The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) found that 11,704 vehicles - distributed across Tesla’s Model S, X, 3 and Y range - were estimated to have the defect.
The glitch was actually introduced by Tesla itself after it released a firmware update to the vehicles (2021.36.5.2) on October 23 2021 that gave drivers limited early access to its version 10.3 'Full-Self Driving' (FSD) beta software.
However, the update introduced a software communication disconnect between the two onboard chips; specifically, when the vehicle is waking up from 'Sentry Mode' or 'Summon Standby Mode'.
This communication disconnect could result in the video neural networks that operate on that chip running less consistently than expected, the NHTSA said. The rollout of the new software was quickly halted while a fix was found and new software was deployed in an over-the-air update.
NHTSA said Tesla “uninstalled FSD 10.3 after receiving...