Tesla Autopilot investigation closed by NHTSA — but now a recall query looms

By Joey Klender Posted on April 26, 2024 Tesla Autopilot is getting further scrutiny from the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminsitration (NHTSA) as the agency has opened a Rcall Query to determine whether its safeguards that were rolled out in an Over-the-Air update late last year are effective. The NHTSA closed an Investigation into Tesla …

This petition urges the NHTSA to stop calling OTA updates ‘recalls’

By Zachary Visconti Posted on March 12, 2024 One Tesla shareholder has launched a new petition encouraging the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to change the language surrounding safety recalls that are fixed with an over-the-air (OTA) software update. On Tuesday, Sawyer Merritt announced on X that he has launched a petition to urge …

Tesla Model 3/Y power steering probe upgraded to engineering analysis

By Zachary Visconti Posted on February 4, 2024 The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has escalated an investigation into Tesla’s Model 3 and Model Y to an engineering analysis, following driver complaints about losing power steering. The NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened the probe into the Tesla power steering on 2023 Model …