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More than a million Tesla owners will have yet another recall notice to deal with in the coming weeks. On Tuesday the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for numerous late model vehicles from across the EV maker's lineup because "the window automatic reversal system may not react correctly after detecting an obstruction," and as such, "a closing window may exert excessive force by pinching a driver or passenger before retracting, increasing the risk of injury," .
The following models and years are impacted: 2017-22 Model 3s as well as 2020-21 Model Y, X and S vehicles. Tesla has until mid-November to contact affected owners and plans to push an OTA software update to correct the issue.
Per the Associated Press, Tesla first identified the issues during product testing in August and has incorporated the update into newly built vehicles since September 13th. However, multiple Twitter users have sounded off in response to Tuesday's announcement, noting that their vehicles have been having nearly identical issues since at least 2021.
This is far from Tesla's first safety recall. Over the last two years alone, Teslas have been recalled on account of , , , , , , , and . And that's just in the US. In Germany this past July, on its Model 3s too.
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The following models and years are impacted: 2017-22 Model 3s as well as 2020-21 Model Y, X and S vehicles. Tesla has until mid-November to contact affected owners and plans to push an OTA software update to correct the issue.
Per the Associated Press, Tesla first identified the issues during product testing in August and has incorporated the update into newly built vehicles since September 13th. However, multiple Twitter users have sounded off in response to Tuesday's announcement, noting that their vehicles have been having nearly identical issues since at least 2021.
This is far from Tesla's first safety recall. Over the last two years alone, Teslas have been recalled on account of , , , , , , , and . And that's just in the US. In Germany this past July, on its Model 3s too.
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