by: Fareeha Rehman, KRON, Nexstar Media Wire<\/p>\n
Unsold 2021 vehicles sit at a Tesla dealership Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020, in Littleton, Colo. (AP Photo\/David Zalubowski)<\/p>\n
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) Nearly 135,000 Tesla vehicles are being recalled due to a touchscreen malfunction.<\/p>\n
In a letter, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration pointed to defective touchscreen displays, apparently causing a malfunction in the defrosters and backup cameras in the Model S sedans and Model X SUVs. <\/p>\n
The Jan. 13 letter claims Tesla provided confirmation that all [touchscreen displays] will inevitably fail given the memory devices finite storage capacity in vehicles equipped with the NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor with an integrated 8GB eMMC NAND flash memory device. <\/p>\n
Tesla initially tried to avoid a recall and issued software updates instead, prompting the NHTSA letter, which is a step towards eventual legal action. The agency said it tentatively believes these updates are procedurally and substantively insufficient.<\/p>\n
Now, Tesla says it will replace the screens computer processors starting March 30, but still stands firm in its belief that the failures are not a safety defect.<\/p>\n
The NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation opened the investigation in June 2020. <\/p>\n
NHTSA says this includes 158,000 MY 2012-2018 Model S and MY 2016-2018 Model X vehicles built by Tesla through early 2018, although Tesla agreed to recall fewer vehicles than that. <\/p>\n
You can check if your Tesla is a part of the recall by entering your VIN here.<\/p>\n
The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/p>\n
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