Tesla has issued a software update for 1.85 million of its vehicles in the U.S. to fix a safety issue involving the hood.
A notice posted online by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Tuesday explained the problem, saying that after a customer action opens the hood, it’s possible that the latch assembly will fail to detect that it’s open, thereby preventing a driver notification of the hood’s open state when the vehicle is placed into drive.
The good news is that Tesla is not aware of any crashes, injuries, or deaths related to the issue, though as of July 20, the automaker had identified three warranty claims or field reports for U.S. vehicles related to — or which may be related t0 — the problem. Tesla began investigating customer complaints on March 25 in response to reports of unintended hood openings on Model 3 and Model Y vehicles in China, and the automaker fully identified the issue several weeks later.
On June 18, Tesla released the first of two over-the-air software remedies at no cost to the customer. A second update was made available on July 15.
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