Tesla remembers 380,000 cars after some drivers have declared a total loss of management assistance

A sur-Aerian update will discuss a software problem found in certain sedans of the 3 2023 model and the Y model SUVs

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Tesla has announced a recall of nearly 380,000 vehicles in the United States due to a failure of the power management assistance. The problem affects the 2023 sedans of model 3 and model crossings equipped with older software versions. Some owners have said they had found their electric vehicles heavier than usual, but others undergo a full loss of management control.

The deep cause of the problem has been identified as an overvoltage failure, which requires excessive constraint on the components of engine drive in the printed circuit card. This dysfunction can lead to the failure of the assistance system for power management, although the design means that drivers will never lose assistance when their EV is in motion.

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But when cars reach a stop, electric assistance disappears. It is always theoretically possible to run a 3 or there if it happens, but have you tried to lift a car of 4,400 pounds (2,000 kg) without recently assisted direction? It’s really a difficult job.

As if sweat on their eyebrows and pain in their shoulders, wrists and forearms were not enough to ensure that drivers know that their management had failed, a visual alert appears on the screen with the message ” Reduced management assistance. Management may require an increase in efforts. »»

Although the recall has not been announced that this month, Tesla recognized more than 3,000 guarantee complaints related to the issue and began an internal investigation almost two years ago in response to customer complaints concerning high steering efforts. The problem was also the subjects of an official survey from December 2023 by a non -American market and the American NHTSA opened its own investigation in February 2024. But the automaker declares that it has received no reports from ‘Accidents or injuries associated with the defect.

As with many tesla quality and safety boots, this is another software, which means that it is easy and inexpensive to put well. To solve the problem, Tesla deploys a live software update for 376,241 electric vehicles.

This recall comes in the heels of a previous one in January 2025, where Tesla recalled around 240,000 vehicles due to defective rear view cameras. The models affected in this case included the 2024-2025 model, the X 2023-2025 model, the Y 2023-2025 model and the 324-2025 model. The computer card of the car, leading to dysfunctions of the rear vision camera.