The US Highway Traffic Safety Authority (NHTSA) asked Tesla to respond to 758 consumer reports of unexpected brake activation on the automaker’s Autopilot system.
Reported by Reuters, Friday (3/6), NHTSA gave Tesla until June 20, 2022 to provide answers to the problem of brakes that activate automatically and work unexpectedly when the autopilot feature is turned on.
In February, NHTSA opened a preliminary investigation into 416,000 Tesla Model 3 and Model Y 2021-2022 in the United States, after it received 354 consumer reports regarding the issue over the past nine months.
NHTSA says the driver assistance system or autopilot allows the vehicle to brake and steer automatically in its lane.
Tesla customers who have complained about the problem say that when using driver assistance features such as adaptive cruise control, the vehicle brakes unexpectedly while speeding down the highway. The incident can happen many times in one trip.
