Hacker News with Generative AI: Recalls

Volvo Tells Plug-In Hybrid Owners to Stop Charging (carscoops.com)
Volvo is recalling thousands of plug-in hybrids in the United States as they could short circuit when parked and fully charged. This poses a serious fire risk and it could occur at night, when the vehicle is parked in your garage.

Automotive, Safety, Recalls, Electric Vehicles

13 points by teleforce 6 days ago | 21 comments

Nearly All Cybertrucks Have Been Recalled Because Tesla Used the Wrong Glue (wired.com)
Tesla said Thursday it would recall nearly all the Cybertrucks it has produced to repair a stainless steel trim panel that the carmaker said could become detached from the vehicle while driving.

Tesla, Cybertruck, Recalls, Automotive, Manufacturing

9 points by doener 14 days ago | 1 comments

Tesla backer says Musk must reduce Trump work, as 46,000 Cybertrucks recalled (theguardian.com)
Tesla and Elon Musk are embroiled in a “brand tornado crisis moment” and the electric carmaker’s chief executive needs to cut back on his work for Donald Trump to stem the damage, one of the company’s biggest supporters has said.

Tesla, Elon Musk, Politics, Recalls, Business

22 points by jocaal 14 days ago | 4 comments

Tesla Recalls Every Single Cybertruck over Stainless Steel Trims Falling Off (carscoops.com)
Tesla recalls 46,000 Cybertrucks due to roof panels potentially detaching during driving.

Tesla, Recalls, Automotive, Cybertruck, Safety

68 points by mdhb 14 days ago | 36 comments

Tesla to recall more than 46,000 Cybertrucks due to exterior panel issue (cnn.com)

Tesla, Electric Vehicles, Recalls, Cybertruck

138 points by zfg 15 days ago | 99 comments

Over 60k Volkswagen and Audi electric cars recalled for risk of rollaway (nbcnews.com)
Over 60,000 Volkswagen and Audi electric vehicles have been recalled for a faulty gear display that could increase the chance of the vehicle rolling away, according to The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Automobiles, Safety, Recalls, Electric Vehicles

3 points by huang_chung 31 days ago | 0 comments

Tesla Recalls over 376K Vehicles (foxbusiness.com)
Tesla is recalling more than 376,000 of its Model 3 and Model Y electric vehicles in the U.S. over a potential power steering issue.

Tesla, Automotive, Recalls, Safety, Electric Vehicles

15 points by KnuthIsGod 33 days ago | 14 comments

Tesla issues recall on over 200,000 vehicles for self-driving computer failure (electrek.co)
Tesla has officially issued a recall on over 200,000 vehicles in the US over the self-driving computer inside the vehicle short-circuiting and failing to work.

Tesla, Automotive, Self-Driving Cars, Recalls

8 points by zfg 83 days ago | 0 comments

Tesla Is Recalling Cybertruck Batteries (cleantechnica.com)
Tesla has been quietly replacing their battery packs, seemingly a lot of them.

Tesla, Electric Vehicles, Battery Technology, Recalls

17 points by taimurkazmi 92 days ago | 6 comments

Tesla Recalls 700k Vehicles over Tire Pressure Warning Failure (newsweek.com)
Tesla is recalling nearly 700,000 vehicles in the U.S. due to a malfunction in the tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) that could fail to alert drivers to low tire pressure, increasing the risk of a crash.

Tesla, Automotive Safety, Recalls

10 points by doener 104 days ago | 5 comments

The Porsche Macan EV is being recalled because its headlights are too bright (insideevs.com)
Porsche is recalling certain Macan Electric models in the United States.

Automotive, Recalls, Electric Vehicles

132 points by josephcsible 121 days ago | 286 comments

Cybertruck's Many Recalls (wired.com)
Since launch, Tesla’s polarizing electric pickup has been beset by quality issues, and is now heading to be one of the most unreliable EVs made yet.

