. It fixes certain problematic tendencies of the FSD Beta that could cause it to break traffic laws before the driver could intervene.
These include passing through or turning at intersections during a steady yellow traffic light , not stopping at a stop sign when there are no cars around, reacting insufficiently to changes in posted speed limits and, most worryingly, negotiating out of turn-only lanes to go straight. Interestingly, this isn’t a recall in the traditional sense—instead of requesting customers to go to a service centre for the fix, Tesla is simply pushing out a software update in the coming weeks for the affected vehicles. However, owners will still get a notification letter, which will be mailed to them by April 15.
The NHTSA said the recall is related to an investigation opened on June 8, as a result of Teslas with Autopilot engaged crashing into stationary emergency vehicles tending to accidents. The evaluation was then expanded to evaluate other instances of Autopilot-related crashes, as well as assessing driver monitoring systems when the function was activated.