Tesla Recalls About 130,00 Cars Due To Touchscreen Malfunction
Tesla has issued a recall for nearly 130,000 vehicles in the U.S. due to a touchscreen malfunction issue caused by an overheating CPU. This is the latest in a long line of recalls for various Tesla models over the past year. Earlier this month, the company recalled a single unit of its Model X EV over missing a safety reinforcement. A week before that, the company recalled around 48,000 Model 3 Performance vehicles due to a speedometer malfunction.
Earlier this year, the EV-maker was forced to recall more than 800,000 vehicles over a seat-belt chime malfunction and around 54,000 units due to faulty Full Self-Driving (FSD) software. It also recalled nearly 30,000 cars because of problems with windshields that were not defrosting quickly enough in cold weather. The latest recall is for a touchscreen malfunction that may not seem like a serious safety issue, but the problem with the screen can still result in a lack of information for the driver, thereby increasing the risk of an accident.
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According to a document published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the problem relates to the CPU of the car's touchscreen-based infotainment system, which can sometimes overheat when supercharging or preparing the battery pack for supercharging. As a result, the screen can sometimes go blank or become laggy and unresponsive. The computer can also sometimes randomly restart due to the problem. According to Tesla, a lagging or unresponsive CPU could prevent the center screen from displaying critical information, such as «rearview camera image, gear selection, windshield visibility control settings, and warning lights.»
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