Tesla has officially published a reminder of more than 200,000 cars in the United States to the internal autonomous PC of the vehicle’s short circuit and not to work.
This is a factor that Electk has been informing for a month.
In December, Electk released an exclusive report that Tesla has a major challenge with a new edition of its “full autonomous computer,” AI4. 1, failing due to a short circuit, and Tesla wants to upgrade the computers.
We discover examples of those that occur in July. The challenge can start quickly, a few kilometers in a new logo car or after a few of a few thousand kilometers.
When the PC fails, many characteristics of the vehicle stop working, such as active protection characteristics, windshield wiper, automotive road areas, cameras and even GPS, navigation and estimates.
The Tesla solution to update the PC completely, but the resources also discussed a transient software solution to allow some of the characteristics meanwhile.
We follow up on an earlier report this week that highlighted how it leaves consumers in a difficult scenario without the capacity and with faster battery degradation because the PC seems stuck in an automatic mode that drains five kWh consistent with DayArray
In the most recent report, we also argued that Tesla had not yet expressed a retirement about this challenge despite doing so, because those cars have not complied with NHTSA without rear cameras.
Today, Tesla officially issued a recall on the matter. For the first time, we have a greater concept of the affected population, which is 239,382 vehicles:
The topics population includes a safe-style year (MY) 2024-2025 Model 3, my style and 2023-2025, my 2024-2025 style and my style styles x 2023-2025 that were supplied with safe automotive computers and exploiting a Edition software that is yielded before 2024. 44. 25. 3 or 2024. 45. 25. 6
In the reminder notice, Tesla describes the breach:
On a small percentage of affected vehicles, upon vehicle power up, a reverse current may cause a shorting failure on the car computer board, resulting in the loss of rearview camera functionality, which does not comply with FMVSS 111, S5.5 and S6.2
Again, the challenge is much bigger than that, as the entire PC fails, however, the automaker only mentions the camera in the background, as that’s the component that makes it a security threat and a non-conforming one.
These things take place when new portions are used, I understand it. But Tesla wants to be more transparent about the problem, and also publicly leaves with a plan to update them as temporarily possible. It is a bad business to take care of that way.
Tesla says it saw the top PC failure rate on November 21, 2024. He investigates and after about a month, he thinks he has a concept of the cause, which would be several points that run together:
This series of rapid hardware and hardware configurations, together with colder temperatures, can accumulate the inverted current, which can cause a short circuit in the number one and / or secondary force components.
As of December 30, 2024, Tesla knew 887 guaranteeing judicial cases similar to this issue.
In the retirement segment, Tesla explains that it will push the software solution to the total population, however, it will also continue to update the PC for cars that know the short circuit:
In a while after December 18, 2024, free of charge for customers, assigned cars began to obtain a live software (OTA) update that modifies the vehicle switching series to save a short fault condition -circit in number one and / or / or secondary condition for force component. No other action is mandatory for affected car owners supplied with the 2024. 44. 25. 3, 2024. 45. 25. 6 or the next release if an affected vehicle has not experienced the failure condition or tension that can cause the failure of failure of the fault of the short circuit. Tesla is actively executed to identify the assigned cars, if mandatory, which can lead to the short circuit failure condition. If an affected vehicle has known the failure condition or a failure restriction that can lead to the short circuit failure condition before installing the 2024. 44. 25. 3, 2024. 45. 25. 6 or a subsequent edition edition, Tesla will update the PC of the PC of the PC AT at at at at at at at8 automobile. There is no charge for the client.
We have indicated that some consumers who experience this factor have to wait months for a computer replacement.
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