The recall has to do with issues with the vehicle’s warning lights, and is the first recall to impact Tesla’s new Cybertruck
Tesla has issued a new recall that impacts almost every vehicle it’s ever sold in the United States. The recall, over hard-to-read warning lights impacts over 2 million vehicles, including the company’s recently released Cybertruck.
The National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA) says that the font Tesla uses to mark the park, brake, and anti-lock brake controls on its vehicle dashboards is under the 3.2mm size requirement and as such might be hard for drivers to read, potentially resulting in an error or crash, Automotive News reports.
In addition to the required size, the warning indicators visual and written warnings are required to be in contrasting colors to the background and each other, with one of them displayed in red.
The recall impacts vehicles across Tesla’s lineup including the Model S, Model X, 2017-2023 Model 3, Model Y, and 2024 Cybertruck vehicles.
Tesla began fixing the issue on January 23 via an over-the-air software update which will increase the font size for the warning indicator lights. The update will also go out to Tesla’s Cybertrucks that are currently in production.
The recall marks the first to impact Tesla’s Cybertruck line.
The recall comes after a voluntary December recall of Tesla vehicles over the vehicle’s Autopilot system over safety concerns. The issue was that the vehicle’s technology did not adequately respond when drivers ignored warnings about the vehicle’s self-driving features.
Tesla rolled out an updated version of Autopilot to address the issue; however, many drivers have reported that Autopilot on their vehicles is now too strict or not working properly. In a complaint to the NHTSA one driver said “The car is actually now more unsafe and distracting with disruptive beeping and alerts.”
