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Steinrikur t1_ixy5rx0 wrote

Reply to comment by schrodingerinthehat in Tesla recalls more than 15,000 Australian electric vehicles over faulty tail lights by ninjascotsman

As much as I don't like Tesla, calling a SW update a recall is a bit of a misnomer.

The cars don't need to be shipped back to the factory for repairs, they just need like 5 minutes of Internet access.

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londons_explorer t1_ixyoyde wrote

Lots of cars never get internet access at all.

Lots of owners can't be bothered to connect their car to WiFi. They just want to drive it places.

Those cars will never get this update, and will continue to be a risk to other drivers and the public.

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Steinrikur t1_ixysihc wrote

That's exactly who this "recall" is aimed at.

Last time there was a Tesla "recall" it came with the story that this update had already been applied on 95% of the vehicles affected.

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w0m t1_iy3gpt9 wrote

Anything safety related gets pulled via the cars built in 3g, user will be prompted to apply update in App or when they sit down in the car.

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ShirBlackspots t1_ixza4fd wrote

Blame the NHTSA for this, all resulting from allowing owners to pipe their own sounds over the sound box, NHTSA decided that every small fix has to be a recall, so Tesla is taking full advantage of that.

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