Tesla announced the recall of more than 321,000 vehicles in the United States due to occasional taillights not turning on.
The recall follows the company’s recall Friday of nearly 30,000 Model X cars in the US due to an issue that could cause the front passenger’s airbag to not deploy properly.
In a filing published Saturday, November 19, 2022, to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the electric vehicle maker said the recall regarding the taillights covers some 2023 Model 3 and 2020-2023 Model Y vehicles.
As with most Tesla recall notices, the fix will be a simple over-the-air (OTA) software update.
Tesla said it has no reports of accidents or injuries related to the recall.
The company said the recall followed a known customer complaint in late October, mostly from overseas markets, claiming the vehicle’s taillights did not come on.
The investigation found that in rare cases the lights may intermittently not work due to an anomaly that could lead to false fault detection during the vehicle start-up process. Tesla says it has received three warranty reports of the problem.
Tesla has reported 19 US recall campaigns in 2022 covering more than 3.7 million vehicles including four callbacks in November, according to NHTSA data.
You can read the full NHTSA notice below.
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