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Tesla has issued a voluntary recall on the Semi, a primary for the reason that firm started deliveries of the heavy-duty electrical vehicles to clients in December 2022.
According to recall filings posted on the web site of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 35 Semi vehicles had been affected. The vehicles had been constructed with an digital parking brake valve module discovered to include a defect by provider Bendix in February 2023.
The defect left drivers weak to “rollaway” incidents and elevated the probability of a crash. According to a recall discover, the faulty modules might “fail to move into the park position when the parking brake is activated” leaving drivers unaware their Semi may roll away. The parking brake element defect has not resulted in a crash or any damages, in keeping with the filings.
While Tesla confirmed off the design of the Semi in late 2017, it solely started producing the vehicles in Nevada final 12 months and commenced deliveries to early buyer Pepsi at a advertising and marketing occasion late final 12 months.
In filings on the NHTSA web site, Tesla mentioned it’ll “replace the parking brake valve module with a revised part with improved internals that prevent air leakage and allow the driver to engage and disengage parking brakes.”
Elon Musk’s electrical automobile maker is predicted to problem its first-quarter 2023 automobile manufacturing and deliveries report this weekend. Tesla has not beforehand damaged out Semi manufacturing and supply numbers in its quarterly updates.
Source: www.cnbc.com