Tesla recalls more than 360,000 electric cars due to dangerous behaviour of FSD autopilot at intersections

Tesla is once again experiencing a problem with the Full Self-Driving (FSD) automatic piloting system, which is already available to 400,000 electric car owners in North America. However, the manufacturer has been forced to recall hundreds of thousands of vehicles to update the FSD.

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has required Elon Musk to update the software on 362,758 vehicles. The reason was the dangerous behaviour of FSD at intersections.

FSD is a hardware-software solution that, at this stage of development, allows Tesla electric vehicles to pass regulated and unregulated intersections with minimal driver involvement. The NHTSA believes that the US company's vehicles can cause accidents when crossing intersections.

The regulator has four main claims about Tesla electric vehicles. Firstly, a vehicle with the FSD feature can drive straight ahead at intersections where only sideways driving is allowed. Secondly, the cars can ignore the stop line. Thirdly, electric cars are capable of exceeding speed limits. Fourthly, cars sometimes ignore safety precautions when a yellow traffic light is on.

Elon Musk's company stated that it has no information about accidents, which were caused by the above mentioned defects. The Tesla chief himself urged against using the term "recall" if the problem only requires a software update.

The problem with the FSD has affected the Model 3, Model S, Model X and Model Y. The production years are 2017-2023, 2016-2023, 2016-2023 and 2020-2023 respectively.

Source: CNBC