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Tesla is recalling more than 1.6 million vehicles in China over issues with steering software and door-locking systems, the country's regulator says.

The recall includes its models S, X, 3 and Y, and 7,538 imported vehicles.

The problems will be fixed by remote updates to software, meaning the vehicles will not need to be taken to dealerships or garages.

It comes less than a month after Tesla recalled two million cars in the US due to autopilot software issues.

In May last year, the Chinese regulator said more than a million vehicles may have acceleration and braking system issues.

The American electric car giant then discovered problems with assisted driving functions and door-locking systems.

The Chinese regulator, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), described the planned vehicle update as a recall, even though it will happen remotely.

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[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 4 points 10 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Tesla is recalling more than 1.6 million vehicles in China over issues with steering software and door-locking systems, the country's regulator says.

The American electric car giant then discovered problems with assisted driving functions and door-locking systems.

"For vehicles within the scope of this recall, when the automatic assisted steering function is turned on, the driver may misuse the level two combined assisted driving function, increasing the risk of vehicle collision and posing a safety hazard," the SAMR explained.

Separately, Tesla will also upgrade the software for 7,538 units of Models S and X cars to fix the problem of doors that could unlock in crashes.

Another similar move in 2022 saw Tesla recall nearly 128,000 cars in China over a rear motor inverter defect.

Tesla has a large consumer market in China - where people have been encouraged to buy electric and hybrid vehicles through subsidies.


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[-] Gigan@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

They really shouldn't call it a recall if they can just fix the problem remotely with a software update. Recall makes it sound like there will be a much bigger impact, but in reality most customers won't even notice.

[-] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

And now they will know because it was called a recall. They will know that their cars manufacturer screwed up and can't just quietly hide their attempted fix behind updates when it should have been fully tested to begin with. Roads are not for beta testing yet here we are..

No company should be immune from being called out for their garbage workmanship and failures in software..ever. call them out every time. They don't respect anything so they should get no respect from everyone.

[-] theamigan@lemmy.dynatron.me 6 points 10 months ago

If you sell a dangerous shitbox product to the general public, it gets recalled. It doesn't matter what the remedy is. Companies need to be dissuaded from releasing half baked products to the market. "Move fast and break things" is quite literally not a viable strategy for vehicle production.

[-] ANIMATEK@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago

I agree with you. I don’t get why you are getting downvoted.

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