The recall covers certain Models Y, S and X from the 2023 model year. All are equipped with “Full Self-Driving” computer 4.0 and run software version 2023.44.30 through 2023.44.30.6 or 2023.44.100.
The company says in documents posted by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that software instability may prevent the camera image from showing images while the Teslas are in reverse. The safety agency says that can increase the risk of a crash.
Tesla says in documents that it is not aware of any crashes or injuries. Documents say the problem has been fixed with an online software update.
Owners will be notified by letter starting March 22.
So not a recall just a software update.
It’s a recall, it’s just that they can fix it with as software update.
I thought they pushed software updates OTA all the time?
A recall in my mind is when I have to bring my car into a dear ship/ repair shop to have it fixed not just click update. It isn’t like they are pulling the vehicles off the road.
Your perception of what a recall is does not align with what a recall is in a legal sense.
It’s still called a recall. Any time there’s a mass issue with vehicles that requires manufacturer intervention, that’s a recall.
While this is technically a recall because it relates to vehicles, it is more akin to Apple releasing a fix to iOS because the selfie-cam sometimes doesn’t work.
Your argument is doing more to convince me that not every recall is newsworthy than this is actually a big deal.
And I fucking hate Musk and Tesla. Show me a 200000 vehicle recall that actually pulls cars off the road and I’ll celebrate the stock price drop hurting Elon’s wallet. But this event doesn’t feel significant.
I’m reminded of early in Trump’s Presidency when folks would lose their minds over perfectly normal shit he was doing such as firing political appointees from the previous admin. Like, maybe it’s just a slow day for news. Instead of trying to make something about a nothing story, wait a day or two and they’ll do something mind-blowingly idiotic because that is their nature. It won’t be a long wait and then we can all laugh/rage at these assholes again.
Instead we get essentially a clickbait headline that is “technically true” but completely misleading.
it is more akin to Apple releasing a fix to iOS because the selfie-cam sometimes doesn’t work.
It’s not at all because that’s not a safety issue. Recalls are only for safety issues that manufacturers refuse to fix.
People have been backing up for over 100 years without a backup camera. Calling it a safety issues is stretching that definition.
It was a safety issue. That’s why backup cameras were federally mandated in 2014.
Backover crashes kill more than 200 people annually and injure more than 12,000.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/02/backup-cameras-now-required-in-new-cars-in-the-us.html
No argument here, I completely agree that this isn’t newsworthy. People just see “recall” but don’t realize those can be software patches.
Recall: a public call by a manufacturer for the return of a product that may be defective or contaminated
There is no return of a product.
Even if the vehicle is not returned, the NHTSA still calls it a recall.
in my mind
That’s a problem with your personal misconception.
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I just got a new(ish) car after my 21 year old Dodge became too expensive to repair anymore.
The backup camera is amazing! I have a much better field of view than I do with the mirror, and it also has this little wire-grid overlay to make it even easier to park perfectly straight and right up against a wall without touching it.
Are you fishing for the Elon hate comments or really think this is news worthy?
Are you saying that a recall for any vehicle isn’t noteworthy?
Because I would have posted it anyway, no matter which manufacturer was involved, because people need to be aware of recalls.
Because I would have posted it anyway, no matter which manufacturer was involved
Really? Because NHTSA has 40 vehicle recalls on file so far this month, some of which are much more serious, but this is the only one you’ve posted about. Recalls happen all the time for all sorts of reasons. This one is not really noteworthy, no.
I read multiple news sources. If a recall is listed I’ll post it. I do not search for recalls specifically.
But if that’s what you wanna do, have at it.
This is a software update. Not a loose bolt in a steering wheel.
It’s still a recall no matter the fix … and it’s repairing a possibly dangerous issue.
I can confirm these backup cameras are a liability. What’s much worse than them going black is when they will occasionally hang because the processor on older models (like mine) aren’t powerful enough, and what happens is you get an incorrect view from the cameras.
