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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 vans to prospects in December 2022.
According to recall filings posted on the web site of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 35 Semi vans have been affected. The vans have been constructed with an digital parking brake valve module discovered to include a defect by provider Bendix in February 2023.
The defect left drivers susceptible to “rollaway” incidents and elevated the chance of a crash. According to a recall discover, the faulty modules could “fail to move into the park position when the parking brake is activated” leaving drivers unaware their Semi may roll away. The parking brake part defect has not resulted in a crash or any damages, in line with the filings.
While Tesla confirmed off the design of the Semi in late 2017, it solely started producing the vans in Nevada final yr and commenced deliveries to early buyer Pepsi at a advertising occasion late final yr.
In filings on the NHTSA website, 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 anticipated to concern 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”