Tesla Issues Semi Truck Recall Over Rollaway Risk

The worldwide hold for Tesla’s all-electric semi-trucks seemed unimaginably agelong owed to the hype that had been built up astir them. But Tesla yet made bully connected its committedness by yet commending deliveries successful December of 2022. Sadly, nary shaper seems to beryllium capable to nutrient caller models without a fewer hiccups these days and the institution has issued a voluntary callback connected the rigs.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) confirmed connected Friday that Tesla plans to callback 35 long-haul Semis implicit parking brake issues. While that doesn’t dependable similar a batch of units, it apt comprises a important information of those built betwixt November 30th, 2022, and February 28th, 2023.

Based connected the callback report, the trucks were manufactured with an physics parking brake module that supplier Bendix suggested mightiness person immoderate problems. The resulting contented presents a rollaway risk, arsenic the “electronic parking brake valve module (PVM) whitethorn neglect to determination into the parkland presumption erstwhile the parking brake is activated.”

That’s atrocious quality for immoderate conveyance and peculiarly unsafe erstwhile the exemplary successful question weighs implicit 10 tons without a trailer. The bully quality is that the parking brake constituent defect has not resulted successful immoderate known damages, according to the NHTSA filing.

We’ve seen the motortruck successful the media successful its existent signifier since 2017. But deliveries did not commence until precocious past year, with Pepsi getting the archetypal batch arsenic portion of a high-profile acquisition garnering loads of publicity.

Tesla is acceptable to springiness america a tally regarding the fig of trucks this play arsenic portion of its first-quarter conveyance accumulation and deliveries report. The callback volition apt beryllium mentioned arsenic well, with much details being offered.

As of now, the solution involves having Tesla regenerate the parking brake valve module escaped of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to beryllium mailed by May 23rd, 2023. However, owners whitethorn besides interaction Tesla lawsuit work astatine 1-877-798-3752. Tesla's fig for this callback is SB-23-33-001.

The NHTSA’s Vehicle Safety Hotline tin likewise beryllium reached astatine 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153) for those seeking further information. Alternatively, drivers tin enactment their conveyance recognition fig (VIN) into the callback leafage oregon look up the callback run utilizing codification 23V205000.

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