WASHINGTON — Nearly 200,000 Tesla vehicles are included in a recall over faulty rear-view cameras, federal regulators said.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued the recall for 199,575 Tesla cars Friday. It includes certain 2023 Model S, C and Y vehicles equipped with the company's full self-driving computer 4.0.
Instability in some of the software used by those cars may prevent the rear-view camera from displaying an image on the dashboard display screen.
According to the NHTSA, in certain circumstances the rear-view image won't display when the car is in reverse, decreasing the driver's ability to see behind them and increasing the risk of a crash.
Tesla has released a free software update to address the issue. The update will be sent wirelessly, meaning Tesla owner's won't need to take their cars in to the shop for a fix.
Notification letters for owners of affected Tesla vehicles are expected to be mailed out on March 22.
Anybody with questions about the recall can call the Tesla customer service hotline at 1-877-798-3752. Tesla's number for this recall is SB-24-00-002.
This isn't the only recent recall for Tesla cars in the U.S.
In December, Tesla was forced to recall more than 2 million cars, including almost every Tesla sold in the U.S. That recall was issued after a two-year investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration into a series of crashes that happened while the Autopilot partially automated driving system was in use. Some were deadly.
According to the NHTSA, Tesla said in December they would issue an over-the-air software update to fix that problem by including more warnings telling drivers to pay attention while the autopilot is engaged.