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This is more than the 2.03 million vehicles Tesla recalled in
the United States two months back, its biggest-ever such move at
the time, to install new safeguards in its Autopilot advanced
driver-assistance system.
Tesla has been under the NHTSA's scanner for its autonomous
driving aid that is intended to enable cars to steer, accelerate
and brake automatically within their lane.
The latest recall includes vehicles across Tesla's various
models, including the Model S, Model X, 2017-2023 Model 3, Model
Y, and 2024 Cybertruck vehicles, the NHTSA said.
"Warning lights with a smaller font size can make critical
safety information on the instrument panel difficult to read,
increasing the risk of a crash," the NHTSA said.
Tesla began releasing an over-the-air software update on Jan.
23, free of charge, to fix the issue, the regulator said.
The software update will increase the font size of the visual
warning indicators for the brake, park and antilock brake system
(ABS).
The Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 135 requires
warning indicators for vehicles equipped with hydraulic brakes
to be at least 3.2 millimeters, or an eight of an inch, high.
The standard also requires contrasting colors for the written,
visual warning and the background, with one of them being red.
Tesla's Cybertruck started receiving a software update to fix
the issue for the units in production, the report added.
The recall is also the first for the new electric pickup truck
model that Tesla started handing over to customers last
November.
The Austin, Texas-based automaker's stores and service centers
will be notified after Jan. 31 and owners will get notification
letters through mail, the report said.
(Reporting by Shivani Tanna and Akash Sriram in Bengaluru;
Editing by Dhanya Ann Thoppil and Savio D'Souza)
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