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Tesla announced a recall of more than 125,000 cars that were operating with a seat belt system defect and potentially putting drivers at an increased risk of injury when on the road.
Under National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) federal guidelines, vehicles are required to have audible and visual seat belt reminder signals to notify drivers that their seatbelt isn’t properly fastened. The Tesla vehicles facing the recall had signals going off at improper times, the NHTSA said in a report released Thursday.
This recall contributes to the company’s 2.5 million recalls issued this year so far.
In January, Tesla recalled certain 2023 Y, S and X model vehicles due to a software issue that prevented the camera image from showing images while the Teslas are in reverse. The following month, Tesla recalled almost 2.2 million vehicles because of “incorrect font size” on its instrument panel for its brake, park and antilock brake system warning lights. Then, in April, Tesla recalled all MY 2024 Cybertrucks made between November 13, 2023, to April 4, 2024 due to faulty accelerator pedals.
Tesla also had the highest accident rate of any car in 2023, according to a Lending Tree analysis last year, with 23.54 accidents per 1,000 drivers.
Here’s what we know about the most recent Tesla recall.
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What exactly is defective in the models?
On certain vehicles with specific seat belt software, there is no required audible and visual seat belt reminder for drivers even when the driver’s seat belt is not fashioned, because of faulty tracing in driver’s seat occupancy.
When did Tesla first find out about the discrepancy?
On April 18, Tesla identified this discrepancy with seat belt reminders as a part of an internal compliance audit with the 2024 Tesla Model X, and then investigated the condition through the rest of April and May.
After Tesla completed their investigation in late May, the company voluntarily recalled the affected vehicles.
Which models are…
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