Tesla is recalling hundreds of thousands of autonomous vehicles equipped with experimental driving software from the company. The recall will be carried out in 362,758 cars, which will receive an urgent update to the vehicle’s software, due to a malfunction in the Full Self-Driving Beta (FSD Beta) software that may cause the vehicle to behave in a way that would endanger the passengers and cause traffic accidents. According to the recall notice, Tesla will release an over-the-air update to the software in its vehicles to address the problem.
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The FSD Beta system may crash and cause the vehicles affected by the malfunction to “behave in an unsafe manner, such as the vehicle entering an intersection with a ‘stop’ sign without its complete stop,” according to the US National Road Safety website. In addition, the system may exceed limits the speed and not referring to the traffic lights.
The vehicles affected by the fault and in which the recall will be carried out are: Models S and X from the years 2016-2023, Model 3 from the years 2017-2023 and Model Y from the years 2020-2023.
Tesla allows thousands of drivers in the US to use the experimental and unfinished driving software on public roads in the country. The technology does not make Tesla’s vehicles more autonomous or safer to drive without a person sitting behind the wheel, ready to swerve the vehicle or brake at any given moment.
Only Tesla owners who have installed the FSD Premium driving system in their vehicle can join the beta program. This option in the US costs $15,000 in one payment or a monthly payment of $199. Those interested must show a high result in a driving safety test.