTSA raised safety concerns, which prompted the recall to add additional security to the advanced driver assistance technology called Autopilot.
This week, the NHTSA informed Reuters that it intends to test any hardware or software changes that Tesla installs on recalled cars to address the Autopilot problem.
The NHTSA stated that it will assess potential solutions for any problems using several Tesla vehicles at its Vehicle Research and Test Center in Ohio. As an example, it will take into account “real world incident outcomes before and after the remedy rollout as well,” it continued.
The agency stated that because it “only received the software update on the vehicles it owns a few days ago,” it had not yet examined Tesla’s over-the-air fix.
