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Tesla recalls 120,000 vehicles over potentially faulty doors that could open in a crash
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this post was submitted on 23 Dec 2023
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Technically its a recall, but it's really a software update that all owners will receive without doing anything special. I'm not a fan of Tesla by any means, but let's not sharpen the pitchforks just yet.
Even ignoring bizarre stuff like this, it's priced like a Jaguar and has the build quality of a Yugo. I say keep sharpening.
Well, I wouldn't buy one...
And the 0-60 of a Koenigsegg at 1/20 the price, but also electric and potentially economical to drive.
0-60 of race car is the last thing a normal driver needs from a car. If you'll come up with a made up scenario where you have to floor it to save your life I will scream.
A Koeniggsegg handles much better and is well-built, though. It's meant for the track and it does that well.
In contrast, a Tesla Model S is an unnecessarily quick and overpriced family car with a dubious safety record due in part to having the build quality of a Yugo.
Just because the recall is an over the air fix, doesn't make it less serious. Which is probably why it's called a recall.
I think what makes it a recall is that the NHTSA points out a fault and requires the manufacturer to fix it. It just happens that Tesla has the ability to use OTA updates. So not sure there is a difference in severity just because a fix is software.
But it does raise the question for me if it’s a simple software fix why did Tesla wait for the NHTSA? Don’t they have tons of live diagnostic data from their cars?
"...let's not sharpen the pitchforks just yet" this is like the 845th domino that's fallen? You're not a serious person.
It's kinda scary that cars are no different now than software these days with all this "agile development"
Code it. "it's stable!". Don't do much testing. Bug reports come in. Fix.
All sounds like beta software to me. Just what I want to put my life in the hands of.
I can’t wait for the NHTSB’s verdict on the Cybertruck.
Am much more scared about those that don't open when you get in a crash. Which is all of them in case of losing power.
They all have manual, non-motorized releases. All of them.
Only the front ones, no?
No. Even the rear ones. The manual for some of them (some Model 3’s, for example) says that there are only manual release switches for the front, which is true, but some people confuse that for the rear not having a manual release at all. There’s a cable that you pull that’s under the liner in the rear doors. The higher-end models have dedicated buttons in the rear.
Edit: I checked YouTube to post a video of how the cable release works and found that some Model 3’s do not have the removable liner where the release cable is. They may not all have them which means that my answer is wrong in a few cases.
A security feature should never be hidden away though. Someone getting a lift might not know it's there.
Totally agree this is like an escape room you didn’t sign up for. “Please solve the following clues to open door”
I agree wholeheartedly. That wasn’t what was asked or said, though. The statement was that the rear doors don’t have a release. They do. End of story.
Hold on, shouldn't doors open in a crash? Isn't them not opening a major problem when you're trying to escape?
Once the crash is finished, sure. But mid crash the door opening could lead to leaving the vehicle unintentionally.
You don't want the doors to open while crashing, you want them to open when emergency gets there.
Aaah, sorry, misunderstood that. 😅
It's all cool. 👍🏾
And emergency crews carry the tool to cut them open if needed.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
As a remedy, Tesla is releasing an over-the-air (OTA) software update free of charge.
Last week, Tesla announced a recall for nearly all its U.S. vehicles — some 2 million — due to concerns about the safety of its autopilot driver-assistance feature.
A federal investigation found that its autosteer function may have led some drivers to abandon responsibility for the operation of their vehicles.
That recall came after one in February affecting more than 360,000 vehicles related to Tesla's “full self-driving” software.
In a post last week on X, formerly known as Twitter, Tesla issued a statement accusing some news outlets of misconstruing "the nature of our safety systems," adding that "incontrovertible data" shows Tesla's features are "saving lives and preventing injury."
A NHTSA spokesperson told NBC News last week that its investigation into Tesla's autopilot features “remains open as we monitor the efficacy of Tesla’s remedies and continue to work with the automaker to ensure the highest level of safety.”
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Dang, I’ll try to avoid crashing until after the update is installed.