A software glitch is forcing Tesla to recall more than 300,000 vehicles.
Tesla announced the software glitch causes one or both taillights on certain Model 3 and Model Y electric vehicles to go off intermittently, “which may increase the risk of a collision.”
“In rare instances, taillamps on one or both sides of affected vehicles may intermittently illuminate due to a firmware anomaly that may cause false fault detections during the vehicle wake up process,” Tesla said in a filing. “Brake lamps, backup lamps, and turn signal lamps are not affected by this condition and continue to operate as designed.”
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The automaker said an online software update is being released to fix the problem.
The recall pertains to certain 2023 Model 3 and 2020 to 2023 Model Y vehicles, potentially amounting to 321,628 Teslas.
Tesla said it first learned of the problem late last month through customer complaints but is not aware of any crashes, injuries, or deaths related to the software glitch.
This is Tesla’s 19th recall of the year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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It comes just days after the electric vehicle maker recalled nearly 30,000 Model X cars over concerns that an airbag may not deploy correctly. More than 40,000 Model S and Model X vehicles were also recalled earlier this month for power steering assist failure.
