The phrase “recall” does not mean that cars will be returned to garages and warehouses (Getty)
3 weeks into November, it started American electric car company Tesla Practically, it is the fourth summons that it implements this month, bringing the total of its summons for this year to 19 due to various malfunctions.
On November 19, billionaire Elon Musk’s company recalled 321,000 cars in the United States due to taillight problems, after recalling 30,000 X models the day before due to an airbag problem.
Earlier this month, according to Yahoo Finance, the company recalled 40,000 Model S and Model X cars between 2017 and 2021 due to possible downgrades or loss of power steering, and 53 vehicle for a problem installing the side view mirror.
According to the Department of Transportation’s NHTSA website, the recalls “Tesla” It accounts for 5% of all vehicles sold so far this year in the United States, but is second only to recalls Ford In terms of the number of vehicles covered by these operations.
Despite the frequency and size of these recalls, sector observers do not raise alarm bells. Most of these reports are voluntary bug reports, and for Tesla, “recall” never means a return the cars To garages and warehouses, it’s just a small patch and back to the roads.
Musk has a problem with the FTA and the media’s use of the word “recall” because problems often need “small” software fixes online, he says.
Like most car companies, the recalls do not affect Tesla’s share price on the stock exchange, because larger factors play a role, including inflationary pressures and the Twitter purchase.
But unless Tesla finds and fixes the loopholes in a timely manner, you could run into legal trouble. The US Department of Justice is conducting a criminal investigation against the company and its executives over allegations of “self-driving.”