If you buy a Tesla, there’s a good chance the company will need to fix a serious problem. Nearly 1 million cars have been recalled in the company’s history.
On Jan. 30, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in the US confirmed a recall (pdf) of Tesla vehicles with Full Self-Driving (Beta) software over the “rolling stop” functionality which let them move through intersections without coming to a complete halt. The decision, made public yesterday (Feb. 1), affects 53,822 cars. The company introduced rolling stops—something human drivers do all the time—as part of its “aggressive” drive mode last October.
The company has been in hot water for a variety of reasons, including allowing drivers to play video games while behind the wheel, and autopilot causing crashes with parked emergency vehicles:
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