The Tesla Semi has been hit with a second recall after the one in March for a parking brake difficulty.

Whereas the earlier Tesla Semi recall required a go to to the Tesla service, the treatment for this one is an over-the-air software program replace. Extra particularly, the problem now could be that the Semi’s door closure warning might be dismissed, which signifies that an operator could also be unaware of an unsecured door and start driving, growing the danger of damage to occupants.

Within the recall discover on the Nationwide Freeway Site visitors Security Administration (NHTSA) web site, Tesla says the Semi‘s defective door open indicator solely shows when the parking brake will not be engaged and facet door will not be absolutely latched, whatever the car’s “ignition”
standing. 

Moreover, the door closure warning system permits the operator to dismiss the notification that the facet door in unlatched, which might end in driving with an unsecured door. 

As such, the autos included within the recall – 36 Semis – fail to adjust to the necessities of Federal Motor Automobile Security Customary quantity 206, “Door Locks and Door Retention Elements.”

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As a treatment, Tesla mentioned within the NHTSA recall report that it has launched an over-the-air (OTA) software program replace, freed from cost.

Whereas this can be a comparatively minor difficulty, the recall really sheds some gentle on the Tesla Semi manufacturing numbers, which the automaker has been fairly secretive about since the primary models had been delivered to PepsiCo in December 2022.

For the primary recall, Tesla mentioned the 35 doubtlessly affected Semi vans had been produced between November 30, 2022, and February 28, 2023. Now, for this second recall, Tesla says the 36 affected autos had been made between November 30, 2022 and March 15, 2023.

As Electrek factors out, the variety of vans affected by the second recall coincides with the variety of vans PepsiCo and its subsidiary Frito-Lay are reportedly deploying. Additionally noteworthy is the actual fact Tesla hasn’t delivered Semi vans to different industrial clients.

Assuming Tesla constructed solely 36 Semis from November 30, 2022 by way of March 15, 2023, this implies that within the first two weeks of March Tesla solely constructed one Semi truck. 

This begs an apparent query: has Tesla constructed any Semis on its pilot line in Nevada since March 15? And it if has, had been these autos not recalled as a result of they had been outfitted with a more moderen software program model that addressed the problem? These can be good inquiries to ask Tesla, however as you in all probability know, the EV maker doesn’t have a PR division.