Tesla more than 240,000 cars due to rear visibility problems.
In a regulatory filing this week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said the electric automaker reported that a computer circuit board on certain Model 3, S, X and Y vehicles may short, resulting in the loss of the rearview camera image, reducing the driver’s rear view and raising the risk of a crash.
Tesla is aware of accidents, injuries or deaths similar to the disease, according to recall documents.
The recall of the following Tesla vehicles:
To fix the problem, Tesla released a free software update. The company said it “will also identify any vehicles that experienced a circuit board failure, or stress that may lead to a circuit board failure, and replace the affected computers, free of charge.”
Notification letters are to be mailed to owners of affected cars on March 7, 2025. Owners may contact Tesla customer service at 1-877-798-3752. Tesla’s number for this recall is SB-25-00-001.
Owners can also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153) or nhtsa. gov. The NHTSA recall number is 25V-002.
This is Tesla’s first recall of 2025. It follows an initial recall in December involving more than 2 million Tesla cars across its model lineup to fix a faulty Autopilot system.
U.S. regulators on Tuesday opened an investigation into 2.6 million Teslas after reports of crashes involving the use of the company’s autonomous driving technology that allows drivers to remotely command their vehicle to return to them, or move to another location, using a phone app.