Tesla is recalling 3,878 Cybertrucks to repair an accelerator pedal pad that might come unfastened and get lodged within the inside trim, the U.S. Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration (NHTSA) stated on Friday.
A trapped accelerator pedal might trigger the car to speed up unintentionally, rising the chance of a crash, the auto security regulator stated in a discover.
Tesla began deliveries of its Cybertruck electrical pickup truck late final yr, after a two-year delay as a consequence of manufacturing issues and battery-supply constraints.
Tesla will substitute or restore the accelerator pedal meeting at no cost and house owners might be notified by way of letters mailed to them in June, the NHTSA stated.
Within the first quarter of 2024, the EV maker had three recollects affecting about 2.4 million autos, in accordance with a report by recall administration agency BizzyCar.
Nevertheless, most points associated to Tesla recollects are normally resolved by way of over-the-air software program updates.
In February, Tesla recalled about 2.2 million autos within the U.S. as a consequence of an incorrect font measurement on warning lights, and U.S. security regulators upgraded their probe into the corporate’s autos over energy steering loss to the standing of an engineering evaluation.
