Tesla has issued a software fix to the vast majority of its U.S. vehicles over the risk that the car’s software could fail to detect an unlatched hood, which could fly open and obstruct the driver’s view, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
The over-the-air-update, formally described by NHTSA as a product recall, applies to more than 1.85 million vehicles from model years 2017 through 2024 across the Model S, Model X, Model 3 and Model Y product lines, as well as certain Model S and Model X vehicles from earlier years.
It’s the latest large-scale product recall involving software problems for Tesla. The company issued software updates for almost all of its U.S. vehicles last December, to add more safeguards for its Autopilot system, and in February to address a problem with font sizes on its instrument panel.
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The company began investigating the issue in March after it received complaints from drivers in China, according to a NHTSA recall report. A month later it identified the problem as having to do with “latch switch deformation,” and an investigation determined that the problem occurred more often in China “for reasons unknown,” as compared to North America.
The company started distributing the software update to Tesla owners on June 18, according to the recall notice.
The company identified three warranty claims associated with the issue but there weren’t any injuries or deaths, according to NHTSA.
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