SAN FRANCISCO — Tesla is recalling more than 360,000 vehicles equipped with its Full Self-Driving beta software over apparent crash risks, a government regulator said.
The company says it will send a remote update to remedy the problem, as it has done with past recalls. It is the widest recall yet for the software, which has garnered widespread attention for Tesla's promises to leverage it to make vehicles autonomous.
Officials said the software — part of Tesla's driver-assistance package — is being recalled because of the vehicles' failure to stop at intersections or exercise proper caution at yellow signals, as well as adhere to posted speed limits. The recall notice, dated Wednesday, was posted to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website this week. It affects 362,758 vehicles, including Tesla models dating back to 2016.
"The FSD Beta system may allow the vehicle to act unsafe around intersections, such as traveling straight through an intersection while in a turn-only lane, entering a stop sign-controlled intersection without coming to a complete stop, or proceeding into an intersection during a steady yellow traffic signal without due caution," the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration wrote in a letter. "In addition, the system may respond insufficiently to changes in posted speed limits or not adequately account for the driver's adjustment of the vehicle's speed to exceed posted speed limits."
This is a developing story.