Tesla is recalling over 24,000 Mannequin 3 items to repair an incorrectly reassembled seatbelt anchor. It’s the fifth bodily recall out of fifteen whole remembers Tesla has introduced to this point in 2022, with the opposite then being mounted with an Over-the-Air Software program Replace.
The NHTSA introduced on October 21 that Tesla would recall 24,064 items of the Mannequin 3 following the identification of a possible concern with seatbelt anchors within the rear seats. “Tesla, Inc. (Tesla) is recalling sure 2017-2022 Mannequin 3 autos. The second-row left seat belt buckle and second-row middle seat belt anchor could have been incorrectly reassembled throughout automobile service,” the NHTSA stated.
Tesla will treatment the issue by requiring affected autos to go to a neighborhood service middle for a free restore.
That is solely Tesla’s fifth recall of the yr that requires affected items to bodily go to a service middle for restore. As software program has turn into extra engrained in autos, many points may be repaired with an replace simply as a smartphone would. Nonetheless, the NHTSA and different businesses nonetheless qualify these as “remembers,” which has sparked loads of wholesome debates relating to terminology.
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The NHTSA advised Teslarati that the terminology of a recall is common and is utilized each time an automotive producer has to concern a bulletin to treatment a problem that might have an effect on security. This consists of software program updates, which has some individuals involved that the terminology might result in confusion.
Tesla’s 4 earlier bodily remembers in 2022 handled a alternative of airbags in 5 2022 Mannequin S items, digicam terminal swaps and recalibrations in seven Mannequin 3 and Mannequin Y items, airbag replacements in over 7,200 Mannequin X autos, and different airbag replacements in 9 Mannequin S autos. It additionally was pressured to concern a recall for a single Mannequin X automobile earlier this yr, which was merely changed by Tesla.
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