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Omaha Steve

(103,797 posts)
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 05:39 PM Dec 20

Tesla recalling almost 700,000 vehicles due to tire pressure monitoring system issue

Source: AP

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN
Updated 10:27 AM CST, December 20, 2024

Tesla is recalling almost 700,000 vehicles because of an issue with the warning light on the tire pressure monitoring system.

According to a letter Thursday from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the recall includes certain 2024 Cybertruck, 2017-2025 Model 3, and 2020-2025 Model Y vehicles.

The issue is that the tire pressure monitoring system warning light on the vehicles may not remain illuminated between drive cycles, failing to warn the driver of low tire pressure. Driving with improperly inflated tires can increase the risk of a crash.

The Elon Musk-led automaker said it’s providing a free software update to fix the problem.


FILE- A Tesla Cybertruck is on display at Tesla in Buena Park, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/tesla-musk-recall-cybertruck-e78b0f3421c538a3f0bb4bba0bda0549

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Tesla recalling almost 700,000 vehicles due to tire pressure monitoring system issue (Original Post) Omaha Steve Dec 20 OP
what? RussBLib Dec 20 #1
You get a message from the app on your phone when an update is available to be downloaded. Then you download it. beaglelover Dec 20 #6
Souldn't the catching on fire issue trump the tire presure monitor. The tire presure monitor broke doc03 Dec 20 #2
Check with Discount Tire if you have one in your area. You can get those replaced for $60 Bengus81 Dec 20 #4
We drove for about 100 years without them nt doc03 Dec 20 #5
That was the advice on Car Talk BOSSHOG Saturday #13
Those tire pressure monitors sell a lot of air though. I see a line of customers at the air pumps doc03 Saturday #14
Proof that tire pressure monitoring should be DOGE eliminated on Teslas bucolic_frolic Dec 20 #3
Seem Tesla vehicles are spending more time in the shop than on the road. republianmushroom Dec 20 #7
Except, there is no "shop", unfortunately... Woodycall Saturday #8
And apparently raccoons are trying to break into Wankpanzers because they look like dumpsters. GoneOffShore Saturday #9
"Wankpanzers." dchill Saturday #12
My wife had to take her car back to the shop for exactly that reason. The same warning came on the screen DFW Saturday #10
If everything can be fixed with a software update, Chinese hackers will have a field day. Wonder Why Saturday #11
I swear... Ollie Garkie Saturday #15
I'm STILL trying to wonder why anyone would want a cybertruck. sakabatou Saturday #16
For some time it has been self evident that driving a Tesla could increase your chances of unintended consequenses Ford_Prefect Saturday #17

RussBLib

(9,713 posts)
1. what?
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 05:43 PM
Dec 20

...you mean they are not claiming harassment by the Deep State?

Any Tesla drivers out there? Do you get a message saying you had a patch/download in your car or do you just have to guess when it happens?

https://russblib.blogspot.com/

beaglelover

(4,115 posts)
6. You get a message from the app on your phone when an update is available to be downloaded. Then you download it.
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 06:27 PM
Dec 20

Easy peasy. We get a software update about every 2 weeks. Most of the time it's new features added to the car, sometimes small fixes. Sometimes they give you the full self driving capability for a few months so you can try it out. I'm not a fan of full self driving however. At this time of year they usually include some Holiday goodies, such as allowing you to change the sound of your horn or door lock signal.

doc03

(36,966 posts)
2. Souldn't the catching on fire issue trump the tire presure monitor. The tire presure monitor broke
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 05:44 PM
Dec 20

on my 19 year old truck about 3 years ago. The mechanic told me it would save a lot of money just to put a piece of
tape over the light if it bothered me. That's what I did.

Bengus81

(7,497 posts)
4. Check with Discount Tire if you have one in your area. You can get those replaced for $60
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 06:13 PM
Dec 20

I've had to replace all of them over 6-7 months in my 2006 Infinity G35. They'll check with a hand held reader to see which one had the batteries die--or it could be more than one.

BOSSHOG

(40,283 posts)
13. That was the advice on Car Talk
Sat Dec 21, 2024, 10:12 AM
Saturday

If your check engine light came on. Just put a strip of electrical tape over the light. Those boys were brilliant and joking about the issue. Lots of laughs and lots of helpful info.

doc03

(36,966 posts)
14. Those tire pressure monitors sell a lot of air though. I see a line of customers at the air pumps
Sat Dec 21, 2024, 10:19 AM
Saturday

at Sheetz all the time now because their low air light came on.

bucolic_frolic

(47,622 posts)
3. Proof that tire pressure monitoring should be DOGE eliminated on Teslas
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 05:54 PM
Dec 20

Private sector and CEO failure. No longer needed.

GoneOffShore

(17,644 posts)
9. And apparently raccoons are trying to break into Wankpanzers because they look like dumpsters.
Sat Dec 21, 2024, 02:58 AM
Saturday

DFW

(56,897 posts)
10. My wife had to take her car back to the shop for exactly that reason. The same warning came on the screen
Sat Dec 21, 2024, 08:15 AM
Saturday

She had no way to know if the warning was a defect in the electronics or if the pressure in the tires was really too low. So, she took it to the big workshop/warehouse on the 13th. They said they had so many accident-damaged cars to deal with that they wouldn't even be able to look at her car until yesterday, the 20th. Apparently, a wave of universal blindness struck, because they never looked at her car yesterday, either. We're still waiting to hear, and are not optimistic, since we are leaving the area Monday, noon. She was hoping to be able to have her car back so she could drive her mom down to our daughter's place in the Taunus Hills. Instead, it looks like she will be stuck with my car. It is 11½ years old, but I don't even have 50,000 KM on it, so it still drives perfectly well. It just doesn't have as much room as her station wagon.

The problem isn't unique to Tesla, as neither of us drives a Tesla. Charging stations are nowhere near plentiful here, so even the thought of an electric vehicle is impractical. Her car is a hybrid, so she charges it whenever the sun shines enough here for our solar panels to deliver enough electricity for her charger to deliver. In keeping with climate change, we now do get more sunshine than before--at least three days a month instead of the usual one.

Ollie Garkie

(214 posts)
15. I swear...
Sat Dec 21, 2024, 03:33 PM
Saturday

Every vehicle made in the last 15 years has issues with the TPMS light or system. But damn cybertrucks are uggo monstrosities

Ford_Prefect

(8,219 posts)
17. For some time it has been self evident that driving a Tesla could increase your chances of unintended consequenses
Sat Dec 21, 2024, 08:12 PM
Saturday

Including death or serious injury due to poor design, lack of quality control, and irresponsible marketing promises.
This is only about how badly Tesla has performed as a manufacturer, not about EVs in general. I think they had a few good ideas, but they really missed the boat on proper vehicle design and assembly while rejecting well established best practices in this field. They could so easily have done better and still produced unique and ground breaking vehicles. Hubris, I suppose.

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