Tesla recalls 239,000 vehicles in US for rearview camera malfunctions

Tesla The company announced that it is voluntarily recalling about 239,000 of its electric cars in the US to address a problem that could cause the rearview cameras to malfunction. Records It was posted to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website Friday.

“A rearview camera that does not display an image reduces the driver’s rear view, increasing the risk of an accident,” Tesla wrote in a letter to the regulator. The recall applies to Tesla’s 2024-2025 Model 3 and Model S sedans and the 2023-2025 Model X and Model Y SUVs.

The company also said in Thank you letter It announced the release of an “over-the-air (OTA) software update” that could fix some of the vehicle’s camera problems.

In the year By 2024, Tesla issued 16 calls for 5.14 million EVs in the US. NHTSA data. The recall remedies include over-the-air software updates and spare parts. More than 40% of recalls last year involved issues with the newest vehicle in the company’s lineup, the Cybertruck, an angle-iron pickup that Tesla will begin delivering to customers in late 2023.

Regarding the latest recall, the company told NHTSA that it had received 887 warranty claims and dozens of field reports, but that it was not aware of any injuries, fatalities or other crashes resulting from rearview camera malfunctions.

Customers with vehicles that “experience a circuit board failure or stress” that causes the backup camera to malfunction can have their vehicle’s computers replaced by Tesla for free, the company said.

Tesla did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment.