Tesla remembers 26,681 automobiles on account of warmth pump points

Tesla has issued a recall for 26,681 automobiles on account of warmth pump points which may lower windshield defrosting efficiency. That is the corporate’s fifth car recall since November 2021.

A discover posted by the Nationwide Freeway Site visitors Security Administration (NHTSA) on Feb eight says that the problem impacts the next automobiles: Tesla Mannequin 3 (mannequin 12 months 2021-2022), Tesla Mannequin S (2021-2022), Tesla Mannequin X (2021-2022), and Tesla Mannequin Y (2020-2022).

“A software program error might trigger a valve within the warmth pump to open unintentionally and entice the refrigerant contained in the evaporator, leading to decreased defrosting efficiency,” the discover says. This, in flip, may trigger windshield defrosting points, which may “scale back the motive force’s visibility, growing the chance of a crash.”

The difficulty will probably be solved through a free over-the-air software program replace.

Whereas this has been one of many smaller remembers for Tesla by way of whole automobiles affected, the sheer variety of points popping up is worrying. Simply final week, Tesla fastened a seat belt chime difficulty that affected 817,000 automobiles. A number of days earlier than that, Tesla needed to disable a “rolling cease” function in 53,822 automobiles because the NHTSA decided it could possibly be harmful. In December, the corporate recalled 475,000 automobiles on account of frunk and rearview digital camera issues, and in November, it got here to mild that hundreds of Tesla automobiles may have airbag points.