Tesla is issuing a software recall on nearly 700,000 vehicles

Tesla issued a new recall for a fleet of nearly 700,000 vehicles, but luckily the fix is ​​a simple over-the-air software update.

For years, Tesla fans have complained that the automaker is in the headlines for software-only “recalls.”

They argued that the media unfairly used the recalls to make Tesla look bad when the fix was as simple as an over-the-air software update, which was often already pushed by the time the recall was announced.

Some have pushed for a different name for such a recall, despite it being largely the same as a hardware recall, except for the fact that you don’t have to physically bring your vehicle to a service center.

Looks like the NHTSA has been listening. While not changing the nomenclature, they are now making an effort to distinguish between physical and software recalls:

I just noticed the new “software update repairs recall” with this new recall affecting almost 700,000 Tesla vehicles today.

The recall has to do with the tire pressure monitoring system.

Tesla explains in the recall notice:

On affected vehicles, upon detection of a tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) malfunction, the TPMS malfunction indicator does not persist between drive cycles when the vehicle is turned off or sleeps between drive cycles, which does not comply with FMVSS 138, S4 .4(b)(3).

The affected vehicles are i.a

• Model 3: Model years 2017-2025
• Model Y: Model year 2020-2025
• Cybertruck: Model Year 2024

Again, the fix is ​​a software update which is already being pushed to the fleet.