Tesla remembers Mannequin S, X and Y for misaligned cameras

Tesla is recalling 1,337 mixed examples of the 2023 Mannequin S, Mannequin X and Mannequin Y to deal with misaligned cameras that will trigger their ahead collision avoidance and different semi-autonomous programs to fail with out warning. Tesla’s partially automated drive software program depends on exterior cameras to perform correctly, eschewing the mainstream use of radar/lidar for redundant security. The misaligned digital camera can render Tesla’s programs solely nonfunctional. 

“On sure affected automobiles, the pitch angle of the forward-facing cameras might not be aligned to specification, which can trigger sure energetic security options to be unavailable, together with automated emergency braking, ahead collision warning and lane retaining help, with out alerting the driving force to their unavailability,” Tesla’s defect report mentioned. “Unavailability of sure aforementioned energetic security options with out alerting the driving force to their unavailability could trigger the driving force to depend on the unavailable options, which might enhance the danger of a collision.”

Tesla says it has narrowed the specification for digital camera pitch angle from the manufacturing unit, which ought to forestall any future misaligned {hardware} from leaving the plant. Tesla service will contact homeowners for an inspection and potential adjustment to their present exterior cameras and any which might be out-of-spec might be adjusted for free of charge to the shopper. Notifications must be mailed by mid-September. 

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