Tesla has issued a recall for over 2 million vehicles due to safety concerns with its Autopilot advanced driver-assistance system, Reuters reports.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has asserted that the Autopilot feature in Tesla vehicles does not require enough attention from the driver while it is in use.
The agency has been investigating this issue for over two years, now culminating in the largest Tesla recall affecting nearly all of its vehicles on U.S. roadways. A probe was first opened in August 2021 after over a dozen incidents of Tesla vehicles hitting stationary emergency vehicles were reported.
Though the automaker did not agree with NHTSA’s assessment, it will be releasing an over-the-air software update to emphasize visual alerts on the user interface, make it easier to turn Autosteer on and off, and put in place other precautions for drivers before they can engage Autosteer, which is a function of Autopilot that helps maintain speed and staying within lanes.
The software update will apply to 2.03 million Model S, X, 3, and Y vehicles spanning back to the 2012 model year.