Cybertruck, Tesla, Electric Vehicles, Automotive Industry, Recalls

277 points by marban 129 days ago | 430 comments

Tesla Cybertruck recalled for the sixth time since January (theregister.com)
The Tesla Cybertruck is closing in on an average of a recall every two months this year, as it notified the NHTSA last week of a sixth fix that can't be software patched away.

Tesla, Recalls, Automotive, Vehicles, Safety

8 points by beardyw 140 days ago | 3 comments

Car software patches are over 20% of recalls, study finds (arstechnica.com)
Software fixes are now responsible for more than 1 in 5 automotive recalls. That's the key finding from a decade's worth of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recall data, according to an analysis from the law firm DeMayo Law.

Automotive Safety, Software, Recalls, Data Analysis

6 points by CharlesW 140 days ago | 1 comments

Tesla is recalling 2,431 Cybertrucks, and this time there's no software fix (arstechnica.com)
Tesla has issued yet another recall for the angular, unpainted Cybertruck. This is the sixth recall affecting the model-year 2024 Cybertruck to be issued since January, and it affects 2,431 vehicles in total. And this time, there's no fix being delivered by a software update over the air—owners will need to have their pickup trucks physically repaired.

Tesla, Cybertruck, Recalls, Automotive, Software

9 points by lucasllinasm 141 days ago | 1 comments

Microsoft Recall Is Mandatory (youtube.com)

Microsoft, Recalls, Software, Technology

6 points by t0bia_s 177 days ago | 0 comments

Tesla issues its fifth recall for Cybertrucks in a year (scrippsnews.com)
Tesla is recalling more than 27,000 Cybertrucks because the rearview camera image may not activate immediately after shifting into reverse, the fifth recall for the vehicle since it went on sale late last year.

Tesla, Cybertruck, Recalls, Automotive

12 points by chirau 182 days ago | 9 comments

Tesla's Cybertruck racks up fifth recall in under a year (techcrunch.com)
Tesla’s 2024 Cybertrucks have been on the road for less than a year and they’ve already been recalled five times, as of Thursday.

Tesla, Recalls, Cybertruck, Automobiles

4 points by mikece 183 days ago | 4 comments

Car software patches are over 20% of recalls, study finds (arstechnica.com)
Software fixes are now responsible for more than 1 in 5 automotive recalls. That's the key finding from a decade's worth of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recall data, according to an analysis from the law firm DeMayo Law.

Automotive Safety, Software, Recalls

15 points by pjmlp 191 days ago | 5 comments

Car software patches are over 20% of recalls, study finds (arstechnica.com)
Software fixes are now responsible for more than 1 in 5 automotive recalls. That's the key finding from a decade's worth of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recall data, according to an analysis from the law firm DeMayo Law.

Automotive Safety, Software, Recalls, Data Analysis

7 points by LinuxBender 191 days ago | 0 comments

Anker warns people to stop using some of its iPhone power banks, issues recall (arstechnica.com)
Anker is recalling three models of MagSafe iPhone batteries due to a fire risk, it said yesterday.

Product Safety, Recalls, Anker, iPhone, Power Banks

6 points by Brajeshwar 194 days ago | 0 comments

BMW shares fall to four-year low as recall of 1.5M cars announced (theguardian.com)
Shares in BMW tumbled as the carmaker revealed it will have to recall 1.5m vehicles over a braking problem, costing it almost €1bn (£0.84bn).

Automotive Industry, Recalls, Business, Finance

26 points by ivewonyoung 205 days ago | 3 comments

Tesla recalls 1.8M cars because their hoods can open while driving (arstechnica.com)

Tesla, Automotive Safety, Recalls

20 points by LinuxBender 247 days ago | 25 comments

Tesla recalls 1.8M cars because their hoods can open while driving (arstechnica.com)

Tesla, Automotive Safety, Recalls

14 points by notamy 247 days ago | 10 comments

Tesla recalls every Cybertruck again (mashable.com)

Tesla, Electric Vehicles, Recalls, Cybertruck

10 points by bitcharmer 282 days ago | 1 comments

Kia Issues 'Park Outside' Recall for 2020-2024 Telluride Vehicles for Fire Risk (nhtsa.gov)