Tesla is recalling nearly 12,000 cars due to concerns about their emergency brakes.
The recall was ordered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and affects 11,704 Model S, X, 3, and Y vehicles sold since 2017.
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The order came after an Oct. 23 software update to vehicles using Tesla’s early-access version 10.3 Full-Self Driving population. The FSD software is an advanced driver assistance system that handles some driving tasks. However, it does not make the car autonomous.
A spokesperson for NHTSA told the Washington Examiner that Tesla “uninstalled FSD 10.3 after receiving reports of inadvertent activation of the automatic emergency braking system” and then updated the software for affected vehicles.
Unexpected activation of the automatic emergency braking system could raise the risk of a rear-end collision. However, Tesla claims it is not aware of any crashes related to the software update.
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“Seeing some issues with 10.3,” tweeted Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Oct. 24. “So rolling back to 10.2 temporarily. Please note, this is to be expected with beta software.” The company began deploying the over-the-air software update on Oct. 25.
As of Oct. 29, Tesla reports more than 99.8% of vehicles included in the recall had installed an appropriate software update.
