The Nationwide Freeway Site visitors Security Administration (NHTSA) has issued a recall for 14,575 Mannequin Y autos over a problem that Tesla can’t repair with its typical software program replace: a lacking label. In keeping with the recall report, Mannequin Ys made between November seventeenth, 2024 and April twenty first, 2026 could possibly be lacking a weight certification sticker as a result of a mishap with an “automated vision-scanning software” in Tesla’s Fremont, California manufacturing unit.
As Electrek studies, the sticker in query often goes on the within of the driving force’s facet door and exhibits the car’s most protected loaded weight, together with tire information and the manufacture date. Many drivers may not discover these stickers, however they’re essential to reference when packing your car since going over the max loaded weight could cause security dangers (they’re additionally useful for checking your tire stress).
Tesla estimates that solely 45 p.c of the recalled Mannequin Y autos are literally lacking the sticker. The recall report additionally notes that Tesla has fastened the automated scanning software that triggered the difficulty and its manufacturing groups have begun manually checking that autos have the sticker within the manufacturing unit.
In contrast to most Tesla remembers which are merely fastened remotely, drivers might want to bodily convey their Mannequin Ys in for an inspection to examine for the sticker and add one if wanted. A minimum of this recall doesn’t include a threat of the wheels falling off.
