Tesla has “recalled” another 120,000 electric vehicles in the US, but the fix is just another over-the-air software update.
There’s a lot of debate in the Tesla community about whether or not it’s fair to call those issues “recalls” since the word generally refers to having to physically recall a vehicle to the manufacturer or service center to fix the issue, and in Tesla’s case, it is most often fixed with an over-the-air software update.
The media often focuses on Tesla having to “recall” large numbers of vehicles without highlighting that the recall is already fixed through a software update before they or the owners even find out about it.
This is another example.
Today, you are going to see a lot of headlines about Tesla having to “recall 120,000 vehicles”.
Here’s the issue according to the NHTSA defect notice: