Posted on 09/22/2022 8:58:36 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Tesla is recalling more than 1 million vehicles over concerns with automatic systems for car windows that can pinch a driver or passenger and cause injury when closing.
In a letter to Tesla, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) confirmed the company’s notice that it is recalling the Tesla Model 3 for the years 2017 to 2022, the Tesla Model Y for 2020-2021 and the 2021-2022 Model S and Model X vehicles.
In those models, the automatic reversal system for windows does not adequately detect an obstruction, such as a person’s arm or hand, and can continue to roll up and injure a driver or passenger.
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It's an over-the-air update that takes care of the problem. Pretty much invisible.
On the other hand, other brands force the owner to take the car in for servicing. Like the Toyota bZ4x where the wheels can fall off, good luck driving back if the wheel is gone.
I would have a new (https://www.crosleyautoclub.com/AfricaCrosley/brutal_test.html) over a Tesla, if it was still made!
“I’m waiting for the first Tesla repo that drives itself back to the dealership.”
That capability would be a hacker dream!! Hack them to drive right up into a 40-foot trailer for auto theft (stationary or moving slowly through a nayborhood). So many possibilities!
Thanks for the interesting irrelevancies.
A friend of mine had the first year Palisade, liked it real well. Traded it in on a GV80 for the greater HP. Liked the interior on the Palisade better.
I’d like to be able to find a nice, comfortable, powerful, good handling, reliable and simple car with less junk on it than more. No video, no computer, no auto park, no cameras and such. Anything beyond power door locks and windows is too much.
I wish someone made a glider version of the Buick LuCerne with a Northstar V8. Reasonably priced, I’d buy one in a heartbeat and drive it another 150,000 miles or more.
It’s a Lexus, and given the shortage of decent used cars on the market, you should be able to do fairly well. Check prices at Edmunds and eBay (completed auctions) for your MY and mileage.
You can’t get a new car without a backup camera, they’re now required by NHTSA or some other FedGov agency, IIRC.
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