The electric car manufacturer Tesla has already had to start several recall campaigns this year. Another software update is now due for more than one million Teslas in the USA. The reason: car occupants run the risk of pinching their fingers through the automated closing system of the windows.
The electric car manufacturer Tesla has to install a software update for almost 1.1 million vehicles in the USA due to safety concerns. The Federal Highway and Vehicle Safety Administration (NHTSA) referred to a malfunction in several Tesla models with the automated closing system for the windows. Car occupants run the risk of pinching their fingers.
Tesla vehicles have a sensor system that is designed to automatically detect resistance and stop the windows from closing. In some Model 3, Y, S and X vehicles, however, resistors are not always reliably detected, the NHTSA warned. Tesla said the company has no knowledge of any accidents or injuries caused by the malfunction.
The problem should now be fixed with a software update. Affected car owners will be notified from November 15th. Tesla had already had to launch several such recalls in the United States this year. For a long time, the company had been running software updates without notifying owners or regulators.
NHTSA in June expanded its investigation into a series of accidents in which Tesla vehicles using Autopilot collided with emergency vehicles that were stopped on the street due to an emergency. Tesla boss Musk recently said how important self-driving cars are for his company. Without autopilot, Tesla’s value tends “towards zero”.
In the past, accidents involving Teslas with autopilot had repeatedly made headlines. According to a NHTSA report released in June, autopilot-controlled Teslas were involved in 273 accidents in the United States within a year.
